Interim Estate Manager (12 months)

Job introduction

• Do you have talent for leading a team of property professionals and managing consultants to ensure a quality service provision?
• Are you keen to lead on the management of Brighton & Hove City Council’s extensive commercial, agricultural and seafront portfolios?
• Are you interested in delivering a property service that directly supports delivery of the Council Plan for the benefit of our diverse residents, visitors and the local economy?

Fixed term for: 12 months to cover an internal secondment

Interview date: 30 July 2025

For more information, please contact Jessica Hamilton - Interim Head of Strategic Property jessica.hamilton@brighton-hove.gov.uk

This role is available as a secondment to internal applicants in line with our secondment policy. Before applying, please ensure you have read the Secondment policy to ensure you are eligible to apply. In accordance with the policy, please ensure you have the written approval of your line manager before applying. Evidence of this must be included with your application.

About the role

You will:

• manage a team of 13 commercial property surveyors, project and programme managers
• support staff to deliver a professional commercial property service managing the council’s property portfolios
• provide expert advice on all commercial property transactions

To support you, you will be managing two outsourced estate management contracts which deliver the day-to-day estate management of the agricultural and commercial property portfolios.

You will commission commercial property valuations and lead the annual asset valuation process.

You will:

• use your commercial property knowledge and expertise to lead and support your team, manage the outsourced property management contracts and provide professional advice to all services across the council.
• use your knowledge of the commercial property market and valuation to provide strategic advice and recommendations to support decision making and governance.
• use your leadership skills to motivate and develop an experienced professional team to deliver an expert service inclusively.
• have comprehensive experience of managing complex budgets to ensure the successful delivery of income and capital receipts to support the council’s financial plan.
• have effective communication and negotiation skills to allow you to build constructive and collaborative relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.

In return, you will receive:

• competitive pay
• full induction and on-going development and training
• paid annual leave
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• family friendly policies
• staff discount scheme and staff travel benefits, cycle loan
• rental deposit scheme and more
• Workplace adjustments for candidates needing additional support
• A wide range of welfare and wellbeing resources including staff networks such as: the BME Workers Forum, LGBT Workers’ Forum, the Women’s network and the Disabled Workers and Carers Network

We value our staff and are committed to building a fair, inclusive and supportive place to work in.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (CV guidance) and Shortlisting questions guidance as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, female or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).