Commercial Property Manager

Commercial Property Manager

This company is seeking a knowledgeable Commercial Property Manager to oversee a portfolio of commercial properties for a range of clients. As the Commercial Property Manager, you will be responsible for maintaining and developing client contact, dealing with all aspects of day-to-day management of the properties, including overseeing rent collection and accounting matters, tenant relations, maintenance and repairs, service charges, and landlord and tenant matters.

Job Description

The Commercial Property Manager will be responsible for interpreting and negotiating leases, including being able to oversee licenses, rent reviews, lease renewals, as well as liaising with third party consultants on a range of matters such as schedules of condition, terminal dilapidation's, refurbishments, and conversion schemes, etc. Ensuring compliance with Health and Safety legislation, preparing service charge budgets, reviewing year-end certificates and other financial reporting.

This role also involves building and maintaining good relationships between this company and its clients and actively promoting the company and assisting with business development initiatives.

Summary of Duties

• Overseeing rent collection and dealing with arrears with assistance from credit control team
• Dealing with applications for licenses to underlet, assign or alter
• Management of incoming and vacating tenants etc.
• Health and Safety compliance and monitoring
• Overseeing routine property repairs, instructing contractors, undertaking property inspections and implementing planned maintenance programmes
• Preparing service charge budgets and administering service charge funds and contracts.
• Possibly undertaking some rent reviews, lease renewals, and minor dilapidation's claims
• Reporting to clients

This job description in no way states or implies that the essential duties described are the only responsibilities. The employee is required to follow any other instruction and to perform other work duties at the request of their line manager / director.

Skills Required

• Proven track record in commercial property management and its application, from a landlord perspective
• Completion of a property or surveying related degree desirable, although not essential
• MRICS qualification desirable although not essential
• High standard of written and spoken English, especially grammar, spelling, and report writing
• High level of concentration, accuracy, and attention to detail
• Self-motivated with a methodical and organised approach
• Able to effectively prioritise and multi-task
• Excellent people skills
• Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing with peers, managers, clients, contractors, etc.
• Dependable and flexible as well as possessing the ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality
• Proactive, and able to take responsibility for own work
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, most importantly Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Full, clean UK driving license and own vehicle including insurance for business use

Miscellaneous

• Remuneration: Competitive salary
• Hours: 9 - 5.30 pm - Monday to Friday or possibility of working 4 days a week. One hour for lunch break. Will be required to be office-based for at least 3 - 4 days per week for an initial 6 - 12 month induction period but can then reduce to 2 days per week thereafter, with the remaining days working remotely, depending on performance and experience.
• Business Mileage: 45p per mile for business mileage
• Benenden health care is free after one year's service although you can self-fund for the first year.
• Cash Plan: Medicash - Money back on glasses, dental care, complimentary therapies, physiotherapy, osteopathy, and counselling, free after one year's service although you can self-fund for the first year.
• Further industry leading benefits programme.

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