Job Title:  Head of Corporate Real Estate

Package:  Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role ID:     SF20088

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Head of Corporate Real Estate for the UK Estates function of QinetiQ at our Farnborough site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

The Role
As the Head of Corporate Real Estate, you will be looking after 40 sites across the UK where there is strategic mix of owned and leased facilities as well as the management of an MOD facility and 3rd party estates.

Day-to-day, you will be a proactive and strategic leader as well as being able to get into the detail. Liasing with various stakeholders both internally and externally.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leverage professional surveying expertise to extract high level insight from complex data and provide a ‘single version of truth’ for the estate and provide a decision-making timeline to ensure timely actions taken to meet key dates
• Providing metrics into portfolio strategy and commercial narrative for Leadership decision-making
• Deliver portfolio rationalisation and optimisation to maximise utilisation and ROI throughout the property lifecycle
• Appoint and direct external agents and 3rd party providers to manage service delivery (e.g. business rates, valuation, agency for disposals and acquisitions, lease renewal, management lettings etc)

Essential experience of the Head of Corporate Real Estate: 

• Proven track record of delivering professional standards and team structure within fast-paced corporate environment
• Excellence in board reporting level, persuasive negotiation and high stakes presentation
• Ability to leverage data-analytics tools to drive evidence-based property decisions
• Highly developed interpersonal and presentational skills capable of translating technical real estate risks into commercial business opportunities

Essential qualifications for the Head of Corporate Real Estate:

• MRICS/FRICS qualified with extensive post-qualification experience in complex commercial portfolios
• Appropriate Degree in Estate / Property Management or a related discipline
• Chartered Surveyor with substantial post-qualification experience specialising in commercial asset management

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you. 

This role is 37 hours per week based at our Farnborough site and this is hybrid-based role with an average expectation of 3 days per week onsite.

Farnborough

At our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK and our large research and development projects is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. technologies’ teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture. www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq

Our Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

Our Recruitment Process:

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported.  If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. Several roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for BPSS clearance, as a minimum.

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)  

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