Part Time Assistant Property Manager

Edinburgh

£14,373

Part-Time Permanent

24 hours a week over four days. Hours to be worked flexibly between 8am – 6pm.

Monday to Friday. Occasional work outside these hours will be required.

Benefits:

25 days holiday entitlement, in addition to all public bank holidays.

3% to 7% company contribution to a pension.

Life insurance.

Free company bicycle scheme with bicycle maintenance costs.

Season ticket loans.

Interest free personal loans.

A unique opportunity has arisen for a practical and organised person to work a busy, demanding and ‘hands-on’ role for one of the UK’s leading social businesses. You will be organised, enthusiastic, confident and a problem solver.

This role involves hands on property maintenance and related administration work. As well as reporting to the Property Manager, you will network with other colleagues across the Company and will participate in the property managers’ forum meetings.

Key Responsibilities as Assistant Property Manager:

• Carrying out basic weekly inspections of properties, including testing of fire systems and procedures and other routine tasks, keeping a clear and accurate record and reporting any issues to the Property Manager.
• Assisting the Property Manager in ensuring the buildings are safe, pleasant, accessible and that the services are functioning.
• Assisting the Property Manager in planning and organising routine maintenance of building plant, fabric and systems.
• Assisting the Property Manager in engaging and managing contractors.
• Being the main point of contact for tenants’ queries in relation to maintenance, establishing and maintaining excellent communication with tenants to ensure their satisfaction with the buildings and services.
• Carrying out small repairs which do not require specialist training both for the communal areas and for individual tenants.
• Checking on stocks of cleaning materials, light bulbs, recycling supplies etc, preparing orders and keeping an accurate record on the purchase order sheet.
• Tidying communal areas and arranging furniture in meeting rooms.
• Changing communal light bulbs.
• Carrying out some cleaning and porter duties.
• Ensuring waste and recycling are managed efficiently within the centres.

Other areas in which you will be required to work include;

• Collecting regular data for the head office (such as meter readings).
• Providing information to the Property Manager for recharges to tenants and to help with credit control.
• Attending and contributing to meetings of the Region’s property management team.
• Making suggestions on how to improve management and delivery of maintenance and services to tenants and improve the company's social and environmental objectives.
• Assisting the IT department with setting up and managing phone systems and simple computer networks.

Key Requirements:

• Previous experience of working in a similar role - for example as a maintenance officer in the public or private property sector, or a school caretaker.
• Trustworthy and able to establish a good rapport with tenants and team members.
• Able to prioritise your work, multi-task and remain flexible.
• Ability to act quickly and effectively, often on own initiative and sometimes under pressure.
• Basic DIY skills and experience.
• Committed to providing a good service to our tenants.
• A good communicator, both orally and in writing.
• Microsoft Office software, including Excel experience.
• Able to work successfully both independently and in a team.
• To be committed to social and environmental issues.

Disclaimer: Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles, unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually, therefore if you do not hear back from one of our consultants within 14 days then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this role.