Asset Manager - Care Homes

Octopus Investments; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary and bonus package

Pension

Hybrid working

Wellness hub access

Parental leave

Life insurance

Private medical insurance

Electric vehicle leasing

international secondment option

Job summary

Octopus Investments is seeking a seasoned Asset Manager to own the delivery of asset management strategies across a portfolio of care homes. You will work with the Fund Manager and investment team to optimise income, value and risk-adjusted returns.

Applicants should have substantial real estate asset management experience, MRICS accreditation, and a track record with leases, rent reviews and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Substantial and hands-on commercial real estate asset management experience.
• A solid grasp of asset management principles, including leases and rent reviews.
• Experience managing third-party operators, professional advisers and other stakeholders.
• Able to run several projects at once and keep them organised.
• Comfortable analysing trading and financial performance data and presenting clear recommendations.
• Able to work with a high degree of autonomy.
• MRICS accreditation or equivalent professional recognition.
• Experience in healthcare real estate, care homes, social infrastructure or other operational real estate.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery of asset management strategies to grow income, value and returns.
• Build relationships with operators, consultants and valuers with clear reporting to the Fund Manager.
• Analyse operator data and translate into dashboards and reports.
• Track developments, budgets, risks and escalate issues early.
• Oversee surveys, due diligence, and capital expenditure monitoring.
• Lead rent reviews and monitor lease events.
• Implement ESG/sustainability reporting including investor communications.

Skills

Asset management

MRICS

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

ESG

Education

MRICS accreditation

Job description

At Octopus, we’re entrepreneurs and we’re investors, on a mission to back the people, ideas and industries that will change the world.

Job Description

Why this role
Own a portfolio of operational care homes where good asset management means better places for people to live as well as stronger returns. You’ll work directly with the Fund Manager and the wider investment team, and cover everything from rent reviews and forward-funded developments to ESG. You’ll see the results in the buildings themselves.

The role
You’ll own the delivery of agreed asset management strategies across the OHF portfolio. That means growing income, value and risk-adjusted returns, working with operators, consultants and valuers. It matters because care homes are people’s homes, and how well they’re run and maintained affects residents and families as much as investors.

What you’ll do

Manage the portfolio

• Deliver agreed asset management strategies, spotting ways to improve income, value and risk-adjusted returns
• Build strong relationships with operators, consultants and other stakeholders, and give the Fund Manager clear reporting and recommendations
• Analyse quarterly operator trading data (occupancy, fee rates, staffing, agency use, margins, EBITDA, rent cover) against budgets and underwriting, and turn it into dashboards and reports

Look after the buildings and leases

• Track forward-funded developments with development colleagues, reviewing milestones, budgets, programmes and risks, and escalating issues early
• Manage building surveys, technical due diligence and valuation inspections with external valuers, and monitor asset condition and capital expenditure
• Lead index-linked rent reviews and monitor lease compliance and key lease events
• Put OHF’s ESG and sustainability strategy into practice with operators and consultants, including GRESB (Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark) submissions and investor reporting

Plan ahead

• Contribute to annual business planning, budgeting and forecasting, and work closely with investment and ESG colleagues

Qualifications

Substantial and hands-on commercial real estate asset management experience

A solid grasp of asset management principles, including leases and rent reviews

Experience managing third-party operators, professional advisers and other stakeholders

Able to run several projects at once and keep them organised

Comfortable analysing trading and financial performance data and presenting clear recommendations

Able to work with a high degree of autonomy

MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) or equivalent professional accreditation

Experience in healthcare real estate, care homes, social infrastructure or other operational real estate

If you meet most but not all of this, we’d still love to hear from you.

Additional Information

What we offer

• A competitive salary, bonus, pension and share incentive plan
• Untracked holiday
• Hybrid working – three days in the office, two days from home
• Anchor (our wellness hub) which includes Headspace, one to one coaching through Wellness Cloud, Digital GP, employee assistance program & more
• Up to 6 months paid parental leave regardless of gender
• Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection
• Private medical insurance for you and your family
• Electric vehicle leasing
• The option to work overseas up to a month per year

Our Values
At our core, we believe that how a company behaves is just as important as what it does. That’s why we chose to become an accredited B Corp (the equivalent of a Fairtrade coffee stamp but for companies) and to change our Articles of Association so that the interests all our stakeholders – employees, customers, communities, environment and shareholders – are considered in every decision we make.

We are committed to building a workplace where diversity is valued, and inclusion is a priority. By providing equal opportunities for growth and development, we embrace and celebrate all races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, ages, disabilities, and socio-economic backgrounds. We believe teams achieve their best when every member feels safe, respected and empowered to be their authentic selves.

We're proud to be disability confident and are committed to supporting candidates with a disability, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, throughout the recruitment process. Applicants are welcome to opt-in to the disability confident scheme as part of our application process. If you require any adjustments to the interview process, we’ll be happy to accommodate where possible.