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Job Title: Head of Property Strategy
Responsible to: Director of Property & Estates
Responsible for: Property Strategy
As the council's Head of Property Strategy and a member of the Director of Property & Estates Management Team, this post is directly responsible for:

Responsibilities:
Revenue budget of £2.5m Capital budget of £0
Location
Though flexible working is supported, the post holder must be able and willing to be in Slough Borough Council offices or other office sites 5 days a week if required.
Main purpose of Job:
The Head of Property Strategy at Slough Borough Council is a key leadership role reporting to the Director of Property & Estates. The position is responsible for developing and monitoring the delivery of property strategies that maximise benefits from the portfolio and associated property services. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in the long-term vision and direction of the councils property portfolio, ensuring it aligns with organisational objectives and sustainability goals.

The role also has oversight and manages the Corporate Health and Safety function that covers the creation and implementation of all health and safety policies and procedures across the council.
General Accountabilities:
* Strategy Delivery
Deliver the council's public service reform agenda and ensure delivery of its priorities and value to residents. Translate the strategy into a functional plan, delivering the future of the service which enables the council to meet its future challenges.
* Corporate leadership
As a senior manager working as part of a wider management team across the council, work together take collective responsibility and drive forward a range of cross-council initiatives which are required to ensure changes are embedded in a sustainable way throughout the organisation. Provide corporate management that encourages our staff to recognise their contribution to the strategic objectives the council has set.
* Service leadership and management
Lead the integrated delivery, improvement, management and performance of the service, commissioning and directing activity within the council and externally as required, and ensuring overall objectives are translated into effective plans and that the service is efficient and locally responsive. Provide inspirational and professional management to staff, strengthening skills and competence and fostering a strong culture of standards, performance and accountability.
* Resources / Financial management
Ensure tight budgetary control and prioritise use of resources and assets to support the delivery of the council's corporate vision and help ensure that the council receives value for money from its expenditure. Drive and/or support the development of outcome-based commissioning models to better ensure strong price competition and transfer of risks through contracts with third parties. Champion and drive the development of commercial opportunities where appropriate.
* Partners and stakeholders
Actively engage, communicate and influence within the council, across partners and with the wider local and central government community, including NHS, to champion the council's approach to unified public services. Foster the bringing together of local services and decisions across agencies to reduce demand and help communities more independently support themselves.
* Business change
Lead, develop, implement and review change management programmes to deliver continual improvement. Assist the Director in developing a single council-wide corporate culture to engender a strong and shared approach to delivering services and provide better support for staff to deliver savings.
* Compliance
Ensure that all activities within the service comply with the council's Constitution, Standing Orders, financial regulations, health and safety and safeguarding responsibilities and that effective systems operate within the service to manage performance and risk.
* Equality and diversity
Uphold and promote the aims of the council's equality and diversity policies to ensure non-discriminatory practices in all aspects of work, and that diversity is embedded in everything, from workforce planning and policy development to service delivery.

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.

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