Area Manager
Surrey
£40,500 + car allowance
My client is seeking an experienced Area Manager to join their organisation. You will be leading and supporting a team of Estate Managers to ensure all the estates within your portfolio meet compliance requirements and provide an award-winning level of customer service. You will:
* Cover a portfolio of estates across the South of England
* Ensure all estate services are compliant with all legislative and regulatory requirements
* Lead, motivate and manage team members
* Monitor the service and provide effective solutions for improvement
* Plan, control and authorise expenditure to ensure value for money is achieved for customers and leaseholders
* Take swift action to resolve issues & report any significant areas of concern to the Head of Operations
* Comply with internal reporting requirements to enable the leadership team to track business performance effectively
* Network and build strong working relationships based on trust, with all stakeholders
* Represent the business at stakeholder meetings providing supporting reports as required
* Manage higher value/complex work contracts and projects to ensure work is delivered to time, budget and agreed quality standards
* Identify opportunities to continually improve the business such as enhancing working practices, expanding the portfolio, achieving cost efficiencies.
The ideal candidate will:
* Ideally be IRPM Qualified
* Must have leasehold management experience
* Deals effectively with the unexpected and enjoys overcoming difficult challenges
* Be an experienced Line Manager (you will be managing a geographically dispersed team of lone workers)
* Understand and have experience of Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenants Act
* Know how to set budgets
* Be experienced in holding resident meetings – i.e. Budget and Accounts meetings
* Comfortable using own initiative to resolve issues calmly and to make things happen
* Have a positive and proactive attitude
* Have the ability to manage conflicting priorities and demonstrate progressive approach
* Have experience of leading & developing high performance teams
* Have excellent communication skills
* Work with a high level of detail
* Have advanced working knowledge on Microsoft Office
* Ideally have an understanding of QUBE software systems
* Willingness to travel on a day-to-day basis
* Have a full clean driving licence and use of a car
Working hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
Benefits include 27 days holiday + BH, pension, life cover, sick pay scheme and long-standing awards