Interim Commercial Estates Manager
Midlands-based (hybrid working)
6 months+ contract
£31-34 per hour
We are working in partnership with a forward-thinking local authority to appoint an experienced Interim Commercial Estates Manager to lead a high-profile disposals and commercial property programme.
This is a pivotal role within the Property & Development function, focused on driving value from a diverse estate, delivering a strategic disposals pipeline, and identifying innovative opportunities for regeneration and income generation.
The Role
You'll take the lead on the delivery of a significant disposals programme while overseeing a mixed commercial portfolio. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you'll play a key role in shaping and delivering the council's commercial strategy - balancing financial return with wider regeneration and sustainability goals.
This is a visible leadership role requiring confidence, commercial acumen, and the ability to negotiate and close deals while protecting asset value.
We're looking for a confident and commercially astute estates professional who can operate at pace and with authority:
- Proven experience delivering asset disposals programmes within a complex estate
- Strong background managing mixed-use commercial portfolios
- Demonstrable commercial acumen and track record of maximising asset value
- Experience within the public sector, with additional private sector exposure highly desirable
- Skilled in negotiation, able to maintain value and drive strong financial outcomes
- A natural leader with the presence and credibility to influence senior stakeholders
- Experience in regeneration, development, and income-generating initiatives
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of the disposals pipeline, ensuring maximum capital receipts and compliance with all statutory requirements
- Manage and oversee a mixed commercial property portfolio to optimise performance and mitigate risk
- Lead the Estates surveying function across disposals and acquisitions
- Support and deputise for the Head of Property & Development
- Identify and drive forward commercial, regeneration, and development opportunities
- Produce and review viability appraisals, options appraisals, and business cases
- Provide strategic property advice to senior stakeholders and elected members
- Contribute to service planning, including implementation of the disposals strategy
- Work collaboratively with internal departments and external partners to deliver key outcomes
A degree (or equivalent professional experience) in Estate Management, Real Estate, Property, or a related discipline
Full professional membership of a recognised body:
- MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
(or equivalent recognised professional accreditation)
Extensive post-qualification experience in
commercial property
disposals and acquisitions
investment / development
