Property Projects Asset Manager - Home Based

Joshua Robert Recruitment; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retail company is seeking an experienced Property Investment & Asset Management professional to enhance the value of its diverse pub estate. This field-based role involves managing investment projects, ensuring compliance, and delivering high-quality service to stakeholders. Candidates should have proven experience in property investment, strong project management skills, and a degree-level education. This position offers opportunities for professional development and requires travel across a defined regional estate.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in property investment and asset management.
• Strong understanding of health & safety and statutory compliance.
• Experience within the pubs, hospitality, or leisure sector.

Responsibilities

• Deliver profitable investment programmes and maintain compliance.
• Manage and drive a proactive investment pipeline across regional estate.
• Build strong relationships with licensees and support compliance.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Analytical capability

Negotiation skills

Self-motivated

Education

Degree-calibre

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

A leading UK retail company is seeking an experienced Property Investment & Asset Management professional to join its regional property team in a field-based role.

This position plays a critical role in protecting, enhancing, and growing the value of a diverse pub estate through high-quality investment delivery, robust property management, and excellent stakeholder engagement.

The Role

Reporting into the senior property leadership team, the successful candidate will be responsible for delivering profitable investment programmes, maintaining statutory compliance across the estate, and ensuring property assets are managed to the highest standards.

Key objectives include:

• Delivering investment projects on time, on budget, and in line with agreed return targets
• Protecting and enhancing the company’s property assets through proactive repairs, maintenance, and compliance management
• Providing a high level of customer service to licensees and internal stakeholders
• Managing and developing contractor and supplier performance to ensure value for money and quality outcomes

Key Responsibilities

Investment & Growth

• Develop and drive a proactive investment pipeline across a regional pub estate
• Challenge and refine investment proposals to ensure the correct commercial and property-led approach
• Produce high-quality, fit-for-purpose design solutions aligned with retail objectives
• Lead the submission, presentation, and approval of investment proposals through internal governance
• Manage the end-to-end delivery of approved projects, ensuring regulatory compliance and effective stakeholder communication
• Complete project close-out, post-investment audits, and share learning to support continuous improvement

Property Management & Compliance

• Review and improve property condition through site-specific management strategies
• Ensure all sites meet or exceed minimum condition standards
• Act on findings from health & safety inspections, dilapidations, and condition surveys
• Build strong working relationships with licensees, supporting them in meeting repairing and compliance obligations
• Monitor contractor performance, quality of work, and customer service
• Drive continuous improvement in statutory compliance across the estate
• Work closely with Operations and central teams to ensure aligned and proactive property management

Skills & Experience

Professional Competencies

• Strong multi-site project management capability with a creative and solutions-focused approach
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence a wide range of stakeholders
• Highly organised, self-motivated, and able to operate autonomously while contributing to a wider team
• Strong commercial judgement, analytical capability, and negotiation skills

Technical Background

• Proven experience in property investment and asset management
• Strong understanding of health & safety and statutory compliance
• Experience within the pubs, hospitality, or leisure sector
• Degree-calibre with solid IT skills (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Full UK driving licence essential

Working Arrangements

• Field-based role with travel across a defined regional estate
• Head Office attendance required only for specific meetings or key business purposes

Confidentiality

Due to the sensitive nature of this appointment, discretion is essential. Further details will be provided to shortlisted candidates.