Agricultural Estate Portfolio Lead

Overview

Step into a pivotal leadership role where you’ll steer the direction of an expansive Agricultural and Strategic Land Portfolio—with over 375 dynamic assets. From rolling farmland under FBTs and AHAs, to woodland retreats, commercial properties, and strategic parcels brimming with potential, this is your chance to shape the future of Buckinghamshire’s rural landscape.

You’ll operate at the heart of decision-making, indirectly supporting the Head of Asset Management in a fast-moving, high-impact environment. This is an opportunity to shape the strategic direction of the portfolio with innovative solutions to complex situations and thrive amid variety and challenge.

Working within a friendly and supportive team, you’ll take the reins on external consultancy and property management contracts for the Agricultural Portfolio, commissioning innovative projects, steering budgets, and setting ambitious KPIs that drive results. With every decision, you’ll navigate a landscape of opportunity, tackling a diverse and challenging range of properties that will grow your expertise in property and asset management.

Your voice will shape the strategic direction of our portfolio, and your innovative solutions will help us meet complex challenges with agility and flair. This is a real opportunity to make a tangible difference for our clients and community.

About us

Buckinghamshire Council, formed by merging five former councils, is dedicated to improving services and representation for local residents and businesses. We offer a competitive remuneration package, strong training opportunities, and clear career development paths. Our Asset Management Team manages a diverse property portfolio—including retail, offices, farms, schools, hotels, and theatres—providing various opportunities to expand your property expertise and contribute to strategic council projects.

 

About the role

In this role every day brings new challenges, fresh perspectives, and the chance to make a genuine impact. At Buckinghamshire Council, we’re proud to offer not just a competitive remuneration package, but also a vibrant environment rich in training, ongoing professional development, and real prospects for career advancement.

 

As part of a dynamic Asset Management Team that manages an extraordinary mix of properties—spanning bustling retail spaces, modern offices, and industrial assets to picturesque farms, charming residences, schools, luxury hotels, and historic theatres, you’ll have unparalleled opportunities to deepen your expertise, shape strategic council initiatives, and contribute to projects that boost revenue, unlock capital, enhance service delivery, and streamline the council’s property portfolio.

 

This is a chance to use your knowledge and creativity to tackle complex, meaningful issues head-on while keeping an eye on the future—helping to steer the long-term vision for our services.

 

You’ll take ownership of your own projects, supported by a collaborative team, and play a vital role in mentoring colleagues and managing external partnerships.

 

Your voice will shape the strategic direction of our portfolio, and your innovative solutions will help us meet complex challenges with agility and flair

Any-Desk:

As an ‘any-desk’ worker, you’ll need to be connected to our network to access digital folders and resources, but this can either be from home or an office location when required. You will be required to work from the office a couple of times a week, depending on your role and team requirements.

About you

In this role, every day brings new challenges, fresh perspectives, and the chance to make a genuine impact. At Buckinghamshire Council, we’re proud to offer not just a competitive remuneration package, but also a vibrant environment rich in training, ongoing professional development, and real prospects for career advancement.

As part of a dynamic Asset Management Team that manages an extraordinary mix of properties—spanning bustling retail spaces, modern offices, and industrial assets to picturesque farms, charming residences, schools, luxury hotels, and historic theatres, you’ll have unparalleled opportunities to deepen your expertise, shape strategic council initiatives, and contribute to projects that boost revenue, unlock capital, enhance service delivery, and streamline the council’s property portfolio.

This is a chance to use your knowledge and creativity to tackle complex, meaningful issues head-on while keeping an eye on the future—helping to steer the long-term vision for our services.

You’ll take ownership of your own projects, supported by a collaborative team, and play a vital role in mentoring colleagues and managing external partnerships.

Your voice will shape the strategic direction of our portfolio, and your innovative solutions will help us meet complex challenges with agility and flair

Other information

For further information on this role please see the attached job summary.

Number of positions available: 1

Interviews to take place in person at the Aylesbury Gateway Office.

Full-time 37 hours; part-time will be considered

Interview-type / process: In person

Who to contact for additional information: [email protected]

This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and/or unspent convictions

For further information on how long it takes for cautions and convictions cautions to become spent, please refer to our guide on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (updated 2023) | Nacro

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Our values and culture

We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are – Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.

By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:

• a fair and inclusive culture
• the chance to really make a difference to those around you
• health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
• a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
• ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
• opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events

At Buckinghamshire Council, we know that our biggest strength comes from the people that work for us, and that’s why we’re working hard to ensure we continue to be an accessible and inclusive organisation.

From dedicated staff networks overseen by our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, to proudly standing as a Disability Confident employer, it’s important to us that all our colleagues feel engaged, listened to, and valued. Our offer of flexible working empowers a productive and happy workforce and allows employees to combine work with other responsibilities and commitments.

We believe our workforce should reflect the diverse communities we service in Buckinghamshire, and are looking for like-minded individuals to join us in promoting equality, fairness, and inclusion for everyone.

About the Business Unit

Our Communities directorate works across the county to deliver a number of the key customer-facing services that our residents, businesses and visitors rely on every day. 

This directorate includes a wide range of services, including:

• collecting and disposing of waste and recycling
• maintaining our roads and Rights of Way network and parking
• ensuring the delivery of school transport, and supporting sustainable travel including public bus services and School Crossing Patrollers
• managing Country Parks
• leisure facilities, museums, theatres and libraries, as well as developing our Cultural Strategy
• Licensing, Environmental Health and Trading Standards
• Cemeteries and Crematoria

The customer is central to how we develop and deliver all of these services, which help promote our rich and vibrant culture and special environment. 

We are looking for enthusiastic, ambitious and committed individuals to join our team and help us to continue to make Buckinghamshire a great place to live, work and visit. This is an exciting time for us as we bring together the services previously run by five separate councils before Buckinghamshire Council was created. Whilst making major changes to contracts affecting residents across Bucks, we continue to focus on delivering great customer service. You will join us on our journey of continuous improvement - whether that’s through developing strategies and ways of working or delivering services on the ground, every person in Communities is a valued member of the team.

We recognise and reward you

Hard work and success deserves recognition. That’s why we pride ourselves on the benefits we give our people. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements. We provide discounts on various Cafés, restaurants, shops and auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme. In addition to the opportunity to gain membership to Costco, we have discounted gym memberships, travel discounts with Arriva and much more.

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