Project and Commercial Property Manager

Halton Housing; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established organization is seeking a Project and Commercial Property Manager to oversee its property portfolio throughout Scotland. This role involves significant responsibility for property management, ensuring legal compliance, and collaboration with multiple departments to enhance service delivery, particularly in relation to children's hospices. With development opportunities and flexible working arrangements, the position offers a chance to make a meaningful impact on the community.

Benefits

Development opportunities for career and leadership progression

Flexible and hybrid working available

Access to NHS pension schemes

Generous annual leave and health support

Qualifications

• Property or Building Services qualification or substantial relevant experience.
• Highly developed communication and collaboration skills.
• Proactive and positive planning and prioritization skills.

Responsibilities

• Overview and management of the property portfolio across the organization.
• Planning and delivery of capital works projects.
• Budget preparation and compliance with statutory regulations.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Planning

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Education

Degree/HNC/HND in Property or Building Services

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Location: Any CHAS site (Edinburgh, Kinross, Balloch with travel to other sites expected)

Contract Type: Permanent, Full time 35 hours per week

Closing Date: 29/06/2025 23:59

The Vacancy

Project and Commercial Property Manager

Are you an experienced property professional? We are looking for an experienced individual who understands our goals, to join our dynamic team of professionals.

At CHAS, we provide unwavering care across homes, hospices, and hospitals for children who may die young. We create moments of joy and support families at every step on this hardest of journeys.

The role

Children's Hospices Across Scotland is seeking an experienced Property Professional to ensure the smooth functioning of our property portfolio across the organisation. In this critical role, you will work closely with our Operations Managers (Hard and Soft FM), as well as external consultants and contractors, while ensuring compliance with legal, statutory, and Health and Safety requirements.

You will work with the Head of Facilities and Projects overseeing the property portfolio, work with our Retail Team in the upgrading of our existing retail units and have an overview of the current and future office requirements. This role will be involved in planned work at both hospices and all associated consultation and engagement to ensure the portfolio meets high industry standards for CHAS. You will procure and lead on agreed projects working closely with our internal teams across the directorates, including clinical and non-clinical staff, fundraisers and volunteers to ensure the needs of children, families, staff, volunteers and visitors are met.

Key Responsibilities

• Overview of the property portfolio working with key stakeholders, and developing a record and plan for upgrading and maintaining each property.
• Review of all leased premises.
• Planning and delivery of assigned capital works projects (typically up to £300K).
• Prepare briefs, business cases and scope of works.
• Budget preparation and report responsibilities.
• Work closely with the Operational teams to ensure compliance with statutory requirements, Health and Safety and Sustainability requirements.
• Work with the Head of Facilities & Projects in the implementation, review and development of the Property Strategy and associated capital investment plan.

Requirements

• Degree/HNC/HND in a Property or Building Services discipline or significantrelevant experience in a similar role.
• Proactive with a positive attitude and excellent planning and prioritisation skills.
• Highly developed communication and collaboration skills with the ability to simplify technical information.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, including the ability to make decisions under pressure.
• Knowledgeable in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Wide and detailed knowledge commercial property.
• Experience in managing multi-site estates with both owned and leased premises.
• Budget management skills and experience.
• Ability to travel to each of our sites across Scotland.
• Driving Licence and access to a car are essential for this role due to frequent travel requirement.

Why CHAS?

At CHAS, we care for dying children and their families. However, we also care about you. Some of the benefits of a career at CHAS include:

• Development opportunities for your career and leadership progression, and the time to prioritise your personal development.
• A supportive and collaborative work environment.
• Opportunity to make a real impact on the community by delivering best-in-class services.
• Working across different parts of Scotland with diverse stakeholders.
• Flexible and hybrid working available. Part time hours considered.
• The opportunity to continue paying into existing NHS pension schemes (subject to eligibility), or membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Including generous annual leave and pension, incremental salary progression, access to Blue Light discounts, and health and wellbeing support.

You can view the full range of benefits in the attached benefits document

Further Information

CHAS support families across the whole of Scotland. Our Head Office is based in Edinburgh, and we have two hospices: Rachel House in Kinross and Robin House in Balloch. We also have our fundraising office in Glasgow, dedicated bases in Aberdeen and Inverness, Shops in Dunfermline and Kinross and an exclusive event venue overlooking Loch Lomond.

As a team we work flexibly and are happy to discuss how we can meet business needs while accommodating individual working patterns and requirements.

This post is subject to a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check

We expect interviews to take place in July 2025.

Interested?

If this sounds like you, then we would love you to apply. You can read more information about the role in the attached job description.

If you would like an informal and confidential discussion about the role and/or a tour of one of our hospices, please contact our Head of Facilities and Projects [e-mail]

For any queries regarding the recruitment process, please contact our HR Team by [e-mail] .