Our benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
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a competitive salary
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a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
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lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
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generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
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hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About the role
If you are an ambitious Chartered Surveyor looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Principal Disposals Surveyor to join our Estates Team within the Place Directorate. This is a key role responsible for delivering capital receipts through the disposal of surplus land and property while providing expert asset management and surveying advice across the Council's corporate property portfolio.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive and professional team delivering high-profile property projects that help shape communities and support the Council's priorities.
This is an opportunity to play a leading role in delivering significant property projects that support local communities and Council priorities. You'll be part of an experienced Estates Team, working on high-profile and varied projects with the autonomy to make a real impact.
The Council offers flexible working arrangements with a blend of office and home working, ongoing professional development, and opportunities to progress your career within the Place Directorate.
What will you be doing?
As Principal Disposals Surveyor, you will lead on a diverse and challenging caseload involving the disposal, acquisition and management of land and property assets. Your work will directly contribute to funding the Council's capital programme and ensuring the best use of the corporate estate.
Key responsibilities will include:
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Leading complex negotiations for the disposal of land and property, including larger mixed-use and residential development schemes.
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Delivering capital receipts and providing recommendations on disposal strategies and terms.
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Managing higher-value asset management cases, including rent reviews, lease renewals and landlord and tenant matters.
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Acquiring land and property to support future service needs and corporate objectives.
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Negotiating leasehold acquisitions and disposals, licences, easements and wayleaves.
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Providing expert property advice and recommendations to Council services and senior stakeholders.
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Preparing reports for senior management, committees and decision-makers.
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Working with developers, agents, solicitors and external consultants to achieve successful outcomes.
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Supporting the Council's asset valuation programme and wider estate review activities.
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Identifying opportunities to maximise value from the estate while supporting wider corporate priorities, including the Council's Carbon Neutral 2050 ambitions.
No two days are the same, and the role offers a varied workload, including enquiries from Council services, strategic acquisitions and disposals, and major development opportunities.
About you
You will be a Chartered Surveyor with significant experience in land and property disposals, acquisitions and asset management, including larger housing and mixed-use development schemes. You'll be confident managing complex negotiations, building strong relationships with developers, agents, solicitors and stakeholders, and providing expert property advice across a diverse range of projects.
We're looking for someone who enjoys variety and can manage a broad portfolio of casework, from the disposal of strategic development sites and mixed-use schemes to the acquisition of land and property for service needs, landlord and tenant matters, and responding to enquiries from Council services.
You'll be an excellent communicator with strong negotiation and influencing skills, capable of producing clear reports and presenting recommendations to senior leaders and committees. You will be able to work independently, manage competing priorities and deliver results within challenging timescales, while also contributing positively to a collaborative and supportive team environment.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
Disability Confident Employer
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council
Armed Forces Community
The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)
