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About The Role

Role: Estates Technician
Location: Chorley & South Ribble
ContractFull time (36.25 hours per week) / Permanent
Salary: £28,624 - £30,060
Closing Date: 13 April 2025

We’re looking for an Estates Technician to help manage our diverse portfolio and support an aspirational development programme across both Councils.

Join us as and become an integral part of our exciting shared service including estate management, acquisitions, disposals and development. The current programme for capital projects totals over £50 million across both Councils. If you are looking for the next step in your career, this is the role for you.

What you’ll be getting up to
  • Lead in managing licences, garden tenancies, and low-value leases.

  • Assist in preparing and processing documentation related to leases, valuations, disposals and acquisitions.

  • Conduct land and property inspections to ensure compliance with agreements and identify any issues.

  • Maintain accurate records of the council’s property portfolio utilising the Asset Management system, including leases, licences, and tenancies.

  • Prepare land registry compliant title plans.

  • Liaise with tenants, licensees, and other stakeholders to address queries and provide support.

  • Assist in resolving minor disputes or issues relating to land use, tenancies, or licences.

  • Prepare reports, correspondence, and presentations for the Estates Team and senior management.

  • Support the team in handling administrative and operational tasks associated with estates management.

  • Ensure compliance with council policies, statutory requirements, and industry best practices.

  • Collaborate with internal departments and external stakeholders to ensure seamless service delivery.

  • Conduct viewings of vacant buildings with potential tenants.

  • Manage the shared team mailboxes and add cases to the caseload management system for allocation by the Estates and Assets Manager.

 
Who we’re looking for
  • Knowledge of estates management processes.
  • Strong organisational and administrative skills with attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills both verbal and written.
  • Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Word and Excel.
  • Ability to work across teams in a positive and constructive manner to achieve results.
  • Excellent planning and organisation skills.
 
Other requirements
  • This role requires travel around our boroughs. You should have a valid driving licence and suitable vehicle. 
Our Benefits
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
  • Hybrid/agile working from day one
  • Local Government pension
  • Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments 
  • Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
  • Volunteering days
  • Free parking
  • Car Allowance
Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We’re always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you’re interested in part-time, compressed hours or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the “Contact Us” form on our careers website.

About Us

At South Ribble Council, our mission is to provide a first-class service and improve the quality of life for our communities. Our staff are our greatest resource in helping us achieve this. They’re at the heart of everything we do and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services. 
 
Working Together
 
We share a number of our services with Chorley Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans.
 
Additional information

Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date. 

Equal Opportunities

We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.

We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.

If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

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