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MMP Consultancy currently have an opportunity for a Compliance Officer (Water Hygiene & Domestic Lifts) to join a local authority based in Surrey. This will be a full time permanent role paying £44,387p/a Benefits.

This will be a hybrid position with an expectation of 2 days p/w in the offices.

The successful candidate must hold the LCA 9010 Legionella qualification.

Principal Purpose Of The Role:

• To manage Water Hygiene and Lift Maintenance (domestic) Compliance works inclusive of remedial works to support of to ensure compliance in line with the Regulations and council policy..

• To manage information relating to Water Hygiene and Domestic Lift Maintenance contracts to ensure that the Council meets its Health and Safety Legal Requirements. The post holder will ensure that all data received by the Council is reviewed, actioned and correctly recorded in a timely manner to ensure that the performance of key contracts is monitored, and any issues are escalated to the Compliance Manager without delay.

• Ensure that robust, accurate and well-maintained systems, processes and records are in place for all aspects of compliance for Water Hygiene and Lift Maintenance.
• To ensure that the Council homes and common areas meet all required regulatory standards and internal policies to ensure the safety of our tenants and members of the public, through the planning control and delivery of periodic testing, servicing, maintenance and upgrade programmes of work.
• Facilitate the day-to-day contract administration, communicating and meeting regularly with contractors to ensure they complete works to a high quality and deliver a cost effective service.
• Deputize for the Compliance Manager when required to ensure prompt decision making and the smooth running of the team.
• To implement non access processes and see through to completion, co-ordination with other relevant Officers and departments.

Main Duties & Accountabilites:

Operational Duties:

• Manage the administration of the Water Hygiene and Lift maintenance servicing contract, duties to include ensuring an up to date record is kept for all properties liaising with other officers, including the Aids and Adaptations Surveyor regarding stair lifts/ through floor lifts. The post holder will liaise with the contractors, insurance companies and Housing Officers to ensure access.
• Act as first point of contact for all Water Hygiene and Lift Maintenance compliance related incidents, completing initial risk assessments of circumstances taking into consideration the severity of potential risk and harm, making decisions and actions to mitigate risk and liability to the Council.
• Manage Water Hygiene related incidents and project manage related mitigating works in conjunction with the contractors to a satisfactory outcome, monitor and review
• Ensure that all required testing, servicing and inspection regimes are undertaken on time and in line with regulations and Council policy.
• Oversee the completion of a programme of audits to give the Council assurance that works ordered and completed meet expected standards in terms of both quality and provide value for money.
• Ensure that maintenance works and remedial works are delivered to the highest levels of health and safety standards.
• Assist Compliance Manager with procurement required in line with the Council's Contract Procurement Rules and Financial Regulations.
• Complete all Section 20 leasehold consultation requirements as required.
• Produce monthly management information reports, compliance and KPI data to inform on performance and identify areas for service improvement.
• Ensure that all compliance records and management systems are current and updated, ensuring adherence with data protection and GDPR requirements.
• Work with Legal and Housing Management colleagues to utilise available powers to gain entry to difficult to access homes to complete essential inspection and/or works. This may involve making applications to and attendance at County or Magistrates Courts to give evidence.
• Ensure that all compliance policies and processes are regularly reviewed are adhered to, working with the Compliance Manager to ensure they are reflective of our statutory regulations and are focused on the provision of continuous improvement to ensure the safety and security of our residents homes.
• Attend meetings to represent the Council as required.

Contract Management:

• Contact manage Water Hygiene and Lift Maintenance contractors, insurance companies and consultants including monitoring budgets against spend, performance management, contract delivery and progression and supervisory activities and to include the oversight of health and safety adherence.
• Chair monthly operational meetings ensuring effective minutes and KPI information are completed
• Monitor contractual terms and conditions for the projects responsible for and where issues arise escalate these to the Compliance Manager as necessary.
• Day-to-day contact for contractors, working in partnership to ensure works are appropriately resourced, scheduled and communicated.

Dimensions Of The Compliance Teams Role:

• Gas Safety Checks completed annually - circa 4000
• Legionella Checks completed annually - circa 300 CHECK
• Fire Risk Assessments (including reviews) completed annually - circa 300
• Electrical Tests completed annually - currently circa 500
• Asbestos management surveys completed annually - circa 1000
• Lift Services completed (stair/passenger) completed annually - circa 100
• Combined contracts responsible - approximately 10
• Annual number of meetings to attend or chair - minimum 24 per annum

Areas Of Accountability:

• Develop a strong understanding of the contracts you have responsibility for including budgetary oversight.
• Develop knowledge of the Councils key Compliance Policies and Procedures
• Manage and oversee work orders for cyclical inspections and remedial or upgrade works, under the supervision of the Compliance Manager
• Achieve agreed objectives set with the Compliance Manager, with measurable success indicators

Title: Compliance Officer (Water Hygiene & Domestic Lifts)

Salary: £44,387p/a Benefits

Location: Godalming, Surrey

MMP is currently working with a Local Authority in Leicestershire who are seeking for a Senior Estates Valuation Surveyor to join their team. This will be a Permanent opportunity paying up between £48,474 to £51,515 per annum depending on experience.

Role: Senior Estates Valuation Surveyor
Pay: £48,474 to £51,515 per annum
Job Type: Permanent (Hybrid)

Job Purpose:

* Taking the lead on our property portfolio as a Senior Valuation surveyor. You will deal with a complex range of property related issues covering but not limited to: acquisition and disposal of property assets, improving marriage value, compulsory purchase orders, sales and lease back, community transfers, redevelopment, regeneration and new developments.

* Providing a high level professional advice to clients on valuation issues, you'll work with internal and external teams to identify new opportunities for the council to invest and improve its property and land stock holdings. As well as, making recommendations for development and disposal to recover investment and make a commercial return on its investment.

* Preparing and monitoring expenditure and income budgets. You will be involved in inspecting land and buildings. Valuing the various interests as required and negotiating the letting, acquisition/disposal as required.

* You will also support the management of the Estates function, including attendance at decision-making boards, and deputises for the Service Manager as required. Supervising and managing staff who may be assisting on projects from other sections including allocating and checking work for quality and quantity.

Job Requirements

* Being experienced in handling a complex range of property related issues including negotiating lettings and acquisitions/disposals to ensuring optimum return. You'll use your knowledge of ethical standards and relevant legislation around land transactions specifically, council assets. To recognise new opportunities to enhance the council's asset base, being able to prepare briefing notes to senior management on complex issues, with context, impacts and recommendations. Often explaining complex issues to non-specialists in a positive manner.

* You will be also be a professional member of RICS (MRICS or FRICS).

MMP is working with one of their Housing Association Clients in Essex who are seeking for a new Property Surveyors to join the business with immediate effect.

Role: Property Surveyor
Location: Essex
Salary: £35

Duties:
*To carry out pre-inspections, building and stock condition surveys to identify defects and future investment requirements, including the preparation of detailed reports, specifications and cost estimates where necessary to ensure the appropriate remedial works are undertaken.
*To ensure all planned, cyclical and responsive repair works are valid and appropriate, provide value for money and are completed within the allocated budget provision, ensuring contract administration good practice, timely processing of variations and all appropriate contract documentation and accurate keeping of records pertaining to work in progress.
*To undertake post inspections of completed works to ensure quality, compliance with the Schedule of Rates, value for money and statutory compliance. Ensuring compliance with contractual term and driving performance to achieve KPI's targets and expenditure within the designated budget provision.
*To assist the delivery of internal policies, procedures and agreements and look for ways in which to continuously improve the service to achieve value for money and increased resident satisfaction.
*To follow our clients Health and Safety policies and procedures to ensure, as far as is practicable, your own safety and that of others in the workplace. You may be required to undertake specific Health and Safety roles such as Fire Warden or First Aider as part of your duties
*To co-operate with the duty holder as required by current Asbestos Regulations including complying with the Asbestos Management Plan, reporting incidents, passing on information about the presence of asbestos, attending training, project managing surveys and abatement works. Including undertaking Asbestos management surveys and updating the Asbestos data base as necessary to maintain statutory compliance.

Role: Property Surveyor
Location: Essex
Salary: £35 Per Hour

MMP is working with one of their Housing Association Clients in Essex who are seeking for a new Property Surveyors to join the business with immediate effect.

Role: Property Surveyor
Location: Essex
Salary: £35

Duties:
*To carry out pre-inspections, building and stock condition surveys to identify defects and future investment requirements, including the preparation of detailed reports, specifications and cost estimates where necessary to ensure the appropriate remedial works are undertaken.
*To ensure all planned, cyclical and responsive repair works are valid and appropriate, provide value for money and are completed within the allocated budget provision, ensuring contract administration good practice, timely processing of variations and all appropriate contract documentation and accurate keeping of records pertaining to work in progress.
*To undertake post inspections of completed works to ensure quality, compliance with the Schedule of Rates, value for money and statutory compliance. Ensuring compliance with contractual term and driving performance to achieve KPI's targets and expenditure within the designated budget provision.
*To assist the delivery of internal policies, procedures and agreements and look for ways in which to continuously improve the service to achieve value for money and increased resident satisfaction.
*To follow our clients Health and Safety policies and procedures to ensure, as far as is practicable, your own safety and that of others in the workplace. You may be required to undertake specific Health and Safety roles such as Fire Warden or First Aider as part of your duties
*To co-operate with the duty holder as required by current Asbestos Regulations including complying with the Asbestos Management Plan, reporting incidents, passing on information about the presence of asbestos, attending training, project managing surveys and abatement works. Including undertaking Asbestos management surveys and updating the Asbestos data base as necessary to maintain statutory compliance.

Role: Property Surveyor
Location: Essex
Salary: £35 Per Hour

MMP Consultancy are looking to recruit a Senior Housing Advisor on a temporary basis working for a Local Authority based in Hammersmith.

To manage a team of officers delivering a customer facing first point of contact for people who are presenting as being homeless or threatened with homelessness. To ensure the team provide excellent services to all residents and customers who present, apply, or are referred to the service by offering high standards of customer care at all times acting with integrity and courtesy.

This will be a temporary position paying £32.13 Umbrella

Responsibilities:

* Manage a team providing the first point of contact for customers approaching the Council for housing assistance using all contact methods e.g. in person, by telephone, email, fax or by post. Postholder will work flexibly across all access channels as required to meet the needs of customers and the efficient and effective running of the service.
* Ensure the service is suitably covered to deal with demand, managing rotas and taking decisions, often at short notice, depending on customer flow and staff absences. Part of this is also ensuring appropriate cover by suitably skilled officers for Out of Hours service.
* Develop and maintain a detailed knowledge of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, Housing Act 1996 Part VII, the Code of Guidance and all associated case law and apply this knowledge in the administration of our prevention and relief and other statutory duties.
* Ensure the team applies the legislative framework correctly during the 'triage' process, so that correct and appropriate decisions are made at the initial stages, that these are appropriately recorded, and that the council is not exposed to legal or reputational risk as a result.
* Oversee best practice in terms of record keeping, confidentiality and administration, working within approved policies, procedures and standards.
* Monitor and track all customer enquiries, complaints and member enquiries coming into the Assessment and Prevention Team. To ensure these are responded to within the appropriate timescales and to the appropriate level. To contribute to analysis enabling the service to learn from these enquiries, which leads to service improvement.
* Contribute towards the management of health and safety within H&F Advice, in particular to be responsible for ensuring that the public areas are kept safe, tidy and free of avoidable hazards.
* Be responsible for managing and recording all contacts with high standards of customer care to effectively and efficiently meet the needs of customers e.g. providing information and advice, signposting to other providers, undertaking adult social screening, housing advice interviews and all associated follow-up enquiries.
* Assist with the assessment and verifications process of applications to join the Council's general Housing Register, taking care at all times to ensure information to support applications are evidenced, verified and appropriately processed. To make sure officers have a good understanding of the Council's Allocation Policy in order to correctly support Housing Register applications.
* Log case reviews, where a formal review or appeal has been requested. To send acknowledgement letters in relation to this, ensuring that they comply with the relevant statutory regulations and requirements.

Skills & Abilities:

* Experience of managing a team and providing advice, assistance and homelessness prevention services.
* Good knowledge of the needs of vulnerable single people in housing need and the ability to apply this knowledge to applications for housing assistance.
* Ability to communicate and negotiate effectively, in writing and orally, with team members landlord, tenants, members, solicitors, stakeholders, partners and the public.
* A commitment to and understanding of the Council's equal opportunities policy, and the ability to implement the policy in relation to the homelessness prevention agenda.
* Excellent knowledge of IT systems and databases and the ability to extract information, produce statistical data and present in report format.
* A good understanding of issues relating to homelessness and housing legislation including the Homelessness Reduction Act and experience of working in this area
* Experience of dealing with partner agencies in terms of creating and implementing effective solutions.
* Experience of working in a service within a pressurised environment within a multi-disciplinary team, providing a quality service.

Title: Senior Housing Advisor
Location: Hammersmith
Salary: £32.13 Umbrella

MMP Consultancy currently have an opportunity for a Building Surveyor to join a local authority based in the West Midlands.

This will be an Interim position 3-6 months paying £30-£35 P/H Umbrella.

The Role:

• The Building Surveyor will assist the Senior Building surveyors in the effective management and delivery of Building projects on Council managed properties including operation, non-operational buildings, investment land and buildings.

• The Post holder will deliver safe and efficient working environment of Employees, clients, suppliers, contractors and members of the public.

• The post holder will support the Council's aims in respect of revenue generating development, investment and acquisition.

• To assist with surveys and the production of reports for other services and departments and team records.

Job Purpose:

• To prepare detailed scheme designs with costing, through feasibility and programme delivery, to completion of projects. Specification of works including organisation of documents for tender / quotation and advising on appointment of contractors, designers and procurement routes. To include preparation of designs / drawings using AutoCAD.

• Advise on the maintenance and supervision of the maintenance of building by providing technical support to Facilities Officers, determining the condition of existing buildings, identify and analysing defects including proposals for repair.

• To assist the Senior Building Surveyor with the effectively manage of the Condition Survey data base. To carry out cyclical condition surveys of Public Buildings preparing condition reports and update database as works are completed and to assist in the preparation on planned maintenance programme.

• To assist the Senior Building Surveyors and Technical Officers to deal with 'NatFed SOR's' accounting on construction projects and with interim and final accounts with contractors, suppliers and consultants including the resolution of contractual claims and settlement of contracts.

• To assist the Surveyors & Senior Surveyors to prepare estimates, cost plans, bills of quantities, specifications and schedule of rates for planned maintenance, improvements, voids works and maintenance work.
  
• To assist the Senior Building Surveyor and Technical Officers carry out financial checks on completed Repairs as required, and check compliance with RBC's policies and procedures.

• To assist the Property Services Manager and Senior Building Surveyors to undertake analysis of the performance of suppliers and contractors during the contract stage and following contract completion. Check compliance with contract terms and conditions and legal and regulatory requirements.

• To maintain excellent communication with customers and my clients staff and to ensure the highest possible standards of repairs and excellent customer service are achieved within set budget parameters.

• To carry out pre and post inspections of void properties and capital and planned programmes.
  
• To monitor and supervise contractors to ensure an effective and efficient delivery of work/contract

• To prepare and present regular progress and performance of contracts following monthly contract meetings

• Advise on Energy efficiency, environmental impact and sustainable construction

• Instructing on the preservation and conservation of Historic buildings and structures

• Dealing with planning applications and advising on property Legislation and building regulations

• Assessing and designing buildings to meet the needs of people with disabilities

• To prepare / collate and implement documentation to ensure works are undertaken in accordance with statutory regulations such as CDM, COSHH

• To ensure compliance with all statutory requirements and respond quickly to actions arising from the Councils Legal Obligations.

• To maintain an awareness and knowledge of changes in legislation that may affect schemes of work i.e. Health and Safety , Building Regulations, Asbestos Awareness , case Law
  
• Undertake specific and non-routine administrative and clerical duties for collection of data, inspections as required.

• To undertake such other duties commensurate with the experience of the post holder and the grading of the post, as determined by the Property Services Manager

Title: Building Surveyor

Salary: £30-£35 P/H Umbrella

Location: West Midlands

MMP Consultancy are looking to recruit a Specialist Housing Officer on a temporary basis working for a Local Authority based in Hammersmith.

To deliver an enhanced tenancy and estate management service which continually improves the quality of life and satisfaction with services for older & vulnerable residents & maximises the opportunity to co-ordinate and work with key partners and stakeholders.

This will be on a temporary basis paying £24.96 per hour Umbrella.

Responsibilities:

Deliver a comprehensive enhanced housing management service to help residents maintain their tenancy and ensure they are able to access and receive a range of housing and support services.
Work as part of a specialist team working with older and vulnerable customers and as such be responsible for identifying ways to develop and continuously improve the service.
The post holder must always follow appropriate guidelines and procedures to ensure the Council provides the appropriate level of service in the most efficient manner.
Complete systematic monitoring and inspection of sheltered housing schemes to provide secure, clean and well maintained communal areas and services including ensuring residents needs are taken into account for planned maintenance.
Report and monitor completion of household repairs for residents less able to do so and co-ordinate / deploy a handy person to provide a more accessible and tailored service.
Facilitate and promote social activities within the scheme and co-ordinate the use of communal lounge and guest room to enhance the quality of life for residents.
Manage the rehousing process including working with the void works team in property services to get the property into works and receive the property back once works are complete, to carry out viewings and sign up new and transferring tenants.
Deliver a tenancy management service tailored to the needs of sheltered housing residents, including the signing up of new tenancies and enabling residents to effect changes to tenancies including successions, name changes etc…..
Identify breaches of tenancy, such as anti-social behaviour, illegal occupancy or sub-letting, and raise these with the sheltered housing manager who will direct investigations. Furthermore, to identify tenancies which should be brought to an end, and to alert the sheltered housing manager that a notice to quit should be considered, or to assist tenants or next of kin on how to end their tenancy.
Ensure the effective resettlement of new customers into vacant homes providing information about scheme facilities, tenancy related matters and local services to maximise customer satisfaction.

Skills & Abilities:

* Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Council policies in relation to equal opportunity, customer care and service delivery, and the ability to implement these policies in the workplace.
* Evidence of success in promoting equal opportunities through innovative, integrated and client/community focused service provision.
* Evidence of a clear understanding of all aspects of enhanced housing management and an ability to demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement
* An understanding and knowledge of housing and other relevant legislation and regulatory framework within housing.
* Knowledge of dealing with safeguarding issues to ensure alerts are made efficiently and sensitively
* Experience of working in a customer facing service and dealing sensitively and effectively with customer issues, specifically with older and vulnerable customers
* Experience of working within a performance management framework and reporting on KPIs and outcomes
* An understanding of assistive technologies and operations, for example falls detectors, medication alerts, flood sensors.
* Ability to use information and communications technology to maintain up to date information and retrieve information quickly and accurately to help customers.

Title: Specialist Housing Officer
Location: Hammersmith
Salary: £24.96 Umbrella

MMP Consultancy are working with a fantastic organisation to recruit Compliance Contracts Officer to join them on a temporary basis, based in Kent.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the administration and management of Asbestos Surveying and Asbestos Removal contracts, along with any other small compliance-related contracts, ensuring compliance policies and procedures are followed.
• Provide regular updates and support to the Building Safety Manager on contract outcomes against the programme, including KPIs, budget, contract meetings, and general progress all within the contractual framework.
• Undertake procurement exercises with the Building Safety Manager, and Procurement Manager for the compliance contracts.
• Ensure systems are continuously updated including but not limited to the Asbestos Register, Asbestos Management Plan, Housing and Asset System, CRM, and Documents Management.
• Raising and completing orders, organising inspections, processing payment, and carrying out other support tasks such as word processing, correspondence, specifications, and providing general support to the Building Safety Manager within the Asset Team.
• Attend relevant webinars, courses, and collaborative networks to ensure that legislation and regulation changes are incorporated into our Policies and procedures.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in asbestos contract management is essential.
• Detailed knowledge of building pathology
• Understanding of compliance activities within social housing and ability to manage compliance contracts.
• Experience in using a variety of JCT and partnering contracts with the ability to undertake a procurement exercise.
• Previous experience using systems such as CX or Keystone would be an advantage.
• Ability to communicate and influence contractors, colleagues, and stakeholders.
• Proven problem-solving and negotiation skills.
• Experience in dealing effectively with customer complaints and able to demonstrate an understanding of what provides excellent customer service.
• The ability to work as part of a team, along with the ability to prioritise the workload.

MMP Consultancy are looking to recruit a Corporate Complaints & Insight Coordinator on a permanent basis working for a housing association based in Camden.

This role is central to the seamless management and delivery of the overall complaints & insight function. As brand ambassador for the team, you will work with the customers, internal & external stakeholders to ensure complaints handling excellence that facilitates early resolution and embraces continuous service improvement.

This will be a temporary position paying £20.65 per hour.

Responsibilities:

* Ensure the accurate recording of customer complaints into the organisation and in line with our policy and procedures
* Act as Business Champion supporting our internal stakeholders to investigate and respond to complaints in accordance with the Principles of Dispute Resolution
* Proactively work with our internal and external stakeholders to prevent informal complaint escalation
* Carry out peer reviews and scrutiny of complaints case handling to ensure it meets with our regulatory and statutory requirements
* Coordination and facilitation of Housing Ombudsman referral packs in line with complaint handling code requirements
* Challenge and escalate concerns identified in relation to poor complaint case handling
* Day to day handling of complaints and supporting complainants through the complaints process customer first
* Work with staff across all services to focus on getting the right solution first time for our customers and delivering high levels of satisfaction.
* Ensure all front-line teams understand how to prevent dissatisfaction and what to do to put things right.
* Maintain an up-to-date understanding of handling complaints and improving satisfaction and use this to delight customers at every interaction.
* Use customer insight reports, complaints, audits and other statistics to shape and deliver best performance for you and your team.
* Support better ways of working that drive efficiency, promote excellence and ensure value for money
* Engage in a culture of developing innovative solutions and services that enhance our business, deliver on value for money and reflect our values.
* Provide effective business partnering support to investigating managers to ensure thorough and robust investigations and responses of complaints
* Create and enhance internal collaboration ensuring a high level of performance is maintained and targets met


Skills & Abilities:

* Experience of working within a complaint's environment
* A wealth of experience about how to delight customers and manage expectations.
* A commitment to social housing.
* A 'can-do' attitude and solutions-driven, innovative approach that has successfully modernised services.
* A desire to engage with customers, teams and stakeholders to champion the service and be a valued member of the team.
* Be confident with strong communication skills, and excellent written skills
* An understanding of how to manage difficult conversations face to face and by telephone
* Experience of carrying out research and presenting written arguments in a concise but compelling way.
* Excellent knowledge of all MS office applications including intermediate knowledge of outlook, word, excel and a working knowledge of vision

Title: Corporate Complaints & Insight Coordinator
Location: Camden
Salary: £20.65 Umbrella

MMP Consultancy are looking to recruit a Repairs Planner on a Permanent basis, based in Surrey.

The Repairs Planner will work closely with the Maintenance Team to ensure that all repairs and maintenance work is carried out in a timely and efficient manner. The successful candidate must have excellent organisational skills and the ability to plan and prioritise workloads. You will liaise with residents and contractors to ensure that all works are completed to a high standard.

Main Responsibilities:
* Manage Operatives diaries.
* Planning repairs works for pre and post inspection, reactive and emergency repairs.
* Prioritising emergency works.
* Booking appointments and allocating works to the available operatives and following works from start through to completion.
* Ensure all relevant data is updated on a timely basis.
* Liaising with tenants and Operatives to arrange repairs.
* Effectively communicate any concerns about work quality and ensure operatives have the right material to complete their work.
* Take part in meetings, supervision, training as requested by the manager.

Experience Required:
* Previous experience of working with a Housing Association / Local Authority or contractor in either a Planning, Scheduling or Customer Service capacity
* Excellent communicator, with strong organisational skills
* GCSEs at Grade C or above and including Mathematics and English
* Proficient IT skills including use of Microsoft Excel and Word Proven background in a customer service focused environment
* Experience of using database systems (Connect / Northgate / DRS)
* Construction related knowledge

MMP Consultancy currently have an opportunity for an Estates Surveyor to join a Local Authority based out of Hampshire.

This will be a temporary position paying £350 P/Day Umbrella on a 6-9 Month Contract.

The Role:

To be part of a team of Estates Surveyors supporting the Council in maintaining and enhancing the receipts and income from its property portfolio. To play a significant role in providing asset and estate management, development and regeneration, and valuation advice. To support in developing an environment where my client is chosen over other cities as a place to work and reside.

Job Purpose:

• To maintain membership of RICS and adhere to all professional codes of conduct including taking responsibility for own Continuing Professional Conduct.
• Support the Valuation and Estates Team Leader in providing professional advice on the Council's commercial investment and operational property portfolios including matters relating to leasing, acquisition, sale, valuation, property management and rationalisation.
• Provide professional advice on the Council's residential property portfolio including matters relating to acquisition, sale (inc under Right to Buy, Leasehold enfranchisement and lease extensions under the Leasehold Reform and Housing Development Act 1993), and valuation.
• Act as lead for estates related project having revenue implications of up to £50k p.a. or capital of up to £500k.
• To provide a point of contact for many of the 2000 Council commercial property tenants.
• To provide property and valuation support / advice to the Council project teams i.e. Regeneration, Housing, Highways or Education.
• Support the delivery of a service supporting the Councils Growth agenda through improving revenue of its investment portfolio generating capital receipts through disposal of surplus assets, supporting regeneration schemes in providing new residential and commercial property (providing rates and Council tax) and achieve savings through rationalisation and efficient use of its operational stock.
• Implement standard RICS best practice and procedures on all work and develop a culture of continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with standard procedure in terms of file structures and database records, and to update as required.

Functional Responsibilities:

• To mentor graduate surveyors undertaking APC and apprentices; ensuring they have the correct variety of experience to successfully complete their professional qualifications.
• To undertake property valuations for capital accounting, rental, sale, development appraisals or for other statutory purposes.
• To undertake the estate management of the investment and operational property portfolio, this includes monitoring income, compliance, insurance, and repair activities. Manage requests for alteration, assignments and sub lettings. Management of lease events including lease renewals and rent reviews.
• To deliver effective asset management for the Council properties. Seeking opportunities to improve revenue streams to the investment portfolio, ensure the Council holds the right property to deliver its services, and manage land and buildings in a manner to support delivery of the regeneration opportunities.
• To undertake property acquisitions for regeneration, investment operational or for strategic purposes. This may include the use of Compulsory Purchase Powers.
• To undertake and negotiate property disposals. Agents may be instructed for this purpose in which case it will be necessary to manage the appointment. The scope can range from lettings, to sales of assets by private treaty or auction. Properties may be sold following a developer procurement process and development agreement. In all cases there will be responsibility of progressing the negotiations on the transaction and taking to legal completion.
• The above list is not meant to be an exhaustive range of tasks and responsibilities and is subject to the changing requirements of the service unit.

Title: Estates Surveyor

Salary: £350 P/Day Umbrella

Location: Hampshire

MMP Consultancy are seeking a Project Manager with a South London organisation, the role will pay circa £350 per day LTD with flexibility for experienced candidates.

About the role

Title: Project Manager (Delivery)
Rate: £350 day (Inside IR35) neg.
Client: Local Authority
Location: South London
Contract: 6 months rolling - Hybrid.

Key Duties:

* Project Manager for the delivery of Major Works projects.
* Focussing on Fire Safety remedial actions as well as standardised delivery of cyclical works.
* Contract Administration and good Contractor engagement.
* Technical knowledge of asset management and investment projects.
* Undertake on-site inspections.
* Delivery a couple of high profile projects from implementation to completion.

MRICS or MCIOB will be essential.