Manager, Real Estate Services

Manager, Real Estate Services

**Job Number**:2112

**Job Type**: Full-Time
**Temp Contract Length**:
**Location**: 150 Frederick St - Regional Admin Headquarters
**Job Category**: Real Estate
**Number of Positions**:1
**Department**: Real Estate Services
**Division**: Planning, Development and Legislative Services
**Hours of Work**: 35
**Union**: Management/Management Support
**Grade**: Management/Management Support Grade 08
**Salary Range**: $109,855.20 - $137,319.00 per year

**About Us**

The Region of Waterloo is a thriving, diverse community committed to fostering opportunities for current and future generations. Home to over 674,000 residents and expected to grow to nearly one million by 2051. Guided by our 2023-2027 Strategic Plan, “Growing with Care,” we focus on equity, inclusion, and sustainability. Our mission is to provide essential services that enhance the quality of life for all residents, while our core values emphasize caring for people and the land we share. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful difference in our community.

Dish with One Spoon Wampum:

- Waterloo Region is part of the Dish with One Spoon wampum, a treaty guiding our commitment to:

- Recognizing our shared humanity and land
- Taking only what we need
- Leaving some for others
- Keeping the dish clean
- This agreement underpins our vision, mission, and core values, and reinforces our dedication to meaningful reconciliation and equity.

**The Role**
- The Manager, Real Estate Services is a key member of the Legal Services Division within the Planning, Development and Legislative Services Department Team, an enthusiastic and committed group of public service leaders. The Department is focused on supporting the development of a thriving and sustainable community. In this strategic role, you will oversee Real Estate Services including land acquisitions, dispositions and valuations to meet strategic objectives of the corporation. We care deeply for our community and our Real Estate Services team is an outstanding group of professionals committed to the future of Waterloo Region.**Duties/Responsibilities**
- Formulates and monitors land rationalization and long range acquisition/disposition strategies in collaboration with Senior Management and relevant Steering Committees; leads cross-divisional teams to implement Region-wide strategies and initiatives as directed by Council to maximize returns and further strategic goals.
- Collaborates with the Senior Management Team, Steering Committees, stakeholders, and other departments as required to identify specific property disposition and acquisition priorities and opportunities for enhancement of Corporate Lands Portfolio and to maximize returns on disposition. Identifies (through participation in the conception and planning of future initiatives and projects involving potential land transactions) potential opportunities for enhancement (e.g., through acquisition/disposition/land exchange, private/public partnership) of all Regional land/property holdings and portfolios. Initiates, directs, and oversees planning and execution of such opportunities.
- Supervises a Senior Property Agent and Property Agents. Administers contracts with consultants, real estate agents, and accredited appraisers to represent the Region for negotiation, valuation, and planning/services. Participates to prepare and evaluate RFPs. Negotiates fee schedules; reviews work; and approves payments.
- Oversees and manages all real estate transactional and valuation related activity including acquisition/disposition, real estate valuation and non-RFP, non-development approval land transactional activities, strategies, and components in accordance and compliance with applicable Regional by-laws, legislation, corporate policy and procedures.
- Manages the structuring and execution of large complex real estate transactions with private sector corporations and public sector institutions that will have significant economic and social impact on the Region.
- Advises clients on real estate matters, processes, and issues by providing analysis, input, and strategic consultation. Prepares budget estimates for property acquisitions for incorporation into client project/program budgets and planning.

**Additional Duties/Responsibilities**
- Manages property acquisition projects. Participates on senior management project teams and steering committees for all Region initiatives involving land acquisition, disposition, and related real estate matters. Advises clients to assess their property needs for capital projects, forecast demand for services, and develop strategies regarding long-term or immediate real estate requirements and issues.
- Ensures Real Estate Services is the corporate ‘go-to’ source for property valuation and market trends, projections for business cases, and other analysis for decision-making and planning through compilation of market data, following trends, and access to a variety ex