Manager, Real Estate Services

**Department:** Procurement & Real Estate Services **Employee Group:** Exempt **Location:** 4515 Central Boulevard, Burnaby **Salary Range/ Wage Rate:** Management / Leadership, Level M2 ($126,613.83 - $148,970.80 annually) (2024 wage rates) **Our Procurement and Real Estate Services Department is seeking a Manager, Real Estate Services for our Real Estate Services division. This is a leadership position within the division’s management team. This position will lead a team that will carry out a wide variety of transactions from acquisition of fee simple lands to other interests in land and will participate in the creation and maintenance of the District’s real estate strategies. This specific real estate manager role is expected to lead the “major projects” team in support of the delivery of major infrastructure projects that are complex and multi-year in nature and which require very strategic and analytical approaches. However, portfolio assignments within the management team may be adjusted over time based on evolving organizational needs. A key role for this position includes communications and negotiations with governmental and First Nations entities. Presentations to senior leadership, First Nations, and other stakeholders may be required from time to time. This position will also play a key role in Real Estate Services’ senior leadership team in the operations of the division.** **You are: A real estate professional with strong leadership abilities; have significant experience in the negotiation of property rights; have a positive and enthusiastic attitude; enjoy being part of a lively and dynamic team; organized and detail-oriented; dependable and reliable; courteous and respectful; and personally invested in supporting others and guaranteeing satisfaction.** **The Manager, Real Estate Services reports to the Director, Real Estate Services.** **To apply for this opportunity, please email your resume, cover letter, to:** **Allan Welyk** **President & Director** **ELEVATE Search Group** **Email:** **allan@elevatesearchgroup.com** **Web:** **www.elevatesearchgroup.com** **This role:** * Works as part of a team to manage the provision of professional real estate services and advice to Metro Vancouver’s various legal entities (GVS&DD, GVWD, GVRD and Metro Vancouver Housing). Manages acquisitions, disposals, and ongoing management of the organization’s real estate interests and rights (both as property owner and tenant) including fee simple, statutory right-of-ways, licenses, permits, and leases. Works effectively to minimize expense, liability, and risk exposure and optimize revenue and opportunities for client departments. * Identifies opportunities to optimize assigned real estate assets and property interests and provides recommendations to the Director to support departmental and corporate objectives. Contributes to portfolio planning by assessing emerging property needs, market conditions, operational risks,