Estate Manager - Scotland/Northern England

Royal Mail Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics operator in the UK is seeking an experienced Estate Manager to oversee a diverse portfolio of properties across Scotland and Northern England. The role involves managing tenant relationships, negotiating lease agreements, and ensuring compliance with both Scottish and English laws. Candidates must hold a professional qualification and possess strong experience in property management. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits, including enhanced parental leave and wellbeing support.

Benefits

Healthcare

Annual bonus potential

Family-friendly support

Employee discounts

Wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Member or Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
• Strong post-qualification experience in property surveying.
• Good knowledge of both Scottish and English legal systems.
• Ability to communicate to influence and develop relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of properties in Scotland and Northern England.
• Lead negotiations for rent reviews and lease renewals.
• Monitor payment of rentals and service charges.
• Assist in estate-related project issues.

Skills

Chartered Surveyor (RICS)

Property surveying experience

Knowledge of Scottish and English law

Relationship building

Change management

Budget management

Education

Professional qualification in Property Management

Job description

Job reference 324927
Estate Manager - Scotland/Northern England
Competitive salary, car allowance , healthcare , annual bonus potential, 27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Permanent, Full time , 41 hours per week
To cover Scotland and the North of the UK

With c1750 properties and 33 million sqft of space spread across the UK, Royal Mail's portfolio is one of the largest corporate estates in Europe. With a diverse property portfolio from local delivery offices in every postal area of the UK, corporate offices, vehicle garages, rail hubs, and our new state-of-the-art fully automated parcel superhubs. The size, reach and complexity of the estate is vast alongside the potential for you to develop your career within one of the UKs largest industrial and logistics operators.

We have a vacancy for anEstate Manager to manage a comprehensive range of estates management services across a defined geographical area of circa 450 property interests, ensuring that the estate is fit for purpose.


The role

As Estate Manager, you will be responsible for a portfolio of properties in the North East of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland and support the day-to-day relationships with the key operational stakeholders for all elements of the property estate within your region.

You will be the main focus for estates management issues particularly Landlord and Tenant related matters such as lease events and be required to lead negotiations for rent reviews, lease renewals and regears falling within the scope of the National Estates Contract and be expected to deliver commercial value from these deals, thereby containing the cost base.

Other key accountabilities include:

• Provide support for lease events and estate changes and assist in estates related issues within projects, providing guidance and support around securing consents and approvals for alterations.
• Work closely with operational, Facilities Management, strategy colleagues and external estate management consultants to resolve all ad hoc estates related events.
• Monitoring the payment and collection of rentals, rates, service charges and other outgoings including pursuing outstanding rental payments and rating refunds/rebates.
• Work with external consultants to manage third party tenant relationships, work to include creation of service charge budgets and the management of any associated debt.
• Fully assist rating consultants in their efforts to reduce rating liability on the vacant portfolio by coordinating efforts to have operators cooperate in terms.
• Ensure that consultants fully maintain the property database, including applying performance measures.

Location

The role covers a broad geographical area, with a primary focus on Scotland, as well as the North of England and Northern Ireland. Ideally, candidates will be based in Scotland and must be willing and able to travel regularly throughout the region.

About you

You need to display the following skills and experience on your CV:

• A Member or Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) with strong post qualification experience (essential requirement).
• Experience in a property surveying discipline, ideally with an emphasis on Corporate Real Estate or Property/Estate Management.
• Good knowledge of both Scottish and English legal systems (essential)
• Ability to communicate to influence at all levels and develop relationships with customers and team members.
• Ability to implement change through challenge, consultation, negotiation and structured planning.
• Ability to manage and deploy a budget or raise revenue to targets to achieve business goals.
• Manages performance of consultants effectively, being able to challenge and achieve good working relationship to ensure estates service of high quality through informal and formal supplier management forums.

Closing Date: Sunday 17th August. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

Extra Benefits
Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
Supportive and generous company sick pay
Your Wellbeing -you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone.
*Available only to perm employees

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail . We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we'll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

#LI-POST #RMG #LIMRT #LI-Hybrid