Assistant Estates Manager - Placement Year

Frasers Group; Shirebrook; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Shirebrook is seeking an Assistant Estates Manager for a Placement Year starting Summer 2026. This role offers a unique opportunity to work within a dynamic Estates Team, handling diverse responsibilities from acquisitions to lease events. Candidates must be studying a property-related degree, have excellent time management skills and be willing to travel. This position provides valuable insights into the retail industry, all while supporting a vibrant workplace culture focused on innovation and employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Employee recognition program

Free gym classes

Wellbeing support services

Qualifications

• Studying an appropriate property-related degree or other relevant qualification.
• Able to complete this as a Sandwich Year as part of Degree.
• Open to travel nationally and internationally as appropriate with frequent nights away.

Responsibilities

• Manage and own tasks handed down to you by senior team members.
• Challenge and question all estates matters.
• Get involved in lease events and owner reporting.

Skills

Critical review and analysis

Time and workload management

Multi-tasking

Education

Property-related degree

Tools

MS Suite

Job description

Company Description

At Frasers Group we're rethinking retail. Through digital innovation and unique store experiences, we're serving our consumers with the world's best sports, premium and luxury brands globally. As a leader in the industry, we're elevating the retail experience for our consumers through our collection of established brands, including Sports Direct, FLANNELS, USC, Frasers, and GAME.

Why join us?

Our vision

we are building the worlds most admired and compelling brand ecosystem

Our purpose

- we are elevating the lives of the many with access to the world's best brands and experiences

At Frasers Group, we fear less and do more. Our people are forward thinkers who are driven to operate outside of their comfort zone to change the future of retail, embracing challenges along the way. The potential to elevate your career is massive, the experience unrivalled. To be able to make the most of it you need to live and breathe our principles:

• Think without limits - Think fast, think fearlessly, and take the team with you
• Own it and back yourself - Own the basics, own your role and own the results
• Be relevant - Relevant to our people, our partners and the planet

Are you ready to join the Fearless?

Job Description

We are seeking an Assistant Estates Manager to join us on a Placement Year starting Summer 2026.

You will assist the highly-successful and performance driven Estates Team. In this role you will be expected to make an impact and get stuck in from day 1. We do not do things conventionally, and have no expectations of how things 'should be' with no process or strategy set in stone. In this role you will have a real ability to impact and be a part of the ever-changing estates function at Frasers Group. The role will have insight into all levels and areas of the business, not just property matters, giving you an exceptional insight into why our actions and the team's performance are essential to the success of The Group.

As part of this role you will gain a wide and varied experience across the estate including property management matters, estates issues, acquisitions, lease event management, property overhead cost control and assisting senior members of the team on an ad-hoc basis

• Manage and own tasks handed down to you by senior team members
• Expected to continually challenge, question and query why and how on all estates matters
• Manage your time and priorities effectively, the Estates Team are often working to hard and critical deadlines and dates
• Be responsible acquisitions in a certain area or assisting senior team members during an acquisition phase
• Assist team members on all estates matters to ensure the estate remains fit for purpose, allowing the retail teams to operate effectively and profitably
• This could mean one day dealing with road works and the council, to the next assisting a team member on a relocation of a profitable store
• Get involved in lease events, whether that's holding your nerve in a landlord negotiation or engaging our consultants on technical renewals, you will be expected to take ownership of events and report accordingly

Qualifications

• Studying an appropriate property-related degree or other relevant qualification
• Able to complete this as a Sandwich Year as part of Degree
• Can critically review, analyse, interpret and present appropriate data to inform senior team in decision making
• Excellent time and workload management skills
• Effectively multi-task and jump onto differing priorities as they appear
• Open to travel nationally and internationally as appropriate with frequent nights away
• Full clean driving license
• Proficient on MS Suite system
• Able to be based in our Shirebrook HQ

Additional Information

Along with your benefits package we also offer a wide range of perks for our colleagues:

Reward, Recognition and Opportunities

Frasers Champion

Our employees are at the heart of our business and we ensure individuals are recognised every single month for their hard work. Frasers Champion is a peer nominated scheme where 8 winners will receive double their pay for a month where they have thought without limits, owned it or been relevant.

Retail Reconnect

In order to build the planets most admired and compelling brand ecosystem, all employees must understand our business, product and customers. Each financial year, Head Office employees will gain insights by spending two days in one of our stores or the Warehouse. The goal is to learn how the work you do impacts our teams on the frontline, and to bring ideas back to the office which will improve how we work.

Employee Welfare

Frasers Fit

Our Everlast Gyms Team are on a mission to make our workforce the best, and fittest on the planet! We run free gym classes for employees as well as discounted memberships to our clubs. Frasers Fit is our wellbeing programme which aims to support and improve colleagues Physical, Financial & Mental wellbeing. The app is accessible for every employee and includes training, nutrition and lifestyle advice- all completely free.

Retail Trust

We know that its not just about physical health, mental wellness is equally important which is why all of our employees get free access and support from the Retail Trust charity. This includes a 24 hour wellbeing helpline, wellness hub, counselling and financial/legal support.