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SalaryService: Commercial Services
Closing Date: Friday 16th February 2024
Argyll and Bute Council is seeking a qualified Estates Surveyor to provide maternity cover, assisting the Estates & Property Development Manager to develop, manage and deliver an efficient and effective Asset/Estates Management function across the Council by co-ordinating and delivering the Council's Corporate Asset Management Plan and Asset Management Strategy, thereby ensuring best value is delivered to service users.
You require to be highly motivated with a determination to succeed and deliver first class results with a strong customer focus and possess the following skills:
Ability to apply logical, analytical and problem solving techniques to deliver efficient solutions and effective decisions.
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal and the ability to influence and negotiate with others.
Able to work both on own initiative, with minimum supervision, and as part of a team.
Ability to balance a diverse workload, prioritise tasks, plan and meet deadlines.
Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver is not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.
Applicant should note that:-
- Happy to talk about flexible working arrangements.
- The salary shown is the full time equivalent salary, the actual salary will be paid pro rata for the hours worked.
- This is a temporary post which may be filled on a secondment basis by an employee wishing to gain experience/career development and will be at the discretion of the employee’s director.
To apply for this vacancy, please click on the Apply Now button at the top of this page.
If you would like clarification on any information contained within the vacancy advert and/or the job description you will require to speak with the recruiting manager, who is David Allan, Estates & Property Development Manager, Telephone No 01436 657620; email david.allan@argyll-bute.gov.uk. If he is unavailable please contact Caroline Patrick, Estates Surveyor, Telephone No 01436 658967; email caroline.patrick@argyll-bute.gov.uk
Please note that you cannot apply for this vacancy by contacting the recruiting manager, applications must be made by clicking on the Apply Now button at the top of this page.
Please also note that we do not accept CVs, only applications completed and submitted via the Apply Now button on this page.
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about our commitment to this please visit Equality & Diversity Policy.
