Senior Development Surveyor

You will make a difference as a Senior Development Surveyor by reviewing Council owned assets and assist in the recommendation of future development work, investigating opportunities to promote the use of land in line across South Gloucestershire.Managing a range of development projects, you will provide advice on promotion opportunities, new acquisitions and disposals, having an emphasis on a commercial return and achieving best value on all property transactions. The Council plan is to utilise its land and property to generate an increased commercial return and £50m investment funding is approved to support this and deliver place shaping aspirations within the District. We welcome applications for Part Time or Full Time hours for this post - please specify your preference on your application. What will you be doing? You will manage a range of development projects and provide advice to support development programmes and to  explore alternative uses for Council owned land and property to maximise commercial value of its assets. It will your responsibility to oversee projects and work programmes, set targets, monitor performance and review potential changes to systems and use your technical expertise to progress the schemes to ensure delivery is achieved. You will assist the process of appointing of consultants, working with the procurement team to progress and implement property development proposals, negotiating commercial terms relating to new disposals, acquisitions and other development related agreements. On a daily basis you will advise on local government regulations, codes of practice, risks and emerging developments. You will be responsible for reporting and managing capital expenditure in accordance with the programme budgets and also prepare and present reports, giving a summary of any issues and their implications and that they meet Council guidelines.