About this role
### Job description
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional Real Estate Management expert to direct the Asset Management team, acting as an internal centre of real estate and legal knowledge, providing the intelligent customer function to external property and legal consultants. The Deputy Director, Asset Management will act as SRO for those outsourced contracts, responsible for their appointment, performance, conduct and budget lines, to enable HMCTS to have rapid access to a comprehensive range of expertise.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership for HMCTS's Asset Management function, leading a specialist team and ensuring the estate supports the effective delivery of court and tribunal services.
- Develop and maintain the long-term asset management strategy for the HMCTS estate, ensuring property assets are optimised, legally secure, financially sustainable and aligned to organisational priorities.
- Lead the management of HMCTS's property interests across the estate, overseeing lease renewals, rent reviews, acquisitions, disposals, occupation planning, landlord and tenant matters, and other significant property transactions, whilst managing associated risks including lease expiries, security of tenure, landlord disputes and critical occupancy requirements.
- Lead the provision of asset intelligence, estate analysis and occupancy planning to inform investment decisions, business cases, estate strategy and future service requirements.
- Act as HMCTS's senior asset management adviser, providing expert advice to senior leaders on property strategy, leasehold interests, estate performance and value-for-money opportunities.
- Build and maintain effective relationships across HMCTS, including Estate Strategy, Facilities Management, Capital Projects and Operational teams, as well as the Judiciary, Ministry of Justice, wider government and the property sector, to ensure asset management supports strategic objectives, investment priorities and best practice.
- Oversee the governance, performance reporting and financial management arrangements for the estate portfolio, including accountability for rents, rates and estate-related liabilities, ensuring robust data, compliance and decision-making.
- Represent HMCTS at senior internal and external forums, influencing stakeholders and championing the role of the estate as a critical enabler of justice delivery.
- Lead the commissioning and performance management of external property advisers, agents and consultants, ensuring HMCTS has access to high-quality specialist expertise, delivers value for money and maintains effective oversight of supplier performance and delivery.
Essential Experience
- Significant experience leading and developing high-performing teams, setting strategic direction and delivering results through others in a complex organisational environment.
- Extensive experience of strategic asset management and corporate real estate portfolio management, including the development and implementation of asset or portfolio strategies that align property assets with current and future organisational needs.
- A proven track record of influencing, negotiating and building credibility with senior stakeholders, professional advisers and external partners, achieving successful outcomes in complex and politically sensitive environments.
- Demonstrable experience leading complex property transactions and managing property portfolios, including leasehold and freehold interests, acquisitions, disposals, lease events and associated risk management.
- Strong commercial, financial and analytical judgement, including experience using asset, occupancy and financial data to inform strategic decision-making, optimise value for money, and oversee the effective use of external advisers and consultants.
Qualifications:
- Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS/FRICS), or holder of an equivalent relevant professional qualification.
Additional Information
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity .
Diversity & Inclusion
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 and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .
### Contact Information
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### Guidance for the Statement of Suitability
Please submit a Statement of Suitability setting out clear evidence of how you meet the below essential experience. The Statement of Suitability should be no more than 1000 words.
Essential Experience:
• Significant experience leading and developing high-performing teams, setting strategic direction and delivering results through others in a complex organisational environment.
• Extensive experience of strategic asset management and corporate real estate portfolio management, including the development and implementation of asset or portfolio strategies that align property assets with current and future organisational needs.
• A proven track record of influencing, negotiating and building credibility with senior stakeholders, professional advisers and external partners, achieving successful outcomes in complex and politically sensitive environments.
• Demonstrable experience leading complex property transactions and managing property portfolios, including leasehold and freehold interests, acquisitions, disposals, lease events and associated risk management.
• Strong commercial, financial and analytical judgement, including experience using asset, occupancy and financial data to inform strategic decision-making, optimise value for money, and oversee the effective use of external advisers and consultants.
Qualifications:
• Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS/FRICS), or holder of an equivalent relevant professional qualification.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (Al)
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