Property Manager

At Retirement Villages Group, we are delighted to be recruiting for a commercially minded Property Manager to join our Central Team based in our London Victoria office (2 days London based, 1 day Village based). This is a new role created due to growth, so an exciting time to join RVG and an opportunity to really make this role your own.

Reporting into the Property Director, the purpose of this role is to provide property management to the daily operations of our residential portfolio across the UK - currently sitting at 17 assets.

This role will be responsible for partnering with the business operations to support with property management, compliance, maintenance and H&S support, service charge and lease management and sustainability.

The ideal candidate will possess 5+ years property management experience (inc. a professional qualification), demonstrate highly effective stakeholder management, financial acumen and a willingness to support and develop colleagues.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage key relationships with contractors and service providers.
• Own, manage and negotiate group-wide property service contracts, in conjunction with the operations team and in line with company procurement rules
• Own property data, including sqft, EPC records, addresses etc
• Support the correct property setup of new developments in conjunction with the operations team
• Working with colleagues, ensure all assets comply with legislation and are maintained in line with H&S regulations
• Support the preparation and issuance of service charge budgets and village operating budgets with General Managers and Management Accountants
• Manage and report on centrally controlled costs which impact village operating budgets
• Lease management including lease agreements, update schedules, and managing process
• Own lease processes, including dilapidations, alterations etc
• Own Section 20 templates and support operations team in issuing notices and being compliant with legislation
• Assist the business in delivering the sustainability strategy including our industry-leading Net Zero Carbon strategy
• Create, negotiate and manage partnerships with our customer, contractors and internal stakeholders

The successful candidate:

• Member of The Property Institute or Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors or similar qualification
• 5 to 10 years’ experience in a similar role
• Excellent understanding of health and safety compliance
• Ability to use systems and maintain data
• Proven experience in the management and delivery of business improvement projects

Attributes & Skills:

• Driving license or ability to travel to site regularly
• Database knowledge
• Able to prioritise workload
• Professional and articulate communicator
• High level of problem solving

In return, for this role we offer a competitive salary (+ bonus based on both personal and company performance) and a range of excellent benefits:

• Private medical insurance
• Pension scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement, birthday leave and volunteer days!
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave
• Life assurance