Investment Surveyor WCC615064

Job Details:

Salary range: £53,109 - £59,220 per annum 
Work location: 64 Victoria Street, Westminster SW1E 6QP
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent 
Closing date: 30 April 2024 
Contact details for an Informal Discussion: Coralie Somos, Senior Investment Manager CSOMOS@WESTMINSTER.GOV.UK

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF SERENA’S VISION 

Growth, Planning and Housing in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where innovative and open-minded people bring everything to the cause. Even expertise from surprising places. 

Take Serena. She is an absolute force of nature at the heart of our Church Street regeneration. And she puts the residents first in everything. Serena’s vision is clear. Regeneration isn’t just about bricks and concrete. It’s about communities. It’s about the environment. It’s about the lives of people and how they feel about where they call home. Serena is their advocate, making sure residents’ voices aren’t just heard, but drive the changes we’re making. The future is safe in her hands. 

Please view the extraordinary story of Serena’s Vision here.

The Role:

As an Investment Surveyor in our Housing Team, you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster’s communities by contributing to the expansion and enhancement of the city council's supply of affordable housing. Your role will be to identify and streamline investment opportunities. 

Working on complex property transactions from end to end, you’ll have immense scope to strategically shape and grow our £multi-million investment portfolio. We’ll look to you to build and nurture relationships with agents, developers and vendors. You will then undertake meticulous due diligence on prospective acquisitions, including site evaluations, surveys and legal consultations. Looking at the wider picture, you will conduct financial analyses and produce comprehensive reports.  You will also keep up to date with the latest research and market trends to guide our investment strategy.  Along the way, you will gain valuable exposure to all aspects of transactions, enhancing your expertise and networks.  You’ll be part of a fast-paced and supportive team that’s committed to your ongoing development.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

You’ll bring diverse experience in property investment and management including complex deals for the acquisition and disposal of residential real estate. Your track-record of originating high-potential investments will be matched by meticulous technical due diligence expertise developed over years of scrutinising repairs, legal matters, surveys, sustainability, and planning factors. We also look for excellent communication and project management skills and confident stakeholder engagement. Well-developed financial acumen and good Excel modelling skills will also be vital to your success.

The Council is committed to achieving diverse shortlists to support our desire to increase the number of staff from underrepresented groups in our workforce. We especially encourage applications from a global majority background and, while the role is open to all applicants, we will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from a global majority background where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit. If you are from a Global Majority background, you can self-declare this to the hiring manager as part of our positive action commitments. 

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. 

Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit  https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

As a forward thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.