Property Manager
What you can expect from us
- We offer a competitive salary of £39,050 per annum.
- 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays a total of 40 days paid holiday per annum which is equivalent to 8 weeks.
- Salary Finance - access both short and long terms loans, plus provides access to a savings facility.
- Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or though the holiday purchase scheme.
- Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%).
- A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies.
- Simply Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family. Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
- Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
- Access of up to £150 annually through the ‘Learning for life’ scheme.
- Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme.
- Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.
About the role
We are now recruiting a Property Manager (Home Ownership Specialist) to join our operations team on a 12 month fixed-term basis.
This is a home based role where there is no daily requirement to attend an office but it is expected that the successful candidates will attend the office as and when required for training, meetings and other team events usually once per week mainly in our Didsbury Office.
Occasional work outside of office hours as and when required to attend meetings.
The purpose of this role is to provide a professional, cost effective and high-quality property and leasehold management service, managing a portfolio of properties across a range of dispersed sites.
Key Responsibilities:
Property & Leasehold Management
- Deliver a proactive and professional, high-quality property & leasehold management service to leaseholders and landlords. Delivering all aspects of the service including scheme inspections, staircasing, lease extensions, Management Packs (LPE1), permissions and the interpretation of complex lease clauses. Develop a clear understanding of individual lease covenants and obligations and ensure that those lease covenants and obligations are fully met, and appropriate action is taken in respect of breaches of Lease. Take ownership of all elements of your sites, working with colleagues across the business to deliver a comprehensive and compliant service.
Customer Service & Engagement
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Provide professional and effective written and verbal communications. Participate in meetings for leaseholders, actively interacting with clients in a positive manner. Aim to deliver a service that delights our customers.
Health & Safety and Compliance
- Perform consistent thorough evaluations of the building, outdoor areas, and the quality of services to keep an eye on the maintenance of the property. Spot any problems with repairs and upkeep and address them properly. Ensure all necessary health and safety checks are carried out. Respond to health and safety concerns raised by leaseholders or third parties.
Service Charges
- Collaborate closely with the finance team to produce accurate service charge demands and year end accounts for leaseholders at all sites within the required timescales. Monitor expenditure throughout the year and take appropriate action in relation to considerable variances including communicating this to leaseholders. Ensure sinking funds and accounts contain suitable levels of balance that will facilitate the effective management of the portfolio.
Major Works and Section 20
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Work in partnership with colleagues to set an annual major works programme for each site. Ensure appropriate s20 consultation is undertaken, including dispensation where necessary. Ensure planned and cyclical works are effectively delivered and monitor progress.
Collaboration
- Collaborate with peers within the organisation to deliver a cohesive service experience that enhances customer satisfaction. Participate in the continuous improvement of the service, including the policies and procedures.
Skills, experience, and Qualifications
Essential:
- Sound experience of leasehold management and property management.
- Demonstratable understanding of leasehold and service charge legislation.
- Experience of setting and monitoring service charge budgets.
- Experience of working well in a team, actively contributing and engaging and demonstrate a proactive approach to the achievement of team goals.
- Experience of communicating with leaseholders and external partners in a professional and confident manner.
- Microsoft Packages to an intermediate level
- Excellent communications skills – letter writing and the written and verbal presentation of information.
- Excellent numeracy/analytical skills and competency in dealing with financial information.
- Ability to work on own initiative, managing diary / time effectively to ensure all tasks are delivered.
- Have an innovative approach to problem solving creating long term solutions.
- A Full UK Driving Licence and access to your own car.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent qualification / experience.
- Qualified to Property Institute level 2
Desirable:
- Qualified to Property Institute level 3 or above.
About Onward
Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the Northwest, with 35,000 properties across in 52 neighbourhoods across the region.
We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we’re committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers’ heads, we’re here to make a real difference.
In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.
We embrace diversity and strive for diverse teams to create an inclusive culture which enables Onward to thrive and be representative of the communities that we serve. We want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity to be part of our recruitment processes and will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you with our recruitment process via the email address below.
If candidates have any questions in relation to the role at any stage of the recruitment and selection process they can contact the HR team on HumanResourcesTeam@onward.co.uk and a member of the HR Team will be in touch.
Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early prior to the closing date.
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