Assistant Property Manager

Purple Cow Real Estate; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car during business hours

Career progression opportunities

Supportive leadership team

Central Springfield Lakes location

Job summary

Purple Cow Real Estate in Queensland seeks an Investment Portfolio Assistant with a strong eye for detail to support the Property Management team. This entry‑level role offers growth into a Property Management position and emphasises excellent customer service and teamwork.

You will handle tenant support, leasing duties, and key management while building supplier relationships in a supportive, fun workplace.

Qualifications

• Must hold a current Real Estate Registration Certificate and Australian Driver's Licence.
• Previous real estate administration experience is highly desirable.
• Saturday work (Tue-Sat) is required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Handle incoming calls and be first point of contact for office visitors.
• Provide exceptional support and advice to tenants.
• Build strong supplier and trade relationships.
• Assist with leasing duties including Open for Inspections and reports.
• General office duties such as key management and administrative tasks.
• Grow into a Property Management role with career progression.

Skills

Reliable

Punctual

Teamwork

Enthusiastic

Self-motivated

Problem solver

Excellent communication

Education

Real Estate Registration Certificate

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Are you looking for a new career in 2026! Are you passionate about property, eager to apply your knowledge, and excited to learn more? Do you excel at customer service? Or maybe you thrive on helping your team succeed, using your initiative and drive to complete tasks efficiently and with excellence.

If this mooooves you to shout, "holy cow, that's me," – then you might be the newest member of our Herd.

As our new Investment Portfolio Assistant, your attention to detail and resourcefulness will be genuinely valued and trusted by our leadership, team, and customers. This role is ideal for someone just starting their career in real estate, with the potential for growth into a Property Management role.

This role comes about due to growth in our business and refining our Property Management Herd under new management to create an award winning, high performing and happy team, to lead our clients towards greener pastures.

Please note – you must hold a current Real Estate Registration Certificate and drivers licence

Your story

Are you looking for a new career in 2026! Are you passionate about property, eager to apply your knowledge, and excited to learn more? Do you excel at customer service? Or maybe you thrive on helping your team succeed, using your initiative and drive to complete tasks efficiently and with excellence.

If this mooooves you to shout, "holy cow, that's me," – then you might be the newest member of our Herd.

As our new Investment Portfolio Assistant, your attention to detail and resourcefulness will be genuinely valued and trusted by our leadership, team, and customers. This role is ideal for someone just starting their career in real estate, with the potential for growth into a Property Management role.

This role comes about due to growth in our business and refining our Property Management Herd under new management to create an award winning, high performing and happy team, to lead our clients towards greener pastures.

Please note – you must hold a current Real Estate Registration Certificate and drivers licence

Our story

We’re Purple Cow Real Estate: the top-recommended agency in Spring Mountain and Springfield Lakes.

We pride ourselves on offering truly remarkable residential real estate and project development sales and property management services – delivered with empathy and passion in a fun and unique way.

Our priority is to create a diverse, inclusive, and fun workplace community and consistently achieve remarkable results for our customers.

If you value Teamwork, Communication, Integrity, Excellence, and Care – you'll fit right in with our Herd.

How you'll succeed

As a valued member of our team, your work responsibilities will focus on ensuring that we provide excellence standards of care and service to customers and colleagues, and will include:

• Customer Communication & Care: Handling incoming calls and being first point of contact for office visitors
• Provide exceptional support and advice to tenants
• Building strong supplier and trade relationships
• Teamwork including general office duties such as office opening and closing, key management and general administrative duties

This role is designed to help you grow into a Property Management position, you will start by providing support to our Property Management team, including:

• Key Management: weekly key audits and ensuring all keys are managed and logged correctly ready for supplier and tenant collection
• Inspections: conducting routine inspections 3 days per week, entry and exit reports

• Maintenance management: support the team to coordinate property maintenance activities with trades and tenants ensuring effective communication and key management
• Leasing: assist with leasing duties such as Open for Inspections (OFI's) and preparing for new tenants including entry condition reports
• General office support: housekpeeing and supplies management

Your remarkable qualities

• You're a reliable, punctual, mature-mindedindividual with a passion for real estate and a strong desire to become aProperty Manager with career progression.
• You're enthusiasticandself-motivated, always looking to work efficiently and effectively.
• You enjoyworking in a team, leading by example, and working together to ensure everyone succeeds in their roles.
• You respect and embody our team culture and values; our agency is a close-knit, enthusiastic, and values-driven team, and it's vitally important that our new team member complements our current culture.
• You're a problem solver and solutions focused – you love thinking 'how can we improve' and taking steps to provide Excellence across all areas of your work and the business.

Some essential requirements you must bring to the role

• CurrentAgent's RepresentativeCertificate is essential
• Current Australian Driver's Licence is essential
• Saturday work is required for this role, Tuesday- Saturday
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to learn new software
• Passionate about property management and real estate
• A good sense of humour
• Strong written, verbal and telephonecommunication
• Approachable, courteous, and quality people skills
• Immaculate personal presentation
• Previous real estate administration experience is highly desirable
• Adaptive to change with a growth mindset

What you'll enjoy

Our vision is to lead the way and inspire a fresh and enjoyable approach to property – so you'll enjoy being part of an innovative and creative company.

Some other reasons Purple Cow Real Estate is a rewarding place to work:

• Use of company car during business hours
• Supportive team culture
• Career progression opportunities within a growing company
• Supportive, innovative, and experienced leadership team
• Central location with easy access to amenities
• Excellent office environment in the picturesque Springfield Lakes location (enjoy your lunch by the lake)