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Deputy Head of Corporate Estates Management

Hybrid in any location within England·Added today (last checked 3 Nov)

Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)

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Our summary

Salary
£45,240 - £50,530 a year

About £3,010 - £3,320 a month after tax.

Work mode
Hybrid, any location within England
Closing date
Apply by Friday 20 November
Holiday
25 days holiday
Pension
28.97% employer pension
Commute
Cycle to work scheme

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

To be eligible to apply, you need to:

  • Have an undergraduate degree in one of the following; Property Management, Estates Management, Commercial Real Estate, Corporate Real Estate, Real Estate.
  • Possesses a high level of credibility and technical expertise in property management, with a keen emphasis on client satisfaction.
  • Possesses a comprehensive knowledge of Landlord and Tenant Law (contracts leases and Government occupier contracts), Agency / Transaction delivery and Asset Management best practices as they apply to the non-residential property sector
  • An ability to work cross function to join property management services together with Facilities Management (reactive and proactive) and Health & Safety compliance and best working practices.
  • Familiar with property management challenges across the governmental value chain.
  • Understanding of business drivers and customer services relating to the public sector.

Nice to have

It is desirable that you have the below experience but this is not required to apply:

  • Strong organisation skills including to manage a lease events tracker.
  • Experience with property management related expenditure including lease costs and ensuring relevant cost controls are in place.
  • Good people skills to manage our property partner Government Property Agency and their advisors for holistic and joined up property management solutions.
  • Self-starter someone who can work across the business and develop relationships with the local management teams.
  • A proven track record of developing and delivering property management solutions

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£45,240

£45,240 - £50,530 (National) / £47,040 - £52,500 + £3,150 RRA (London)

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Alongside your salary of £45,240, Crown Prosecution Service contributes £13,106 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

Join the Crown Prosecution Service and find your purpose.

The Crown Prosecution Service is passionate about ensuring that we're a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We're a committed equal opportunities employer, creating a culture where you can bring your whole self to work, and individuality is truly appreciated.

This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our staff networks covering disability, faith and belief, LGBTQI+, race, social mobility alongside our mental health first aiders programme and wellbeing sessions.

The Crown Prosecution Service commits to offer its employees the following experience.

  • You can do impactful, purposeful work that's making a difference to your local communities.
  • You are able to learn and grow, with access to the right opportunities and resources.
  • We care about your wellbeing.
  • We want you to feel valued, trusted and included.

We also offer the following range of benefits:

  • Civil Service contributory pension of up to 28.9%
  • 25 days' leave, increasing to 30 days after 5 years
  • £350 each year to spend on personal development
  • lawyer training programme for all new prosecutors
  • an extra privilege day to mark the King's birthday
  • competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave
  • flexible working including flexitime, and a family friendly approach to work
  • Cycle2Work scheme, employee savings.

Diversity at the Crown Prosecution Service is about inclusion, embracing differences and ensuring our workforce truly reflects the communities we serve. We want you to feel that you belong and can thrive, whatever your background, identity or culture. As a Disability Confident employer, we're happy to support requests for reasonable adjustments and improve your recruitment experience. If you'd like any reasonable adjustments made to our recruitment process, let us know within your application or contact Rachel.Seagraves@cps.gov.uk.

We want to ensure our employees can thrive at work and home and offer a range of support to achieve a balance. This includes flexibility of working hours, flexibility to support caring responsibilities and a flexible approach to deployment. We offer a hybrid working policy. You must spend at least 40% of your contracted hours over a four-week period at court, in an office or another official workplace depending on business need and the kind of work you're doing.

Visa & relocation

Please note that the CPS is unable to offer visa sponsorship. If you require visa sponsorship to work in the UK, you will not meet the eligibility criteria for this role.

Candidates are subject to UK immigration requirements. For the most up-to-date information on the requirements of working in the UK, please go to the UK Visas and Immigration website at https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

The role

As a key member of the Corporate Estates Management (CEM) team, you will report directly to the Head of CEM. The current Estate comprises of 39 offices in England and Wales and you will be accountable for managing the lease expiry and lease events to enable the implementation of the strategic asset management plan. A working knowledge of the Landlord and Tenant (1954), Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act (1938) their commercial application is essential.

What you'll do

  • Oversee property-related expenditure, lease costs, capital and operating budgets, forecasts and financial controls to secure value for money across the CPS estate.
  • Lead property management services for approximately 39 offices and associated parking accommodating more than 7,500 staff, aligning the portfolio with CPS priorities and government property policy.
  • Develop property strategies, business cases, delivery plans, systems and compliant occupational contracts, while monitoring lease events, utilisation, projects and key portfolio risks.
  • Manage and hold GPA and its advisers to account through KPIs, SLAs, quarterly performance reviews, escalation and continuous improvement of asset and property management services.
  • Provide assurance, advice and reporting to senior leaders and governance groups, working with internal teams, suppliers and stakeholders to deliver compliant, efficient and business-focused property solutions

A copy of the full job description is attached.

How you'll work

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

This post can be based in any location within England and Wales where a Crown Prosecution Service office is located. You are expected to travel to Crown Prosecution Service locations as part of this role, based on business needs. The Crown Prosecution Service is a Disability Confident employer and all reasonable adjustments are considered in line with Equality Act of 2010.

The Crown Prosecution Service is based in England and Wales. If you're applying for this role and live in Scotland or Northern Ireland, you must let us know when accepting this offer as you need permission to work from your home address if hybrid working is part of your role. There's no guarantee that we will grant this approval.

You must be aged 16 or over at the point of starting in this role. The expected start date is approximately 8-12 weeks after the application closing date. You are expected to commence employment as soon as possible following the expiry of your notice period. Requests for significantly later start dates may not be accommodated.

This is a full-time post. We do consider requests for flexible, part-time working and job share, always considering the operational needs of the department.

Reference number

486863

Job grade

Senior Executive Officer

B3

Contract type

Permanent

Number of jobs available

1

Clearance

If successful, you are required to secure a Disclosure and Barring Service check, for which you must have a current valid UK address.

If successfully appointed, we ask you to complete a character enquiry form, and nationality and immigration questionnaire.

If you're a Crown Prosecution Service member of staff, you won't need to do a Disclosure and Barring Service check as you already hold this clearance.

The job you're applying for is covered by Article 3(a) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, consequently Section 4(2) of that Act doesn't apply. You're required to disclose all previous convictions and cautions including spent convictions. Failing to make a full declaration will result in withdrawing your offer of employment if our checks reveal convictions that haven't been disclosed.

Successful candidates must undergo a standard (or equivalent) criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Reserve list

If you're recommended by the selection panel but not appointed to the current vacancy, you're put on a reserve list for 12 months. You may be offered another Deputy Head of Corporate Estates Management post in the CPS if a vacancy comes up during this period. We may also approach candidates on the waiting list to fill other roles that require similar knowledge and experience.

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
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Job contact :

  • Name : Rachel Seagraves
  • Email : Rachel.Seagraves@cps.gov.uk

Hiring process

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Seeing the Big Picture
  • Managing a Quality Service
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Working Together

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

The recruitment process consists of an online application and interview.

You are asked to complete a statement of no more than 250 words for each of the following behaviours, setting out how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience match the specified behaviours and requirements:

  1. Seeing the bigger picture - Lead Behaviour
  2. Working together

In addition, you need to demonstrate the following experience/technical skills required for this role:

  • Possesses a high level of credibility and technical expertise in property management, with a keen emphasis on client satisfaction.
  • Possesses a comprehensive knowledge of Landlord and Tenant Law (contracts leases and Government occupier contracts), Agency / Transaction delivery and Asset Management best practices as they apply to the non-residential property sector
  • An ability to work cross function to join property management services together with Facilities Management (reactive and proactive) and Health & Safety compliance and best working practices.
  • Familiar with property management challenges across the governmental value chain.
  • Understanding of business drivers and customer services relating to the public sector.

You also need to demonstrate the Crown Prosecution Service or Civil Service values.

The panel has the right to assess the lead behaviour 'Seeing the bigger picture' first. If the standard on this behaviour isn't met, the other behaviours won't be considered and your application won't progress. The panel also has the right to raise the minimum standard pass mark. The panel may also refer to the lead behaviour at the interview stage to determine merit order.

CV

You're not required to upload your CV. However, when submitting your application there is a 'CV section'. You are required to provide information about your employment and/or academic history for the past three years. The CV section will be used as supporting evidence, it won't be assessed.

It's your responsibility to provide the specified information in the requested format to ensure that you're considered for the post.

If you're unable to cover three years through employment or academic history, you must provide a character reference for clearance purposes.

The interviews are expected to take place on 18th January 2027.

Your interview takes place online through Microsoft Teams. A member of our recruitment team will be in touch with guidance. If you have any queries about this, contact Rachel.Seagraves@cps.gov.uk.

You should keep this date free or notify us if you're not available. We'll make every effort to accommodate your date preferences but we can't guarantee it.

We use behaviours to help us understand your experience, to see if you're a good fit for the role. You are assessed against SEO level in the Civil Service success profiles behaviours framework. We are assessing four behaviours at interview stage:

  1. Seeing the bigger picture
  2. Working together

Essential Experience/Technical Skills - assessed at interview

Strengths are tested at interview stage - the strengths tested are not shared before the interview.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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  • Email : strategic.resourcing@cps.gov.uk

Additional information

Apply before 11:55 pm on Friday 20th November 2026

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

If you're dissatisfied with the recruitment process and wish to make a complaint, please contact Strategic.Resourcing@cps.gov.uk with your concerns.

If you remain dissatisfied and wish to make a further complaint, please click on the following link to the Civil Service Commission complaints page Recruitment Complaints - Civil Service Commission

Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles can be found at https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/

Details of the Civil Service Nationality Rules are located at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

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.

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 (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

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