Job Description

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Reference number

423769
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Salary

34,362
GBP
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Job grade

Other###

Contract type

Permanent###

Business area

FLS - Land Management###

Type of role

Other###

Working pattern

Full-time###

Number of jobs available

1

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Location About the job Things you need to know Apply and further information

Location

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Dumfries, Newton Stewart

About the job

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Job summary

Forestry & Land Scotland (FLS) is an executive agency of the Scottish Government (SG). We are responsible for managing around 640,000 ha of Forests and Land in Scotland on behalf of Scottish Ministers The role covers our South Region, which extends from the eastern Scottish Borders to the Isle of Arran, and south to the Solway Coast, including the Galloway Forest Park, the Tweed Valley and the Ae plateau.



This new post will be sit within the core Regional Estates team, reporting to the Area Land Agent but working across functional boundaries to optimise the management of our let assets, drive efficiencies and value creation and manage internal and external relationships. The national Commercial Development Directorate provides support and strategic direction to the five Regional Estates teams who are tasked with directly managing a wide-range of let regional assets to generate income, including houses, farms, quarries, telecom mast sites, strategic access, sporting and commercial land and buildings. Recognising the important and growing contribution Estates will make to the core FLS "Property and Land Agency" value stream as we strive for financial sustainability, we need to develop and implement an asset management approach with a professional and efficient focus on financial performance and the effective management and administration of agreements.

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Job description

The Estates Manager is a new post that will provide additional resilience and capacity within an increasingly busy Estates team led by the Area Land Agent, with a particular focus on the day to day management of a large portfolio of leases and other agreements and associated landlord and tenant relationships. Acting as a first point of contact between tenants, members of the public and FLS staff across different teams, the Estate Manager will be an experienced property and estates manager within a Scotland context, with excellent communication, relationship management and organisational skills.###

Person specification

Experience

Essential:

Experience of managing land and property assets and leases and agreements in Scotland Experience of electronic and spatial records management Experience of developing and maintaining relationships across internal teams, with lease and agreement holders and other stakeholders Effective verbal and written communication skills Experience in brokering pragmatic solutions Effective negotiation skills

Desirable:

A working knowledge of agricultural and residential legislation and other land and property law relevant to Scotland

Technical

Essential:

The ability to effectively manage all financial aspects of leases and agreements, including budgeting and debt management The ability to review and accurately interpret leases and agreements

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Selection process details

Please see our recruitment portal for further details.



Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.###

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.###

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:


UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements
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Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.



We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.###

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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Contact point for applicants

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Job contact :

Name : James Higgins Email : james.higgins@forestryandland.gov.scot
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Recruitment team

* Email : reousrcing@forestryandland.gov.scot