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Dear Applicant
RE: Senior Valuation Surveyor
Post Ref: 1623
Thank you for your interest in the above post. Please find enclosed in this application pack the following
documents:
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Application Form and Guidance Notes
Job Description
Person Specification
Structure Chart
Service Overview
Application Form:
The application form plays a key part in our selection process. We use the information you provide to
shortlist for interview.
You are urged to ensure that all the information contained in your application is relevant and that you
demonstrate how you meet the criteria on the person specification. Please use the person specification
for guidance when filling in the application form.
References: If successful at interview, Ipswich Borough Council will seek to obtain two employment
references. Wherever possible the name of your first referee must be from current
employment/education and the second from either current or former employment/education. If you
cannot provide an “employment” reference please contact the HR Team at Ipswich Borough Council for
further assistance.
For your information, the salary for this post is: £35,957 to £37,808 per annum.
The closing date is 5pm on 6th October 2015. Please send your completed application form to Human
Resources, 2nd Floor – West, Grafton House, 15-17 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2DE or email it
to recruitment@ipswich.gov.uk.
If you have any recruitment queries, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01473 433402. Please
leave your name, number and brief details of your question and a member of the recruitment team will
call you back.
Ipswich Borough Council
Job Description: J30
Senior Valuation Surveyor
Main Purpose of Job
As a member of Property Services team within the Development Dept.
1. To provide valuation and professional advice to the Council on all land and property
issues together with estate management services for the Council’s land and property
holdings.
2. To participate in and contribute to the Property Services strategies for the well being of
the Council and provide advice to Councillors and colleagues.
3. To contribute to the Council’s capital programme and revenue income by negotiating and
successfully concluding acquisitions, disposals, lease renewals and rent reviews.
4. Seek to achieve the strategic objectives of the Council by participating in executive
decisions and the efficient, economic and effective use of land and property in the
ownership of the Council.
Main Duties
1. To undertake valuations for all purposes for acquisitions, disposals and management in
accordance with the RICS Appraisal and Valuation Manual, statute law, other relevant
professional guidance and Council policies.
3. The assist in the management of the corporate estate and high level complex difficult and
demanding property cases as allocated by the line manager, including rent reviews and
lease renewals.
4. To inspect, measure, value and manage all types of land and property held as the
Corporate Estate and other land and buildings in the ownership of the Council and
oversee external agents appointed to act on the Councils behalf.
5. To negotiate terms for the acquisition, disposal and letting of all types of land and
property to include marketing, preparing and production of sales/letting particulars and
tender documents of varied cases dealing with a variety of contacts at all levels.
6. To assess the bids/offers received recommend acceptance or an alternative course of
action to senior officers and seek completion of the transaction where appropriate.
7. To prepare reports with recommendations for presentation to Committee and valuation
reports for approval by the Property Services Operational Manager.
8. To instruct and liaise with the Head of Legal Services for the preparation of all legal
documents concerned with land transactions. To prepare and serve legal notices to
terminate business tenancies as required.
9. To supervise and monitor external consultants undertaking land and property transactions
and other professional services for the Council.
9.
To inspect properties for condition and dilapidation surveys, initiate necessary repair
works and inspect for satisfactory completion.
10.
To maintain professional membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to
enable statutory valuations to be undertaken.
Such variations as may be required from time to time without changing the general character of
the duties shown above or the level of responsibility entailed.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Job Title SENIOR VALUATION SURVEYOR
ATTRIBUTES
ESSENTIAL
DESIRABLE
METHOD OF
ASSESSMENT
Degree/relevant experience
Registered Valuer
Application
M.R.I.C.S./F.R.I.C.S.
Certificates
Knowledge of property transactions,
landlord & tenant legislation, asset
Knowledge/Qualifications and property management.
Local property
knowledge/experience.
Proven ability to successfully
manage budgets, including
monitoring and reporting.
Work related experience,
skills and competencies
Experience of commercial property,
asset management and valuation.
Experience of residential property
management
Experience of data collection and
analysis.
Ability to draft reports with
conclusions and recommendations
Proven ability to organise and
prioritise workload to meet
deadlines/to help achieve service
requirements.
Proven programming ability to
successfully deliver a wide variety of
projects in terms of time, cost and
quality.
Personal skills
Ability to communicate effectively
both verbally and in writing with a
range of different groups of people.
Effective interpersonal and
negotiating skills
Demonstrates effective presentation
skills
Ability to work within a team.
Special working
conditions
Able to work outside office hours
and attend evening meetings as
required.
Full driving licence.
Ipswich Borough Council
Property Services
Property Services comprises a team of officers providing professional property management services
to the Council. The team actively manages the Council’s property portfolio, seeking to ensure that
properties are properly utilised and provide the best possible value for money for the Council. The
Operational Manager for the service is the principal strategic adviser to the Council on property
matters.
The Council has a diverse corporate property portfolio of over 800 properties comprising
approximately 450 operational properties and 380 non-operational properties. Property Services
manages a portfolio of residential properties let on commercial terms to Housing Associations, Care
providers and voluntary organisations. The Council also owns approximately 8,300 homes which are
managed by Housing Services. The property portfolio’s are valued generally on a five yearly cycle
however the investment, assets held for sale, surplus assets and council house portfolio are valued
annually. Property Services are also involved in housing Right to Buy and CPO cases.
Operational Properties
The Council’s operational properties are utilised in the delivery of Council services to the community
of Ipswich. Day to day management of these properties is the responsibility of operational service
managers whilst Property Services retains a strategic overview of these properties. The operational
portfolio comprises a variety of land and buildings ranging from amenity areas, parks and allotments
to museums, entertainment venues and sports centres.
Non-Operational Properties
Property Services manages a significant commercial portfolio comprising a variety of properties
including shops, small business units, community buildings, offices and sports grounds. These are
leased to various businesses and organisations in the town, mostly on a commercial basis although a
number are let to charitable or community organisations at concessionary rents where these
organisations contribute to the delivery of the Council’s aims and objectives. The leasing of these
assets makes a significant contribution of over £3 million per annum to the Council’s revenue
budgets.
Acquisitions and Disposals
Property Services handles property acquisitions and disposals on behalf of the Council.
In respect of acquisitions, the Council has set aside a capital budget of £1.5m to take advantage of
opportunities to acquire assets that will enhance the Council’s property portfolio. Other acquisitions
including compulsory purchase where appropriate are dealt with by the team.
During the course of managing the Council’s property portfolio, properties can be identified as
surplus to requirements e.g. part of the Corn Exchange let to Waitrose and the 5th Floor of Grafton
House let to SmartestEnergy. In addition opportunities sometimes arise, where it is in the Council’s
interests, to dispose of property in order to rationalise the portfolio. In both these cases, the Council
raises capital receipts from the disposals which are then reinvested in service delivery.