Estate Manager

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Drive data‑led estate management.

Strengthen processes, modernise workflows, and deliver high quality landlord‑tenant services across a diverse public estate.

Dorset Council's Assets & Property service is transforming how it manages its estate. Through the Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP) 2024‑2030, we are building a smarter, more agile and insight‑driven property function that supports excellent service delivery, strong governance and long‑term sustainability.

The Estate Management team plays a central role in achieving this, balancing professional surveying practice, landlord‑tenant activity, and high quality operational processes.

To find out more and take a look at the other roles we have available in Assets & Property please see our careers page.

As an Estate Manager, you'll combine professional estate surveying responsibilities with data, workflow and contract management, making you the engine behind a well‑run, compliant and efficient estate service.

You'll support colleagues, tenants and decision‑makers by ensuring the right data, the right processes and the right professional landlord activity come together seamlessly.

Robust data management and reporting, including lease/licence event tracking, property record maintenance, KPI reporting and ongoing data audit/cleansing programmes.

Streamlined operational processes, driving consistent case handling, enquiry management, FOI coordination and workflow improvements across the team.

Professional estate surveyor activity, including inspections, rent reviews, service charges, lease negotiations, landlord consents, valuations, operational property transactions and oversight of tenant compliance with lease terms.

Strong contract and performance management, ensuring outsourced managing agents deliver high quality, compliant services, supported by regular contract meetings, performance reviews and KPI evaluation.

Accurate financial and governance reporting, including income monitoring, debt management, budget reporting, governance logs and support for the annual valuation programme.

Dorset is modernising its entire property function. You'll join a team passionate about improving systems, strengthening governance, and delivering better experiences for tenants, partners and internal services.

You'll play a pivotal role in shaping how the Council manages its varied and interesting estate – including operational buildings, community assets and commercial holdings.

You bring a rare blend of estate management experience, analytical capability, and process improvement mindset. You are comfortable with both the surveying elements of the job and the data/process/accountability elements that sit alongside them.

• Confident managing landlord‑tenant relationships and operational transactions
• Skilled in interpreting and maintaining property data
• Highly organised, accurate and consistent in managing workflows
• A strong communicator and problem solver
• Able to work at pace while maintaining quality and professionalism

If you want a role that blends estate surveying with modern data‑driven management and you want to help shape a more efficient, transparent and high‑performing estate service, we'd love to hear from you.

You will need to travel across Dorset for inspections and site visits. Suitable transport is essential.

For an informal conversation about this role, please contact Sam Hoida, Service Manager for Estate Management on ; or Jessica Maskrey, Head of Assets & Property on

A generous relocation package is payable, of which up to £8,000 (of HMRC eligible elements) are free of tax. We can offer you help to move whether you are looking to buy or rent, depending on your circumstances.

Our package includes:

• an initial advance of up to £2,500 payable when you start
• help towards fees associated with buying/selling (up to £6,500)
• an option to receive help towards your rent or mortgage in the first two years