Commercial Property Manager

Landswood de Coy LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Landswood de Coy LLP is a boutique investment agent and asset manager seeking a Commercial Property Manager with two years post-qualification experience to support a UK-wide portfolio of retail and office assets.

Key duties include advising clients on property and estate management, tenant liaison, rent arrears management, and service charge budgeting while coordinating lettings and site operations across multiple offices.

Qualifications

• Must have MRICS with circa 2 years PQE or a non-property graduate with equivalent experience
• Strong property management background across a variety of sectors
• Excellent communication with clients, tenants and site staff
• Organised and able to work under pressure to strict deadlines

Responsibilities

• Manage client assets to high professional standards
• Provide professional advice on commercial property and estate management
• Tenant liaison, accounts enquiries and rent arrears management
• Carry out site inspections and manage site-based staff
• Oversee day-to-day landlord and tenant matters, lettings, rent reviews, renewals and service charge budgeting
• Coordinate lettings of vacant units with external agents
• Maintain relationships with colleagues, on-site staff and tenants across managed properties

Skills

Commercial property management

Tenant liaison

Rent arrears management

Budgeting

Landlord and tenant matters

Education

MRICS (PQE 2 years)

2:1 degree in relevant field

Tools

MRI/Qube PM

Job description

Landswood de Coy LLP is a boutique investment agent and asset manager established in 2006 managing investment property across all sectors all over the UK from offices in London, Glasgow, Thames Valley and Cheshire.

We recruit in line with our core principles of Responsiveness, Professionalism, Accountability and Transparency and currently have an excellent team of c. 50 office-based staff based with a further c. 100 site-based staff at properties under our management.

We are looking to appoint a Commercial Property Manager with two years post qualification experience to assist in the management of a mixed UK wide portfolio of retail and office assets.

The successful candidate will work as part of a wider team and be responsible for carrying out, inter alia, the duties described below.

• Applying effective professional surveying skills as a member of the commercial property management department to manage client assets in accordance with RICS and industry best practice.
• Provide professional advice to clients regarding commercial property and estate management matters,
• Undertake property management tasks as required to include tenant liaison, accounts enquiries and rent arrears management,
• Carry out regular site inspections and manage site-based staff,
• All aspects of day to day management including supervision of landlord and tenant matters, lettings, rent reviews, lease renewals, assignments, sub-letting, alterations and service charge budgeting/forecasting,
• Letting of vacant retail units in conjunction with external letting agents.
• Levying of service charges on properties under management,
• Oversee and build a good working relationship with colleagues, on-site staff and tenants of directly managed properties, and with personnel to facilitate efficient and effective property management.

The ideal candidate will be/have:

• MRICS with circa 2 years PQE or a non-property graduate (minimum 2:1) with equivalent experience
• Strong property management background across a variety of sectors
• A good communicator - able to liaise directly with clients, tenants and site staff
• Organised, with ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and be numerate with excellent written and spoken English
• Be able to demonstrate personal values in line with Landswood de Coy core values outlined
• Experience of MRI/Qube PM desirable

Salary dependent on experience and qualifications. This role can be based at our London, Cheshire or Thames Valley offices, and will involve UK-wide travel. Salary commensurate with experience and abilities.