Sanctuary Personnel is recruiting for an experienced Property Business Partner to join a leading council on a full-time locum contract based in Wakefield. This role offers a competitive daily rate of £500 and provides a critical enabling function to deliver key capital projects and major accommodation moves across the Council’s built environment.
Key Requirements:
- Extensive Property and Estate Management Experience: Proven experience leading and managing property and estate capital projects, preferably within the public sector.
- Strong Leadership and Programme Management: Ability to handle competing priorities and strategically plan work programmes for the successful delivery of capital projects and accommodation moves.
- In-Depth Knowledge of Council Operations: Detailed understanding of how local authorities operate, including property needs and service delivery challenges across various directorates.
- Stakeholder Relationship Building: Ability to establish strong working relationships with internal stakeholders, senior leaders, and key partners to ensure property needs are met.
- Governance and Strategy Implementation: Experience embedding property projects within the Strategic Asset Management Plan and ensuring alignment with the Council’s governance frameworks.
- Estate Strategy Experience: Strong experience in implementing Estate Strategies and asset management plans that meet client needs and organisational objectives.
- Commercial and Financial Expertise: Skilled in contract management, financial oversight, and protecting the Council’s commercial interests.
- NEC Project Management Accreditation (Desirable): Experience or accreditation in NEC Project Management is desirable.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead Property and Estate Projects: Manage the delivery of property-related capital projects and programmes, including Regeneration, Arts, Culture & Leisure, and Schools, ensuring projects are completed successfully.
- Client Liaison and Support: Act as the key interface between the property services team and stakeholder clients, aligning project outcomes with client needs and expectations.
- Strategic Planning and Programme Management: Develop and manage property work programmes to ensure successful delivery, balancing competing demands and delivering within set timescales and budgets.
- Support Estate Strategy Implementation: Lead the implementation of the Council’s Estate Strategy and asset management plans, ensuring that property solutions align with the Council’s long-term strategic goals.
- Develop Business Cases: Ensure business cases for projects and programmes are created in line with the Council’s governance framework and strategic objectives.
- Contract and Financial Management: Support the Senior Property Business Partner in managing the third-party property professional services contract, ensuring it aligns with the Council’s commercial and financial goals.
- Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure all property projects comply with relevant legislation, health and safety standards, and the Council’s governance processes.
- Technical Expertise Alignment: Ensure customer needs analysis aligns with the technical expertise necessary to deliver high-quality project outcomes.
This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in driving major property projects in Wakefield, contributing to the strategic development of the Council’s built environment.
Advertised by Alistair Guite. Apply now for this full-time locum contract role and help shape the future of Wakefield’s property services!
Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced candidates who meet these requirements for this role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work.
