The Royal Parks
Senior Estates Manager
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About us
The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.
We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with tens of millions of visits every year.
We are now looking for a Senior Estates Manager to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 36 hours per week.
The Benefits
- Salary of £55,000 - £61,000 per annum, depending on experience
- 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service
- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
- Hybrid/agile working options
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Offices in a beautiful location
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This is a terrific opportunity for a general practice surveyor with estate management experience to progress and develop their career within our unique and historic estate.
You will discover a rewarding role, where you will help to protect some of London’s best loved spaces whilst expanding your portfolio of experience as you work alongside a wide range of invested parties including some high-profile stakeholders.
So, if you’re ready to elevate your expertise in the heart of London’s green haven, then apply today!
The Role
As the Senior Estates Manager, you will be responsible for property-related matters across our estate.
Specifically, assisting with the delivery of an effective estate management function, you will lead in negotiating high-profile agreements, supported by the Head of Estates and our Legal team.
You will also negotiate utility, including telecommunications agreements and be responsible for the procurement of a new property management database, ensuring we achieve best value and great results.
Additionally, you will line manage up to three Estates Managers and will be required to visit each park to fully understand the entire estate.
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About You
To be considered as the Senior Estates Manager, you will need:
- Experience as a general practice surveyor, ideally with experience gained in a similar historic estate of a similar size and complexity
- Proven experience of negotiating a range of agreements and negotiating with high-profile third parties and their professional consultants
- Line management experience
- Proven effective experience managing key working relationships and stakeholder management, both internal and external
- A degree-level education, or equivalent through relevant training/experience
Other organisations may call this role Estate Manager, Property Manager, Land Manager, Land Management Manager, Rural Estate Manager, or Estate Surveyor.
We want to put everyone in the best possible position to succeed so if you think that you may need more support to complete our application process, please do get in touch.
The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
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