Clergy Houses Context: The property portfolio consists of around 250 domestic houses primarily
Team management Managing the staff in the property team including: • Ensuring delivery of services to clergy and others in an efficient, effective and considerate manner • Completion of annual appraisals and any necessary reviews during the year • Promoting their training and development • Professional development • Maintain an effective link with other Diocesan Surveyors and to maintain CPD. • Keeping up to date on Church Measures relating to property matters and relevant external property rules and regulations and to arrange procedural changes as may be required to ensure compliance with such regulations • To undertake other duties as may be reasonably required
occupied by parochial clergy Overall responsibility for:
• Undertaking on a rotational basis the five-yearly inspection of properties, preparing written reports and reporting findings to the Houses Committee, including scheduling of repairs within prescribed timescales under the Repairs of Benefice Buildings Measure • Repairs and maintenance (including emergency response); managing a planned maintenance schedule • Improvements and cyclical replacement work, including reducing our carbon footprint • Managing vacancy work including undertaking major housing works during vacancies, renting out vacant properties and ensuring new clergy can move into properties on time • Managing tender processes as prescribed by the Boards’ policies and/or negotiating with subcontractors for smaller projects and overseeing their work • Identifying properties which require replacement and working with the local church and incumbent, sourcing suitable replacement properties or sites for building a replacement. If new, managing planning and build via local authorities, professional advisers and builders • Purchasing and selling properties as authorised by the Finance Group and within cash constraints, in consultation with the Head of Finance & Operations to meet clergy deployment needs and the placement of curates. Inspecting potential houses before purchase, advising on suitability for their intended purpose and identifying and costing work required prior to occupation.
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Candidate Information Pack
Property Manager (Diocesan Surveyor)
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