Property Project Officer

Common Equity Housing; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Hybrid work

Six days of paid leave

Training budget

Pool car

Office proximity to Carlton

Leave loading

Local office

Job summary

Common Equity Housing Ltd (CEHL) seeks an experienced Property Project Officer to manage capital works across the metro north and regional north portfolio. You will scope works, supervise contractors, and ensure quality and safety for CEHL members and tenants.

The role involves site visits, risk management, and coordinating with CEHL partners, Housing Co-ops, and procurement to deliver projects on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Travel regularly across the metro north and regional north portfolio (vacant or occupied).
• Scope capital works and manage tender process with procurement for best value.
• Inspect approved works to ensure safety, quality and standards.
• Hold contractors accountable for work performed and manage relationships with CEHL stakeholders.

Skills

Residential building

Contractor management

Risk management

Multi-project management

Communication skills

Job description

We’re seeking an experienced and motivated Property Project Officer for our metro north and regional north property portfolio. You will have experience in residential building or construction and play a key role in helping ensure that our co‑op members and renters have homes that are in good condition. You will ensure that any capital works are accurately scoped out and work undertaken by trades are completed on time. You will have a great eye for detail for inspecting approved completed works to ensure they are completed safely, appropriately and the required quality standard.

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About CEHL

Common Equity Housing Ltd (CEHL) is Australia’s largest co‑operative housing provider. Our purpose led, community based housing model delivers lasting social impact by putting people at the centre of everything we do.

For more than 40 years, we’ve provided safe, secure and affordable housing across Victoria. We manage over 2,000 homes and work in partnership with more than 80 housing co‑operatives, supporting around 5,000 co‑op members and CEHL direct renters.

The opportunity

We’re seeking an experienced and motivated Property Project Officer for CEHLto play a key role in helping ensure that our co‑op members tenants have homes that are in good condition. You will ensure that any capital works are accurately scoped out and completed on time and will inspect the approved completed works to ensure they are completed safely, appropriately and the required quality standard.

You will have a background in the residential building / construction project management area and are confident in your contractor management skills, risk management awareness and are comfortable running multiple projects consecutively.

What you’ll be doing

You will be looking after our metro north and regional north property portfolio that could be vacant or occupied, so you can expect that regular travel would be on your agenda.

This role offers a mix of in-person site visits meeting a variety of CEHL members & renters who could be direct renters or members of our housing co‑operatives including their Maintenance Directors and Treasurers. You’ll get to understand their residential property improvement needs which may range from condition reports through to upgrades and major renovations (kitchen and bathroom upgrades / restumping /underpinning etc. You’ll be responsible for the initial scoping out the works and ensuring that the requests for tenders are put through to our procurement team to ensure that we have the best commercial results.

You’ll work closely with the appointed suppliers and trades and have a solid eye for defects. You are comfortable holding contractors accountable for the work that they have undertaken.

Internally you’ll get to develop great relationships with other members of the capital works team and work closely with other CEHL staff involved in property, maintenance, renewal, safety and contractors processes.

Who we are looking for

Whether your experience is in residential development, residential construction, what matters is that you genuinely enjoy what you do and you want the best outcomes for the homes of our co‑op members and renters. You’ll have great communication skills in dealing with our co‑op members, renters, and internal colleagues and are comfortable with the administration and reporting that goes along with the role. You are confident dealing with building surveyors, compliance bodies, builders, tradespeople and contractors.

What you’ll get from us

• A team that genuinely believes in the CEHL purpose
• Generous salary packaging, including meals and entertainment ($2,650) and $15,900 in living expenses
• Six additional days of paid leave
• Hybrid working arrangements
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Access to a generous training budget
• Access to a pool car for your travel requirements.
• The occasional cup of tea on one of your home visits
• A modern Carlton office close to Lygon Street cafes and local parks.

You’ll be part of a collaborative and supportive team, working closely with our co‑op housing partners and CEHL renters within an innovative, renter‑centred housing model that genuinely puts people first.

Join CEHL and build a meaningful career with a stable, respected registered housing provider.

If you value purpose led work, integrity and collaboration, CEHL is a place where you can do work that matter.