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Senior Strategy & Asset Manager

On-site in London·Added today (last checked 10 Nov)

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)

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Salary
£60,230 a year

About £3,790 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, London
Experience
Senior level
Closing date
Apply by Monday 23 November
Pension
28.97% employer pension
Commute
Cycle to work scheme

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Relevant experience in surveying, property asset management, and/or estates portfolio strategy, preferably holding MRICS/FRICS or working towards professional membership of the RICS through the APC process.
  • The ability to support strategic planning, writing business cases, governance products and briefing material.
  • Experience developing and delivering property portfolio strategies, or significant parts of them, including strategic planning, governance and briefing products.
  • Experience of managing commercial property portfolios, including landlord and occupier requirements, occupation agreements, lease events, risks and opportunities for rationalisation, acquisition or disposal.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, with the confidence to work collaboratively across finance, policy, operations, governance, Arm's Length Bodies, delivery partners and external stakeholders.
  • Strong financial and analytical capability, including the ability to develop, maintain and interpret property data, financial information and performance reporting to support evidence-based decision-making.
  • Experience supporting governance, assurance, compliance or sustainability reporting activity across a property portfolio.
  • Highly organised, resilient and collaborative, with strong communication skills and experience of managing, mentoring or developing others, with a commitment to inclusion and continuous improvement.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£60,230

The salary for this role is £65,820 (London) or £60,230 (National).

For existing civil servants, the usual policy on level transfer and promotion will apply and is non-negotiable. More information can be found in our 'How to Apply' section further down on this page.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Alongside your salary of £60,230, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government contributes £17,448 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).

At MHCLG we offer many benefits that range from tailored career pathways and flexible working to MyLifestyle Staff Benefits Scheme, Childcare Vouchers, and Cycle to Work Schemes. For more information, please click here.

Visa & relocation

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)

The role

As Senior Strategy & Asset Manager, you will ensure the Department's estates portfolio is actively and effectively managed to support delivery of the Property and Location Strategy. You will lead strategic portfolio planning, support estate rationalisation and expansion, manage key property data, and work closely with internal and external partners to deliver effective property outcomes.

What you'll do

  • Delivering the Department's Property & Locations Strategy, including identifying opportunities to rationalise, acquire or divest space in line with business needs.
  • Shaping and influencing new Departmental Property Controls, and the Department's approach to overseeing its Arm's Length Bodies' estates.
  • Leading lease event management across the portfolio, developing options and recommendations at break, expiry and renewal, and instructing the Government Property Agency on resulting transactions.
  • Leading the development of business cases for property decisions, from strategic outline to full business case.
  • Developing and maintaining strategic portfolio plans (SAMPs) and governance products, including Asset Management Plans, Property Event Pipelines, State of the Estate (SofTE) reporting and future property strategy inputs.
  • Management of financial information relating to the portfolio, including monitoring and review of all service charges, rents, rates and other occupation costs in line with agreements and value-for-money expectations.
  • Manage property portfolio data, records and financial information, ensuring accurate analysis of occupancy, lease events, costs, billing and payments to support evidence-based decision-making.
  • Build and manage effective stakeholder relationships, including with internal corporate functions, Arm's Length Bodies, the Government Property Agency and other delivery partners.
  • Managing responses regarding the portfolio to FOIs, PQs, and specific responses to use of the MHLG seal where necessary.
  • Support delivery of sustainability, assurance and team priorities, including mandatory sustainability reporting, compliance activity, and line management or mentoring of Property Team colleagues.

How you'll work

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

Bristol, Darlington, London, Manchester, Wolverhampton

Apply before

Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 23rd November 2026

Reference number

489828

Job grade

Grade 7

Contract type

Permanent

Type of role

Property

Number of jobs available

1

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National Office: BPSS

London Office: BPSS + CTC

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Security

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Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

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Hiring process

The application process will be split into 2 stages, testing the following Success Profiles:

Behaviours, Experience, Strengths

Please ensure your CV does not contain any personally identifiable information.

Note: We do not consider direct CV applications. All applications must be submitted via the provided application link.

Important: Your CV and Cover Letter must be merged into a single document before uploading.

Stage 1: Sift (CV & Cover Letter)

Experience: CV & cover letter (750 words) - setting out why you're a good fit for the role and how you meet the person spec and essential criteria, drawing on relevant examples where possible.

If you run into any technical problems when applying through Be Applied (for example, trouble logging in or submitting your application), their support team can help. Please contact them at hello@beapplied.com.

Stage 2: Interview

  • Behaviours: Leadership, Seeing the Big Picture, Changing & Improving, Communicating & Influencing.
  • Strengths: The strength-based questions will require natural responses from the candidates.

Candidates will be asked to prepare a 5-minute presentation, further details will be provided on invitation to interview.

Sifting is envisaged to take place starting 24/11/2026.

Interviews are currently being held remotely via videocall. This could be subject to change.

Find out more about our recruitment processes here.

  • Applying
  • Sifting
  • Interview
  • Interview Results & Feedback
  • Reserve List
  • Near Miss
  • Civil Service Grades
  • We are a DCS, RIS & GPTWV employer
  • Reasonable Adjustments

Find out everything you need to know before applying here.

You must review the following information from the MHCLG Career's Site before submitting your application. This step is essential to ensure your eligibility for the role and that your application is completed correctly.

  • Security Clearance Requirements
  • Civil Service Nationality Requirements
  • Right to Work
  • Civil Service Code and Recruitment Principles
  • CV Declaration
  • Sponsorships
  • Salary and Grade
  • Existing Civil Servants
  • Conflict of Interest
  • Location and Flexible Working
  • Internal Fraud Database
  • Appeals and Complaints
  • Fixed Term Appointments for:
  • External Candidates
  • Existing Civil Servants (Including Loans)
  • Secondments
  • MHCLG employees

About Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)

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In their own words

About the company & team

We are MHCLG

The Estates team is a small, multi-disciplinary, multi-site team that works closely together to manage a broad and varied programme of work. The team works at pace, engages confidently with stakeholders, and supports delivery of the Department's Property Strategy. The Department has embarked on an ambitious Estates and Locations Strategy, including office closures, the expansion of its second headquarters in Wolverhampton, and the relocation of its London office.
This is an opportunity to join the team at a pivotal point and contribute to a significant programme that will shape the future of the Department's estate. In this role you will help shape and influence new Departmental Property Controls and the Department's approach to overseeing its Arm's Length Bodies' estates.

  • Name : Laura Hawkins
  • Email : Laura.Hawkins@communities.gov.uk
  • Email : recruitment@communities.gov.uk

Additional information

We are a Disability Confident employer.

We apply a fair and proportionate interview process for all candidates. In line with our commitment to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), we aim to progress candidates who apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and meet the required minimum selection criteria.

However, where high application volumes are received, progression to interview may be limited to those who best meet the role criteria. In these circumstances, the benchmark required to proceed to interview may be raised for all candidates.

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).

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