Senior Property Manager

The Methodist Church in Britain; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a senior estates professional to manage the freehold and leasehold portfolio across a multi-site estate. The role requires a surveying or estates degree or equivalent experience, with RICS membership or clear route to it, and a full driving licence.

You will lead renewals, rent reviews and licences, and oversee space planning while deputising for the Director of Capital Development.

Qualifications

• Degree in estate management, valuation, surveying or related discipline or equivalent experience
• Chartered membership of RICS or working towards chartered status with a clear timeline
• Full driving licence
• Strong knowledge of landlord and tenant law (LTA 1954)
• Experience managing large multi-site property portfolios
• Experience leading lease renewals and rent reviews
• Experience negotiating licences, wayleaves and easements
• Experience managing external advisers (solicitors, agents, valuers)
• Experience line-managing staff
• Ability to travel to other sites

Responsibilities

• Manage the freehold and leasehold portfolio, keep an accurate register of leases, licences, wayleaves and easements
• Lead lease renewals and rent reviews, negotiating with tenants, landlords, agents and valuers
• Monitor lease events such as break clauses, rent review dates and expiries, escalating risk
• Negotiate, prepare and manage licences to occupy for Trust premises and third parties
• Manage wayleave agreements and statutory easements with utility companies
• Prepare and issue indemnity and other property legal documents
• Handle landlord and tenant matters including notices, dilapidations and service charge queries
• Provide assurance on statutory and regulatory compliance for property transactions and occupation
• Oversee space planning and utilisation across the estate via Space Planning Project Manager
• Deputise for the Director of Capital Development as required

Skills

Lease renewals

Rent reviews

Negotiation

Space planning

Line management

Education

Estate management / surveying degree or equivalent

RICS membership or track to chartered

Job description

This senior post sits in the Capital Development Directorate at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, reporting to the Director of Capital Development. The holder manages the Trust's freehold and leasehold portfolio across a multi-site estate, covering lease renewals, rent reviews, licences and wayleaves. The role also oversees space planning and deputises for the director. Candidates need a surveying or estates degree, or equivalent experience, plus RICS membership or a clear route to it, and a full driving licence.

What the job involves

• Manage the freehold and leasehold portfolio and keep an accurate register of leases, licences, wayleaves and easements
• Lead lease renewals and rent reviews, negotiating with tenants, landlords, agents and valuers
• Monitor lease events such as break clauses, rent review dates and expiries, escalating risk ahead of critical dates
• Negotiate, prepare and manage licences to occupy, both for third parties in Trust premises and for Trust occupation of third-party premises
• Manage wayleave agreements and statutory easements with utility companies
• Prepare and issue letters of indemnification and other property legal and contractual documents
• Handle landlord and tenant matters including statutory notices, dilapidations and service charge queries
• Provide assurance on statutory and regulatory compliance for property transactions, occupation and landlord, tenant and freehold title obligations
• Oversee space planning and utilisation across the estate through line management of the Space Planning Project Manager
• Deputise for the Director of Capital Development as required

What’s required

Qualifications

• Degree in estate management, valuation, surveying or a related discipline, or equivalent property-related experience
• Chartered membership of RICS, or working towards chartered status with a clear timeline

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 advisors such as solicitors, agents and valuers
• Experience line-managing staff

Skills & knowledge

• Good knowledge of landlord and tenant law, including the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, and its practical application
• Negotiating complex property transactions while protecting the Trust's legal and financial interests

Checks & eligibility

• Full driving licence

Other

• Ability to travel to other sites and off-site locations as necessary

Nice to have

• Postgraduate qualification in real estate, planning or a related discipline at master's level
• Membership of a further relevant professional body
• Previous NHS or public sector property experience, with understanding of NHS Estates terminology and procedures
• Experience of space planning and utilisation processes
• Knowledge of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and the Land Registration Act 2002
• Flexibility to attend occasional meetings outside core hours

What’s offered

• Learning and development opportunities to support career progression
• Flexible and agile working
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• NHS pension
• Access to NHS discount schemes
• Health and wellbeing services
• Secondment option for internal applicants