Principal Valuation Surveying Lead for Health in West Midlands
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £54,631 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Birmingham |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 350075/1 |
Summary
We’re looking for talented people who are eager to contribute to vital public services and assist us to deliver taxation and benefits support to the government and local authorities. Your skills and experience will enable us to provide an efficient, effective service right at the heart of the public interest.
At the heart of the agency, we are committed to providing our people with a work environment which is accommodating and accessible to all and which values diversity and inclusion in everything we do.
We encourage our people to bring their whole selves to work by providing a culture that values different perspectives to help tackle complex problems, promote innovation, and deliver stronger decision making in a safe and supportive environment.
We therefore welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds to join our organisation and enable us to be representative of the communities we serve.
Principal Valuation Surveying Lead for Health – Role Overview
District Valuer Services (DVS) provide professional property advice across the public sector, including private and third sector clients involved in delivering public services and functions of a public nature. Our clients include the Central, Regional, Local and Devolved Government, Health, Transport & Infrastructure, and the Environment.
We are looking for a Principal Valuation Surveying Lead within the Health Sector. This is a technical surveying and leadership role primarily involving project management of valuation work for national clients.
You will provide valuation advice to NHS clients. This will include rental valuations of primary care premises in connection with the Doctors’ Rent and Rates Reimbursement Scheme, value for money advice in respect of primary care premises including 3rd Party Developments, asset valuations for financial reporting purposes, acquisition (purchase and lease) and disposal and rent reviews. Negotiations in this regard will be highly complex and will require sensitive negotiations.
This is an excellent opportunity to lead high profile work and specialist teams, and work closely with the Sector Head for Health, Team Leaders and a team of Sector Leaders and Complex Caseworkers. As Principal Valuation Surveying Lead for Health, you will be responsible for managing a large and diverse client base, whilst providing technical advice and support to the team.
Regular travel across the West Midlands Offices will be expected.
Principal Valuation Surveying Lead for Health – Key Responsibilities
- Maintaining and applying an advanced level of valuation surveying knowledge to own casework activity and conduct reviews of high profile or complex valuations for peers and team members.
- Casework will typically fall within the following key areas:
- Providing value for money advice to the NHS in connection with proposed new primary care schemes.
- Leading on disputed cases under the Doctors’ Rent and Rates Reimbursement Scheme, sometimes involving preparation and submission of expert witness reports.
- Providing of a range of estates advice to NHS clients, including valuations for acquisitions, disposals, landlord and tenant etc.
- Providing IFRS compliant asset valuations to NHS Bodies for financial accounting purposes.
- Identifying risks and issues and making recommendations on action to be taken.
- Providing technical leadership, guidance, and support to caseworkers within DVS, primarily on a regional and, as required, national basis.
- Ensuring an awareness of the wider political, economic, social, technical, environmental, and legislative agendas that impact DVS and Health Sector clients.
- Developing and maintaining strong relationships with DVS clients and ensuring customer satisfaction. Understanding and challenging the needs of the client.
- Reporting to stakeholders up to and including Ministerial level where necessary.
- Supporting the DVS management team and working closely with Team Leaders in the transferring of skills across the sector to build capability and the delivery of agreed quality and timeliness targets.
- Providing leadership to caseworkers in the Sector.
- Pro-actively marketing our professional services to existing and potential clients, developing and maintaining client relationships. Identifying and developing new products and services required by clients.
- Maintaining a good understanding of the links to other work areas and the external business environment.