Person Specification Education, training and work qualifications
• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or with a relevant professional or management qualification at post graduate level, or equivalent experience. • Evidence of continued professional, managerial and personal development in relevant professional area.
Knowledge
• Exceptional understanding of the concepts, principles and practices which underpin delivering a capital programme within a local authority. • Demonstrable experience of leading and managing a multi-disciplined team to deliver programmes of work on time and on budget. • Excellent insight into how the capital projects interact with other services within local authorities. • Knowledge of how to develop and implement a capital programme within clearly defined budget and time envelopes. • Demonstrates understanding of the changing role of local government, the issues facing the public sector, the wider economy and how they impact relevant service areas. • Up-to-date professional knowledge base of the key areas relevant to the role, particularly regulatory compliance. • Knowledge and demonstrable understanding of transformation, culture change, resident empowerment, engagement and participation and the development of staff systems and service. Skills and abilities • Excellent analytical thinker, with the ability to apply a significant degree of evaluative judgement and innovative thinking to arrive at conclusions, sometimes with 'no right answers'. • Enthusiastic and energetic, and prepared to see things through and take accountability. • Ability to balance policy development with effective operational management. • Ability to lead a corporate landlord function, to meet corporate, resident and partner needs by delivering agreed strategic and operational priorities. • Ability to lead and manage teams effectively, motivating staff to give their best, promoting confidence and trust amongst staff and effective engagement across services. • Ability to translate ideas into action, with resilience, tenacity and focus to secure tangible and measurable execution at pace. • Ability to ensure that the Council is complying with statutory requirements in connection with all land and property disposals and developments. • Authoritative and influential with highly developed relationship management and networking skills, and the ability to foster joint working across boundaries for the benefit of residents and communities in Surrey.
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