Band 8a Senior Property Manager

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is a major healthcare provider managing estate and property services across its sites. This role focuses on professional property management, leases, and performance metrics to ensure efficient, value-driven space utilisation in a complex public sector estate.

Candidates will develop and publish metrics, oversee consultants, and work autonomously while aligning with NHS priorities and governance. MRICS qualification is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in property management and portfolio oversight in healthcare or public sector settings.
• Strong planning and design skills for service optimisation and space utilisation.
• Proven ability to negotiate leases, licences and contract terms with landlords, tenants and consultants.

Responsibilities

• Appoint and manage property and legal consultants to deliver an efficient property management service.
• Negotiate all leases and licences entered into by the Trust, ensuring obligations are met and breaches addressed.
• Line manage one Property Manager where appropriate and publish property performance metrics for space utilisation and value delivery.

Skills

Property management

Planning & design

Commercial negotiation

Project management

Landlord & Tenant

SLA & service charge administration

Data interpretation

Report drafting

Tools

Excel

Financial modelling

Job description

The individual requires a good working knowledge and skills in:

• Property management
• Planning and design in the context of understanding and optimising service functions and needs
• Commercial negotiation of contract terms, legal and technical due diligence
• Project management
• Landlord and Tenant and experience in commercial leases
• SLA and service charge administration
• Interpreting complex data from various sources
• Drafting reports and presenting outputs

To appoint and manage appropriate property and legal consultants to ensure the delivery of an efficient, timely and professional property management service at all times.

Professionally manage and negotiate all leases & licences entered into by the Trust whether as landlord or tenant to ensure that the Trust fulfils all obligations as appropriate and that the Trusts tenants fulfil their obligations as a reasonable tenant; appropriate action to be taken in event of breaches.

To directly line manage one staff who is a Property Manager (if appropriate/required).Develop and publish property performance metrics for space utilisation, patient satisfaction, activity and value delivered from estate and annually benchmark against NHS and commercial organisations

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

The successful candidate is likely to be MRICS qualified or equivalent.

Ability to work autonomously with minimal guidance and set goals and standards for self and team.Confident and logical thinker and the ability to undertake long periods of intense concentration.

Personal drive and ambition to improve personal and team performance.Highly developed analytical skills.Ability to lead and work as a team player in a flexible environment

Commercially aware,Good listener, understand requirements in the context of service priorities and can clearly articulate the client vision and solution.Ability to communicate effectively at both a high political level and practical operational level including evidence of influencer behaviours

Excel and financial modelling awareness.Complex report writing skills

To contribute to the efficient operation of the estate to optimise value and utilization by actively managing all aspects of the property portfolio, designing and implementing property management systems and ensuring the coordinated approach to property management that delivers on Trust objectives

To be familiar with policy and the service priorities that drive property strategies for the health sector and wider public sector.