Group Manager [Property]

Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Come join us and be part of our success. 

Working days are Monday to Friday. The office base is Huyton Village Centre where free long stay car parking is currently available. 

Commencing with 30 days annual leave rising to 36 days with 10 years’ service. Statutory Bank Holidays are in addition to this already generous annual leave entitlement. Hybrid Working is fully embedded across the Council.

Immediate entry into the Local Government Pension Scheme with additional Employer contributions for this grade of post currently at £12,545 per annum.

As part of our commitment to learning, development and succession planning we have a wide range of blended learning opportunities available to all employees, which will be relevant to your job and senior management career progression  

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic Local Authority, having specific responsibility to ensure the Council’s operational land and property assets are managed efficiently, effectively and facilitate the provision of excellent services through collaboration with Elected Members, partner organisations and other key stakeholders. 

A fully qualified Member of the MRICS professional body and MRICS Registered Valuer, you will play a key role in providing leadership to the Property Management and Development Team and the Property Information Management Team alongside a number of specific property related project priorities, whilst also providing direct support to the Head of Assets. 
You will manage services and undertake specific tasks in relation to the following: 

•    Lead on a review of corporate estate management and to implement any agreed changes arising from the review. 
•    Be responsible for the management of annual asset valuations for accounting and insurance purposes for all Council Property Assets which fall under the responsibility of the Assets Service and for ensuring that asset valuations meet the requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards and the Council’s accounting policies for the annual Statement of Accounts.
•    Undertake property reviews to rationalise the Council’s estate, identify development opportunities and manage any arising land or property disposals.
•    Provision of high-quality professional property advice to the council to support decision making. 
•    Efficiently manage the Council’s neighbourhood shops portfolio in accordance with good estate management practice.

You will be an outstanding leader with exceptional communication and engagement skills, along with a track record of improving and transforming services. You will need to be forward thinking, determined and able to develop successful relationships with Senior Officers, Elected Members, partner agencies and high performing teams. You will have the diplomacy skills to maintain good working relationships at all levels. 

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working.  For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time. 

We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce. 

We are a Disability Confident Employer, meaning we offer Inclusive & accessible recruitment, offering an interview to disabled people, providing reasonable adjustments, & supporting existing employees.  

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants. 

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact:  

Andy Lawman, Head of Assets on 0151 443 3384 or at andrew.lawman@knowsley.gov.uk 

If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.

Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.

Interviews will take place week commencing 16 June 2025.