Job Description
The Team & Focus of the Role
Our North-West Property Management team are looking for an experienced Property Manager who can pro-actively manage a varied portfolio and client base. The successful candidate will be responsible for the management of a large property portfolio for a mixture of commercial and private clients.
This position will include day-to-day property management as well as running a mixture of service charge regimes, dealing with buildings insurance, major minor works, liaising with building surveyors, contractor management and general daily lessee correspondence. This is an opportunity to join a dedicated team with a high level of autonomy supported by other Property Managers, Administrators, and the wider Commercial Property Management team.
If you're passionate about client service and enjoy getting fully involved in all aspects of managing a commercial property portfolio then this could be an opportunity for you.
This would be a full-time role Monday-Friday (37.5 hours) based at one of our regional offices in Manchester, Liverpool, Knutsford or Chester, and we have a hybrid working policy in place.
In return, beyond your base salary you will be included in:
- A discretionary bonus scheme
- A generous holiday scheme which commences at 25 days with a sliding scale up to 30 days plus an additional day for your birthday, and additional days to cover the festive period!
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
- An online money saving portal
- Death In Service cover, alongside access to an Employee Assistance Programme which includes health appointments for you and your family
- Volunteering Leave equating to 2 days per year (pro rata if you're part-time)
Duties will include:
- Management of multi occupied commercial property - industrial, office, retail, leisure
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, tenants, contractors, on-site staff and the commercial property management team
- Supervising and directing site based staff (where applicable)
- Preparing, presenting and obtaining approval of service charge budgets, service charge reconciliations and the running of service charge regimes throughout the year
- Presenting service charge budgets to tenants and dealing with any queries raised
- Day to day liaison with property owners, asset managers & tenants
- Preparing and reporting information to clients in a timely manner
- Ensuring compliance with legislation including health and safety and other regulations
- Excellent career progression opportunities
- Depending on the level of experience, candidates may be asked to provide support to other members of the team
The successful candidate will have
- MRICS (desirable but not essential)
- Good property market and wider economic and business knowledge
- IT literate/proficient in use of Microsoft Office 365, Word and Excel
- Extensive experience within the commercial property market and commercial property management is preferred
- Ability to effectively and efficiently manage large workloads
- Strong planning, organisational and communication skills
- Team leadership skills
- Driving license essential
- A willingness to learn on the job
Why Fisher German?
We've been around for a while, but it doesn't mean we are behind the times! Across our office network we offer a hybrid working approach to help our colleagues design their working day to suit their diaries. Some days you might be in the office enjoying a collaborative team day, and other days might see you focussing on project work at home. Wherever you choose to work, you'll be part of a social and digitally connected workforce with the chance to get involved in a variety of activities, like sports events, pop-up bars, BBQs, CPD days, live leadership updates on Zoom, picnics in the park and lots more.
What's not to love? We work hard but we also have lots of fun! If that sounds like something you would enjoy, then please get in touch.
We have a history going back as far as 1830 but have been Fisher German since 2000. We operate UK wide advising and managing a range of client portfolios with national visibility across all the 12-property market sectors; agriculture, commercial, education, green energy & sustainability, healthcare, minerals & waste, public sector, residential, rural, telecoms, third sector and utilities and infrastructure.
Bring Yourself to Work
It's simple really, we are passionate about what we do, and we want you to be driven to succeed with us. For this to happen, you need to feel supported and included which is why we're proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.
