Senior Property Manager

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous annual leave

NHS pension

Discount schemes

Health and wellbeing services

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Property Manager to oversee its multi-site property portfolio, including freehold and leasehold interests. You will negotiate lease renewals, rent reviews, and licences to occupy, coordinating with legal advisors and external valuers to safeguard the Trust’s interests.

You will mentor the Space Planning Project Manager and ensure compliance with statutory obligations, with flexible working options and NHS benefits.

Qualifications

• Degree in estate management, valuation, surveying or related discipline.
• Chartered membership of RICS or working towards chartered status.
• Postgraduate qualification in real estate, planning or related discipline.
• Membership of further relevant professional body.

Responsibilities

• Manage freehold and leasehold property interests and maintain asset registers.
• Lead lease renewals and rent reviews, negotiating with tenants and landlords.
• Prepare licences to occupy and manage wayleaves and easements.
• Oversee space planning and utilise estate across multi-site Trust.

Skills

Lease negotiations

Contract negotiation

Space planning

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in estate management

RICS chartered membership

Postgraduate in real estate

Professional body membership

Job description

Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital Town Aylesbury Salary £66,582 - £77,368 per annum (pro rata for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 03/11/2026 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [e-mail] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Property Manager to join the Capital Development Directorate at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

Reporting directly to the Director of Capital Development, you will be responsible for the effective management of the Trust's property portfolio across its multi-site estate, including all freehold and leasehold interests, licences to occupy, wayleaves, easements, rent reviews and lease renewals. You will protect the Trust's legal and financial interests and ensure statutory and contractual property obligations are met.

You will have proven knowledge, qualifications and experience in managing a complex property portfolio and will hold membership of a relevant chartered institute such as the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. You will have in-depth knowledge and experience of negotiating landlord and tenant and other property-related matters and be able to consult effectively with legal advisors and other professional consultants.

Main duties of the job

You will manage the Trust's portfolio of freehold and leasehold property interests, maintaining an accurate and up to date property and asset register of leases, licences, wayleaves and easements. You will lead on lease renewals and rent reviews, negotiating with tenants, landlords, agents and the District Valuer or other retained valuers to protect the Trust's financial and legal position, and will monitor lease events, including break clauses, rent review dates and lease expiries, escalating risk ahead of critical dates.

This will include negotiating, preparing and managing licences to occupy for third-party occupiers of Trust premises and for Trust occupation of third-party premises, and managing wayleave agreements and statutory easements with utility companies. You will prepare and issue letters of indemnification and other property-related legal and contractual documentation, and will deal with landlord and tenant matters including statutory notices, dilapidations and service charge queries.

You will be required to provide assurance that the Trust is fulfilling its statutory and regulatory requirements with regard to property transactions, occupation, and adherence to landlord and tenant and freehold title obligations. You will also oversee space planning and utilisation across the estate through line management of the Space Planning Project Manager, and will deputise for the Director of Capital Development as required.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in estate management, valuation, surveying or a related discipline, or equivalent experience in a property-related role.
• Chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, or working towards chartered status with a clear timeline.
• Postgraduate qualification in real estate, planning or a related discipline to master's equivalent level.
• Membership of a further relevant professional body

Experience

• Significant experience managing a large, complex, multi-site property portfolio, including freehold and leasehold interests.
• Proven experience leading lease renewals and rent reviews, negotiating with landlords, tenants, agents and valuers
• Experience negotiating and managing licences to occupy, wayleaves and easements.
• Experience managing external professional advisors, such as solicitors, agents and valuers.
• Experience line-managing staff.
• Previous NHS or public sector property experience, with understanding of NHS Estates terminology and procedures.
• Experience of space planning and utilisation processes.

Knowledge

• Good knowledge of landlord and tenant law, including the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, and its practical application to property management.
• Ability to negotiate complex property transactions and protect the Trust's legal and financial interests.
• Knowledge of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and the Land Registration Act 2002. D

Special Circumstances

• Able to travel to other sites and off sites as necessary
• Full driving licence and access to a car.
• Flexibility to attend occasional meetings outside core hours.

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regulary.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.