Senior Acquisition and Disposal Officer

Job Description

Salary range: £41,808 - £45,021p.a. inc. London weighting

Contract: Secondment/Fixed term(until May 2025)

Hours of work: 36 hours per week

Location: Civic centre, SouthKilburn and other locations from time to time

Helping Build a BetterBrent

Brent is a tremendously vibrantLondon borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline.Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts interms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’sdiversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnicand cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued bythose who live and work here.

The council is pursuing afar-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our communityso it is an exciting time to join us.

The Post

The post is an excellentopportunity for a professional with experience in identifying, sourcingproperties for housing and buybacks for regeneration programmes.

The post involves working acrossthe Council’s buying programmes. This is a significant support role coveringvarious high volume and high value acquisition programmes and support on abroad range of day-to-day residential property issues.

Supervisory responsibilities forAcquisition & Disposal Officers and deputising for the Senior EstateSurveyor as required. Negotiating with leaseholders, agents and developers toagree property transactions for the various programmes. Inspection ofproperties, instructing surveys and overseeing the buyback process. Atcompletion supporting the handover process for properties acquired or sold,including inspection on completion, arranging security, meter readings, andhandover to clients.

The post holder will contribute tothe delivery of the Council's property programmes, which is required to achievea significant number of property acquisitions in Brent and other areas for thecouncil’s housing and regenerations programmes.

This is an exciting opportunity tobe involved in large-scale programmes that deliver property and housingsolutions to local residence.

The Person

You will display professionalism,good judgement, self-motivation and excellent organisational skills – you areable to manage multiple deadlines for example.

You will be able to establishpriorities and meet deadlines whilst preserving the high level of accuracy andconfidentiality needed.

For this role, you will work witha team of property Acquisition and Disposal Officers, lawyers and surveyors, sogood written and verbal communication skills are essential.

Closing date: 25 February 2024(23:59)

AdditionalInformation

If you are interested inapplying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now"button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of yourapplication that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the PersonSpecification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, youshould still provide a supporting statement.

Brent Council values the diversityof its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and thereforeencourage applications from all sections of the community. We positivelyencourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in thediversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to saferrecruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and youngpeople and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicantsshould be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerableadults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employmentclearances.

The information we collect fromyou will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawfulor dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct.Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and yourdata protection rights, can be found here.

Brent has a positive approach toflexible working.

As a disability confident employerBrent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including “non-visible”disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabledapplicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonableadjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to yourdisability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk