Property Management Lead

East Suffolk Council; Lowestoft; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Property Management Lead to oversee their Property Management Portfolio. This role offers the opportunity to provide strategic leadership and mentor Graduate Surveyors while managing a diverse range of property assets. You will be responsible for valuations, landlord-tenant relationships, and delivering performance reports to senior management. With a commitment to making a positive impact in the community, this position offers a supportive work environment, flexible working arrangements, and numerous employee benefits. If you are passionate about property management and ready to take the next step in your career, this role could be the perfect fit.

Benefits

Generous leave entitlement

Local government pension scheme

Agile working arrangements

Flexible working arrangements

Learning and development opportunities

Staff support networks

Discounts on various products and services

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in property management within a local authority.
• Minimum 5 years post-qualification experience at a senior level.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the Property Management Portfolio.
• Manage asset investments, valuations, and landlord-tenant relationships.

Skills

Property Management

Lease Negotiations

Rent Collection

Service Charge Budgeting

Line Management

Education

Relevant Professional Qualification

Job description

East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work, delivering essential local services and making a real difference to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

We currently have an opportunity to join East Suffolk Council's Property & Place Team as a Property Management Lead.

Your role:

To provide strategic leadership and day to day management of the Property Management Portfolio. This includes the management and/or mentorship of Graduate Surveyors training within this team.

Responsible for the management of a selection of the Asset Investment portfolio in relation to valuations, landlord and tenant relationships, inspections, service charge budgeting and rent/debt monitoring.

Delivering reports to the Estates Manager, Senior Leaders and members on the performance of the portfolios.

What you will need:

The candidate will have extensive recent experience in the professional property environment and experience of operating in a local authority environment either at County, District or Unitary level. The post holder will have relevant previous post qualification experience at a senior level, with a minimum of 5 years, and have experience of lease and tenancy negotiations, rent collection and service charge budget setting.

The candidate will have line management experience and experience of dealing with senior personnel and council members.

If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, even if you don't meet all of the essential requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

Why work for us?

East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council, take a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work (YouTube).

Here are some of the main benefits:

1. Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays)
2. Local government pension scheme
3. Agile working arrangements
4. Flexible working arrangements, as well as a flexi-time scheme which allows individuals to accrue flex leave up to 15 days a year
5. Learning and development tailored to your role
6. A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.
7. Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty, and many other products and services.

Find more information about what we offer in our benefits brochure (pdf).

The majority of our teams are working in an agile way, with a mixture of home and office working, depending on individual preferences and service requirements. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate, please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.

For more information

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Duncan Coleman at [e-mail].

Closing date:

11:30 pm, 9 May 2025

Interview date:

w/c 26 May 2025

How to apply

1. Step 1 - Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification (docx)
2. Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement template (docx). Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted).
3. Step 3 - Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CVs are not accepted.

For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site (URL).