Chartered Surveyor - Health Sector Leader Scotland
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Details Reference number 451610 Salary £59,342 A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97% GBP Job grade Grade 7 Contract type Permanent Business area VOA - Technical Leaders - District Valuer Services Type of role Surveying
Valuation Working pattern Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time Number of jobs available 1 Contents
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) are the public sector?s property valuation experts and advisers with a vision to be a world-leading provider of public sector valuations. Our work is vital to the collection of over £60 billion of revenue which goes back into communities, touching every citizen and every business across England and Wales.
We champion the values of professionalism, integrity, respect and innovation. We are committed to providing a collaborative and supportive working environment that encourages every colleague to contribute, grow and excel together. With opportunities to drive your own development and growth, we empower our colleagues to succeed by ensuring support at every step of their career journey.
Job Description
Valuation Working pattern Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time Number of jobs available 1 Contents
- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know
- Apply and further information
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) are the public sector?s property valuation experts and advisers with a vision to be a world-leading provider of public sector valuations. Our work is vital to the collection of over £60 billion of revenue which goes back into communities, touching every citizen and every business across England and Wales.
We champion the values of professionalism, integrity, respect and innovation. We are committed to providing a collaborative and supportive working environment that encourages every colleague to contribute, grow and excel together. With opportunities to drive your own development and growth, we empower our colleagues to succeed by ensuring support at every step of their career journey.
Job Description
Role Overview
District Valuer Services (DVS) provide professional property advice across the public sector, including private and third sector clients involved in delivering public services and functions of a public nature. Our clients include the Central, Regional, Local and Devolved Government, Health, Transport & Infrastructure, and the Environment.
We are looking for a Principal Valuation Surveying Lead within the Health Sector. This is a technical surveying and leadership role primarily involving project management of valuation work for national clients. As Sector Leader you will be responsible for managing a diverse client base, whilst providing technical device and support to the team.
This is an excellent opportunity to lead high profile work and specialist teams, working closely with the Sector Head for Health, the Team Leaders, and other Sector Leaders in Scotland.
You will work closely with NHS clients to provide valuation advice. This will include rental valuations of primary care premises in connection with the Doctors? Rent and Rates Reimbursement Scheme, value for money advice in respect of primary care premises including 3rd Party Developments, asset valuations for financial reporting purposes, acquisition (purchase and lease) and disposal and rent reviews. Negotiations in this regard will be highly complex and will require sensitive handling of discussions.
Regular travel across the Scotland offices will be expected.
Key Responsibilities
District Valuer Services (DVS) provide professional property advice across the public sector, including private and third sector clients involved in delivering public services and functions of a public nature. Our clients include the Central, Regional, Local and Devolved Government, Health, Transport & Infrastructure, and the Environment.
We are looking for a Principal Valuation Surveying Lead within the Health Sector. This is a technical surveying and leadership role primarily involving project management of valuation work for national clients. As Sector Leader you will be responsible for managing a diverse client base, whilst providing technical device and support to the team.
This is an excellent opportunity to lead high profile work and specialist teams, working closely with the Sector Head for Health, the Team Leaders, and other Sector Leaders in Scotland.
You will work closely with NHS clients to provide valuation advice. This will include rental valuations of primary care premises in connection with the Doctors? Rent and Rates Reimbursement Scheme, value for money advice in respect of primary care premises including 3rd Party Developments, asset valuations for financial reporting purposes, acquisition (purchase and lease) and disposal and rent reviews. Negotiations in this regard will be highly complex and will require sensitive handling of discussions.
Regular travel across the Scotland offices will be expected.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintaining and applying an advanced level of valuation surveying knowledge to own casework activity and conduct reviews of high profile or complex valuations for peers and team members.
- Casework will typically fall within the following key areas:
- Providing value for money advice to the NHS in connection with proposed new primary care schemes.
- Leading on disputed cases under the Doctors? Rent and Rates Reimbursement Scheme, sometimes involving preparation and submission of expert witness reports.
- Providing of a range of estates advice to NHS clients, including valuations for acquisitions, disposals, landlord and tenant etc.
- Providing IFRS compliant asset valuations to NHS Bodies for financial accounting purposes.
- Providing technical leadership, guidance, and support to caseworkers within DVS and across the sector to build capability and the delivery of timeliness targets, primarily on a regional and, as required, national basis.
- Ensuring an awareness of the wider political, economic, social, technical, environmental, and legislative agendas that impact DVS and Health Sector clients.
- Developing and maintaining strong relationships with DVS clients and ensuring customer satisfaction, understanding, and challenging the needs of the client.
Our ideal candidate is someone with advanced technical surveying knowledge, with a strong understanding of the health sector and who can project manage asset exercises. The successful candidate will have strong leadership skills with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
Essential Requirements
- Full MRICS or FRICS Qualified. The candidate must be eligible to join the RICS Valuer Registration Scheme (VRS), criteria as determined by the RICS is as follows: Regulatory Rules.
Licences A full UK Driving Licence is essential to this role. However, if you are considered disabled under the Equality Act 2010 and do not hold a full driving licence, we will consider your application. Please contact with your details to discuss this further. Qualifications MRICS/FRICS Memberships MRICS/FRICS Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
We Offer a Range Of Flexible Working Options, a Generous Leave Allowance That Starts At 25 Days (increasing By a Day For Every Year Of Qualifying Service Up To a Maximum Of 30 Days) And a Civil Service Pension With An Average Employer Contribution Of 28.97%. We Also Offer
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Leadership
- Making Effective Decisions
- Managing a Quality Service
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Professional knowledge and experience as a Chartered Surveyor and on the Health Sector.
We Offer a Range Of Flexible Working Options, a Generous Leave Allowance That Starts At 25 Days (increasing By a Day For Every Year Of Qualifying Service Up To a Maximum Of 30 Days) And a Civil Service Pension With An Average Employer Contribution Of 28.97%. We Also Offer
- Learning and development tailored to your role.
If you can meet our person requirements above, we are keen to hear from you.
To apply for this post, you must complete an online application with the following:
- A CV setting out your Job History and Full Qualifications
- We will assess you on your CV and Personal Statement.
Interviews are currently taking place using Microsoft Teams Video. We will provide more detail if you are shortlisted for interview.
We will assess you on the Behaviours listed in the job description, Strengths and Presentation.
At the interview, the panel can then probe further and ask applicants to provide further specific examples that show how they best demonstrate their skills.
Behaviours
The distinguishing Behaviours (the required skills, knowledge and behaviours) for this role are set out in the Civil Service Behaviours Framework 2018 (Success Profiles - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)) and should be referred to when making this application.
You are required, under the Behaviours approach, to describe how you have dealt with a specific situation.
You must give evidence of your knowledge, skills and behaviours and how you have applied this, such as what you did or said and how you interacted with other people.
When you are giving your examples, do not spend too many words on description and background information. Avoid using general or unspecific statements. Instead say what the situation was, what you did what your thought process was and so on.
Presentation
You will also be required to conduct a 10-minute presentation. Information on the presentation topic will be provided to you if you are shortlisted for interview.
Technical
As part of the interview you will be asked technical questions to assess your technical skills.
Application Hints and Tips
For more information on Success Profiles, tips on how to write a successful application and find out more about what?s involved in the application process please visit About the application process , Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk).
Further Information
You will be joining the department during the transition of the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) into HMRC. For this reason, the role will start on VOA terms and conditions for a temporary transition period. After this, your employment will move to HMRC Terms and Conditions.
As part of the application process you will be asked to tell us which of the locations available you can work in. You will be able to specify 1 options. Please be aware that you can be posted to any location that you put in your preferences.
Successful candidates must select one of the locations noted in this advert as their base office and will be expected to undertake regular travel to this location under the Agency?s hybrid working policy.
A full UK Driving Licence
Technical
As part of the interview you will be asked technical questions to assess your technical skills.
Application Hints and Tips
For more information on Success Profiles, tips on how to write a successful application and find out more about what?s involved in the application process please visit About the application process , Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk).
Further Information
You will be joining the department during the transition of the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) into HMRC. For this reason, the role will start on VOA terms and conditions for a temporary transition period. After this, your employment will move to HMRC Terms and Conditions.
As part of the application process you will be asked to tell us which of the locations available you can work in. You will be able to specify 1 options. Please be aware that you can be posted to any location that you put in your preferences.
Successful candidates must select one of the locations noted in this advert as their base office and will be expected to undertake regular travel to this location under the Agency?s hybrid working policy.
A full UK Driving Licence
is essential to this role. However, if you are considered disabled under the Equality Act 2010 and do not hold a full driving licence, we will consider your application. Please contact before you start/submit your application with your details to discuss this further. to discuss this further.
Please confirm ?Yes? if you meet this criteria.
Any move to VOA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk.
The VOA is an office-based organisation that supports flexible working. By default, everyone in the VOA is a hybrid worker with options to work in the office, at home or out and about, depending on the work they?re doing that day and where it?s best done.
VOA employees only: If you are currently in receipt of DTA as a result of a VOA office closure/restructure and it is agreed for you to take up this role in your current location, you may continue to receive DTA for the remainder of the period you can claim for. Please check with the Vacancy Holder on preferred locations for this role before you apply.
This post is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish Citizen, under the EU settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for this post in relation to the Skilled Worker Visa route before applying.
To be eligible for sponsorship you will usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of £38700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria.
Ensure you are eligible before applying for this post.
You can also contact for further support.
Pre-employment Checks
Please confirm ?Yes? if you meet this criteria.
Any move to VOA from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk.
The VOA is an office-based organisation that supports flexible working. By default, everyone in the VOA is a hybrid worker with options to work in the office, at home or out and about, depending on the work they?re doing that day and where it?s best done.
VOA employees only: If you are currently in receipt of DTA as a result of a VOA office closure/restructure and it is agreed for you to take up this role in your current location, you may continue to receive DTA for the remainder of the period you can claim for. Please check with the Vacancy Holder on preferred locations for this role before you apply.
This post is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish Citizen, under the EU settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for this post in relation to the Skilled Worker Visa route before applying.
To be eligible for sponsorship you will usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of £38700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria.
Ensure you are eligible before applying for this post.
You can also contact for further support.
Pre-employment Checks
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure Scotland on your behalf. However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email .
Reasonable Adjustment
We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition, or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.
If you need a reasonable adjustment or a change to be made so that you can make your application please
For further information on the Disclosure Scotland confidential checking service telephone: the Disclosure Scotland Helpline on 0870 609 6006 and ask to speak to the operations manager in confidence, or email .
Reasonable Adjustment
We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process because of a disability, condition, or impairment. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.
If you need a reasonable adjustment or a change to be made so that you can make your application please
- Click here for more information: Reasonable Adjustments , Civil Service Careers (civil-service-careers.gov.uk)
- Contact as soon as possible.
Voluntary terms apply.
Reserve Lists
If we have more successful candidates than available vacancies, we will hold a 3-month reserve list as standard.
During that time, we may use the list to fill the same, or similar roles with closely matching essential criteria, without further testing of merit. Any appointments from the Reserve list will be made in strict merit order.
Starting Work
The successful candidate will normally take up duty within one month from notification of successful completion of pre-employment checks.
Applying
All applications for these vacancies must be made online. There are limited exceptions to this. Paper applications will only be considered if you have a disability that will prevent you from applying online. If this is the case, please email .
Once you have submitted your application it cannot be amended; only submit your application when you have completely finished and answered all the relevant questions.
Please note that late applications will not be accepted.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
Concerns/Complaints
The Valuation Office Agency?s recruitment processes are underpinned by the Civil Service Commissioner?s Recruitment Principles, which outlines that selection for appointment is made on merit based on fair and open competition.
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the values in the Civil Service Code and/or if you feel the recruitment has been conducted in such a way that conflicts with the Civil Service Commissioner?s Recruitment Principles, you may make a complaint, by contacting the Central Recruitment Team at the following address: .
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint you have the right to complain to the Civil Service Commissioners.
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
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the values in the Civil Service Code and/or if you feel the recruitment has been conducted in such a way that conflicts with the Civil Service Commissioner?s Recruitment Principles, you may make a complaint, by contacting the Central Recruitment Team at the following address: .
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint you have the right to complain to the Civil Service Commissioners.
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
Requirements
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. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. 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 . Apply and further information
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