Property Manager (Residential)
Salary: £30k - £32k + Great company benefits
Location: Brighton
Hours: Mon - Fri 9am - 17.00pm
Must have a full clean driving licence
(pool car available for use)
Do you want to work for a well-established organisation that offers a friendly and professional working environment, as well as a chance to develop your skills and knowledge to develop your career? If so, I have a great opportunity for an experienced and proactive individual to join my clients friendly and residential property management team based in their central offices in Brighton.
You will already have a proven background in managing a residential property portfolio and can multi-task and build strong business relationships.
Responsibilities:
- Managing a portfolio of residential properties.
- Arranging maintenance works for properties.
- Arranging day to day repair work liaising with landlords, tenants, and contractors.
- Ensuring invoices are received and signed off within a timely period of works being completed.
- Inspecting work before signing off invoices.
- Regular property visits and reports to landlords.
- Ensuring the gas safety/electrical safety records are kept up to date.
- Ensure adequate keys are held for managed properties and preparing keys for contractors.
- Ensure electric keys and gas cards have credit ready for new tenancies and for contractor use.
- Provide a first-class service dealing with enquiries and ensuring correct procedures are followed.
- Assist in creating systems to improve service delivery and ensure compliance standards are not compromised.
- Attend any relevant training courses that are appropriate to the job title and specification.
- To use a pool car during business as described above.
- Carry out pre-vacating inspections to advise Residential Lettings Manager of condition of properties for re-marketing.
- Organise schedule of works if required
- Inspecting properties after tenants vacate, arrange works orders, organising works ready for new lets in a timely manner.
- Carry out Renewals / Rent reviews/Carry out change overs.
The right candidate will have the following skills and experience to apply:
- Proven property management experience and ideally ARLA qualified but this is not a necessity.
- Great IT skills, including Word, Excel and using property CRM systems, Propco etc
- Excellent telephone manner and organisation skills.
- Ability to work as part of a team as well as your own initiative.
- Good knowledge of letting and property legislation, compliance and H&S.
- Full Clean driving licence.
- Ability to problem solve and build strong relationships.
This is a great opportunity to join a busy and friendly organisation that offers the opportunity to take industry qualifications, ARLA etc and to progress your career. To be considered for this role please submit your CV ASAP.