Commercial Surveyor
About The Role
Working Hours: 35 Hours Per Week
Contract Type: Full\-Time, Permanent
Additional Payments: Casual Car Allowance
Closing Date: 16 June 2026
Closing time: 11\.59pm
Interview Method: Face to Face
Legal Right to Work: In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application. However, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action
This role is subject to \-
2 References \- where possible we require 3 years' history.
Qualification and Registration \- Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
Casual Car Documentation \- The successful candidate will be a designated Casual Car User which means that car journeys may be necessary on an occasional basis, but are not essential to the role. If you do drive, you must always hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own car for use at work, as well as provide all the appropriate documentation. You will receive an allowance per mile of business use.
Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in Manchester’s property landscape? If so, we’d love to hear from you. We are looking for a driven, RICS qualified Commercial Surveyor to join our dynamic Property Management Team. This is a fantastic chance to expand your expertise and deliver first\-class service across a diverse and high value portfolio. The role holder will provide professional advice undertaking a comprehensive range of commercial property management activities and fee earning work reporting to a Principal Surveyor.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Provide professional advice across a range of commercial property management activities expanding revenue returns.
- Mentor graduate and technical staff.
- Manage the Investment Estate, ensuring legal compliance.
- Aid Strategic Housing acquisitions and disposals.
- Assist the Development team in delivering regeneration objectives.
Are you a chartered estate surveyor with experience of landlord and tenant matters, including negotiating leases, licenses and managing other property transactions who will play a major role in applying the Councils Commercial Estate Strategy?
The successful candidate will be involved in a variety of work and will need to demonstrate knowledge/experience of the following:
- A chartered surveyor with post qualification property management experience.
- Track record of successful delivery in a property environment.
- A knowledge of the property market and the role the City Council plays in regeneration.
- Experience in undertaking valuation and all elements of property management with demonstrable evidence of providing successful outcomes.
- Experience of the successful delivery of effective property management solutions.
About the Candidate
Essential requirements for the role:
- Problem Solving and Decision Making: Ability to formulate independently a range of options for new or unfamiliar situations and to select the appropriate course of action to produce a logical, practical and acceptable solution. An ability to make independent decisions of a relatively uniform nature.
- Project Management: Proven ability in managing relationships with project stakeholders at all levels of seniority through effective communication and an acute awareness of political sensitivities and cultural barriers.
- Analytical Skills: Skillsto analyse a wide range of data and other sources of information to break them down into components parts, patterns and relationships; probes for further understanding of problems and makes rational judgements from the available information and analysis demonstrating and understanding of how one issue may be part of a much larger system/issue.
- Commercial Skills: Demonstrate sound business intelligence and ability to identify commercially viable opportunities and secure best consideration and value for money in service delivery.
- Financial Management: Ability to monitor and maintain expenditure, ensuring that financial targets are met, and being accountable for any areas where budget and expenditure exceed their agreed tolerances
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to identify best practice and analyse trends and patterns to develop ideas for the strategy of the service. Understands adjustments to strategy and helps others to adjust plans accordingly.
- Communication Skills: Is able to effectively transfer key and complex information to all levels of staff, adapting the style of communication as necessary and ensuring that this information is understood.
- A qualified chartered surveyor with post qualification property management experience.
- Track record of successful delivery in a property environment.
- A knowledge of the property market and the role the City Council plays in regeneration.
- Experience in undertaking valuation and all elements of property management with demonstrable evidence of delivering successful outcomes.
- Experience of the successful delivery of effective property management solutions.
- Knowledge of experience of managing local authority property portfolios.
- Knowledge of property management related IT system including CPAD and SAP
- Driving licence
About Us
We’re the local council for one of the UK’s most vibrant and diverse cities.
Working for Manchester isn’t just a job – it’s an opportunity to contribute to a city that leads change and transforms lives. Whether it’s strengthening communities or driving innovation in public services, you’ll play a vital role in creating opportunities and shaping a brighter future for everyone.
Our Manchester is our vision for a fairer, greener, and healthier city – a vision shaped by the people of Manchester. It guides everything we do at the Council and is brought to life through the Our Manchester behaviours:
- We take time to listen and understand
- We work together and trust each other
- We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
- We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things
- We’re proud and passionate about Manchester
- Generous holiday allowance \- Enjoy up to 26 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays. Increasing to 31 days after five years of local government service. Want more leave? You can purchase up to two additional weeks during our annual leave purchase period.
- A buzzing pension \- You’ll be enrolled in the UK’s largest local government pension scheme, with plenty of options to top up your benefits. Includes life cover of three\-times your salary as a lump sum.
- Enhanced parental and carers leave \- Take advantage of our enhanced family leave options, designed to provide ample time for you to bond with your new born or support your family during critical life events.
- Brilliant perks \- Access a range of discounts, from saving on the weekly shop to holidays and days out with MCR\+. Plus discounts on phone contracts, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs and eye tests, and more.
- Learn and grow \- We are dedicated to nurturing talent and providing you with the tools to thrive. Take part in a diverse set of learning opportunities, from workshops and training sessions through to apprenticeships and qualifications. All this begins with our comprehensive onboarding process.
- A Good Employment Charter member \- We are committed to offering secure, flexible work and embedding fairness into everything we do. We review pay annually, recognize three trade unions, and are constantly working to offer the best possible health and wellbeing support throughout all stages of your working life.
- Up to 3 days volunteering leave \- Give back to the community with three days pro\-rate of paid volunteering leave, in addition to existing benefits.
At Manchester City Council, we’re dedicated to creating a workplace that truly reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We actively welcome applications from people of all ages and backgrounds, particularly from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities, Disabled people and young people.
Support During the Process
- Interview Adjustments: Let us know if you need any adjustments to demonstrate your suitability during the interview.
- Accessible Formats: Our ReciteMe tool can be accessed through the "Accessibility tools" button at the top of our careers page. This tool offers features like text\-to\-speech, translation into multiple languages, and adjustable text size and colour to make our site more accessible for everyone.
We guarantee assessments for applicants who meet the recruiting panels minimum shortlisting requirements for the role and identify with at least one of the criteria below:
- Members of the Armed Forces members or veterans
- Current or former care leavers
- Have a disability or long\-term condition
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