Property Manager

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Property Manager

  • Location:
    Bristol (BS13)
  • Salary:
    Up to £28,000
  • Employment Type:
    Permanent
  • Hours per Week:
    37.5
  • Grade:
    6
  • Closing Date:
    29 March 2025

Residential Management Group, a large, established market leading property management company, is looking for an experienced Property Manager, based at our development at Lakeshore, Bristol.

The Property Manager's primary responsibility is to provide a property management service to a residential building, ensuring the building is managed in line with the client's expectations whilst providing an excellent customer service to residents and visitors.

What hours will I be working?

You will be working a 37.5 hour week, with core hours of 9am to 5.30pm, ideally with some flexibility to work outside of these hours when required, and work between 8am and 6pm. 

What are some of the tasks you'll be undertaking as Lakeshore's Property Manager?

  • Professionally manage the development, providing a safe, secure and well maintained environment for residents.
  • With your thorough understanding of all services installed at the development, you will monitor these in line with the service level agreement with contractors and within the terms of the lease.
  • Construct an appropriate budget (in line with broad principles) to provide the key services for customers.
  • Oversee the work of the regular staff visiting the development, including contractors attending to carry out one-off repairs.  Ensuring the communal areas of the building, garden and grounds, are cleaned and maintained.
  • Monitor the collection of service charges, to ensure the appropriate work can be funded and that credit control services are utilised when required.
  • Maintenance & Major works – ensure maintenance is carried using approved contractors and gain client consent when required. Ensure all consultation procedures are followed under Section 20 legislation.
  • Respond to referrals from the Customer Service Centre and action within 24 hours of receipt (i.e., complaints, correspondence and telephone calls).
  • Supervise and provide line management support for on-site staff, ensure compliance, arrange appraisals and resolve employee relations issues, seeking guidance when needed.

What skills and experience are we looking for from our Property Manager?

  • Previous experience in a similar role
  • An understanding of the Building Safety Act
  • An awareness of associated regulations and how changes might impact working procedures. 
  • Ability to interpret leases.
  • A good understanding of accounts and the accounting process, to aid with reviewing service charge budgets vs expenditure
  • A friendly, positive and flexible work attitude to supporting multiple stakeholders
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Good communication skills (verbal and written)
  • Ability to solve problems with diplomacy, empathy and patience
  • Able to complete tasks using relevant IT system i.e. recording data.

What do we offer you?

  • 27 days annual leave (increasing with length of service), plus Bank Holidays
  • Option to buy/sell up to 5 days annual leave
  • Free Healthcare cashback Plan (claiming for things like optical treatment (plus an optical discount voucher) and dental care, physiotherapy and GP Charges – plus more! (all to a generous fixed amount), plus 24/7 access to remote GP Service
  • Pension scheme (contributions matched up to 7%) Life assurance (4 x annual salary).
  • As part of Places for People Group (RMG's parent company), you will have access to Our Place Rewards, where you can choose from a huge range of shopping discounts, instore vouchers and reloadable e-cards, earn cashback on on-line purchases and take advantage of many exclusive offers

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please email the recruitment team recruitment@placesforpeople.co.uk 

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on skillsemployment@placesforpeople.co.uk.

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

If you are using a mobile device such as an iPad then ensure your CV is stored in the cloud, we currently support Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox.

 

If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls 

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. 

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. 

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.

 

Armed Forces - We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Disability Confident - We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. The Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for NI) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has sa substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do daily activities.

Neurodivergent – Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.

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Bristol (BS13)
Lakeshore Bristol, Lakeshore Drive, Imperial Park, Bristol, United Kingdom, BS13 7AZ
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