Estates Manager

Your new company
Hays Property & Surveying is delighted to be partnering with a high-profile national not-for-profit organisation to recruit an experienced Estates Manager into their Property & Housing function. This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded MRICS property professional to take a leading role in the management and development of a substantial, diverse estate comprising circa 900 locations across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including retail, office, residential and operational assets. The role offers significant autonomy, variety and the opportunity to influence property strategy within a purpose-led national organisation.

Your new role
As Estates Manager, you will take a lead role in ensuring the organisation's property portfolio is commercially effective, compliant and aligned with wider organisational priorities.Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing and improving a diverse multi-site property portfolio of circa 900 locations
• Leading on lease events, acquisitions and disposals across freehold and leasehold property
• Managing a departmental budget of approximately £175k
• Overseeing approximately £3.5m of annual rent and service charge expenditure
• Managing landlord and tenant matters and supporting effective portfolio management
• Managing relationships with external managing agents, professional advisers, rating consultants and specialist providers
• Taking responsibility for the organisation's property insurance programme
• Supporting workplace improvements and ensuring property solutions meet operational requirements
• Working closely with internal stakeholders to support organisational growth and service delivery
• Leading and developing property colleagues and external advisers, creating a culture of accountability, ownership and continuous improvement

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful, you will be an experienced estates or commercial property professional with a strong background operating across a large and geographically dispersed portfolio.You will ideally have:

• MRICS qualification with a minimum of 5 years' PQE
• Significant commercial property and estates management experience
• Experience managing multi-site portfolios, ideally incorporating a mixture of retail, office, residential and operational property
• Strong knowledge of landlord and tenant matters, lease events, acquisitions and disposals
• Experience managing freehold and leasehold assets
• Strong commercial awareness, with experience of budgets, cost control and property expenditure
• Experience leading property professionals, remote teams and external advisers
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• A proactive and solutions-focused approach to complex property challenges

What you'll get in return
You will receive:

• Salary of £60000 - £65000 per annum
• Flexible location, with a Midlands base particularly well suited to the portfolio
• A highly varied and autonomous national estates role
• Exposure to an extensive portfolio of approximately 900 properties
• The opportunity to lead on high-level commercial property matters within a purpose-led organisation
• Wider benefits including pension, competitive holiday allowance, employee assistance programme and employee discounts

What you need to do now

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