Area Manager

Area ManagerSurrey£40,500 + car allowance

My client is seeking an experienced Area Manager to join their organisation. You will be leading and supporting a team of Estate Managers to ensure all the estates within your portfolio meet compliance requirements and provide an award-winning level of customer service. You will:

• Cover a portfolio of estates across the South of England
• Ensure all estate services are compliant with all legislative and regulatory requirements
• Lead, motivate and manage team members
• Monitor the service and provide effective solutions for improvement
• Plan, control and authorise expenditure to ensure value for money is achieved for customers and leaseholders
• Take swift action to resolve issues & report any significant areas of concern to the Head of Operations
• Comply with internal reporting requirements to enable the leadership team to track business performance effectively
• Network and build strong working relationships based on trust, with all stakeholders
• Represent the business at stakeholder meetings providing supporting reports as required
• Manage higher value/complex work contracts and projects to ensure work is delivered to time, budget and agreed quality standards
• Identify opportunities to continually improve the business such as enhancing working practices, expanding the portfolio, achieving cost efficiencies.

The ideal candidate will:

• Ideally be IRPM Qualified
• Must have leasehold management experience
• Deals effectively with the unexpected and enjoys overcoming difficult challenges
• Be an experienced Line Manager (you will be managing a geographically dispersed team of lone workers)
• Understand and have experience of Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenants Act
• Know how to set budgets
• Be experienced in holding resident meetings - i.e. Budget and Accounts meetings
• Comfortable using own initiative to resolve issues calmly and to make things happen
• Have a positive and proactive attitude
• Have the ability to manage conflicting priorities and demonstrate progressive approach
• Have experience of leading & developing high performance teams
• Have excellent communication skills
• Work with a high level of detail
• Have advanced working knowledge on Microsoft Office
• Ideally have an understanding of QUBE software systems
• Willingness to travel on a day-to-day basis
• Have a full clean driving licence and use of a car

Working hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

Benefits include 27 days holiday + BH, pension, life cover, sick pay scheme and long-standing awards.