**Excellent Career Building Opportunity for Property Professionals**
In Ireland West, with the main office in Galway city, you will work across office, site, and home. You will be responsible for providing expertise, advice, and support services in respect of the management of an extensive property portfolio for the area, specifically Mayo.
This position offers a blended working model with standard working hours (35 hours weekly, Monday to Friday) and a competitive salary range of €75,000 - €80,000 per annum, plus mileage allowance and 30 days annual leave.
Duties:
* Provide property management and advisory services.
* Assist in planning, managing, and rationalizing the existing portfolio, estates, and campuses.
* Ensure yearly updating of property valuations of all properties listed in the Property Registers and Database where required.
* Advise on strategies associated with disposing of surplus lands and properties, particularly 'campus' sites and underutilized properties.
* Review and advise on third-party proposals on behalf of clients, including developer proposals, D&B development options, PPP procurement, etc.
* Support development strategies for campus sites, asset management.
* Coordinate service location planning with local authority development planning.
* Provide advice and assistance in sourcing properties through public and private development opportunities, public-private partnerships, leasing, renting, and buying opportunities, joint venturing, etc.
* Ensure compliance with planning and zoning regulations regarding all properties.
* Carry out property suitability assessment reports.
* Provide documentation related to the acquisition and disposal submissions to the Property Review Group and the Senior Leadership Team.
* Establish and advise on costs as they relate to property transactions and development proposals.
* Inspect and review leases and contracts as required, arranging for preparation of title maps, lease maps, and other maps associated with contract documents for property-related transactions and application submissions to the Property Registration Authority.
* Advise management on policies and programs for property procurement, disposal, and development, ensuring such policies and programs are communicated and agreed.
Requirements:
* A minimum of 5 years' relevant experience in commercial agency, property valuation, property transactions, and/or property management.
* Demonstrate experience in managing large property portfolios, including property acquisition and disposal, and the legal and statutory obligations attaching to same.
* Experience in financial planning, budgeting, lease management, and asset strategy development/management.
* Depth and breadth of experience in property management services, including acquisitions, disposals, lease renewals, rent reviews, and valuation applicable in large and complex organizations, as relevant to the role.
Professional Knowledge:
* Broad knowledge of general property management skills across various markets (experience in health/medical or other public service desirable).
* High level of technical proficiency to enable communication in technical terms with relevant personnel.
* High level of proficiency in valuation & negotiation skills.
* Detailed knowledge of best practices in property management, including current thinking and developments.
* A knowledge of property procurements options & methodologies within the Public Sector.
* Good knowledge of zoning and planning objectives, including development plans & area plans.
* Good knowledge of planning & development laws and building regulations.
* Familiarity with innovative approaches for possible use in estate portfolio management, development, and enhancement, including joint venture options, partnerships, and equity release.
Qualifications:
* A Level 8 (or higher) quality & qualifications Ireland major academic award in Property Studies, Property Valuation & Management, or Property Economics.
* Appropriate membership of the relevant professional association: Society of Chartered Surveyors in Ireland, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, etc.
Competencies:
* Leadership and Team Work.
* Organisational / Management.
* Interpersonal / Communication Skills.
* Critical Analysis and Decision Making.