Senior Property Manager - 1362380
Role Type: Full-time or 4 days per week, Permanent, Office-based
Basic Salary: £30,000, dependent on experience
Location:
Huddersfield
The Company and Role Purpose:
If you’re an experienced Senior Property Manager who knows how to keep a busy portfolio moving, solve problems before they escalate and confidently lead others, this is an opportunity to step into a senior role where you can combine hands-on property management with team leadership.
The Package:
- Up to £30,000 DOE
- Full-time or 4 days per week considered
- Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:00pm
- 1 in 4 Saturdays, 9:00am–1:00pm
- Office based in Huddersfield
- Established residential property business
- Senior position within the Property Management team
Company & Role:
Harte Recruitment is working with an established residential property business in Huddersfield to appoint a Senior Property Manager to help lead its busy Property Management function.
This is a varied, hands-on position covering property maintenance, landlord and tenant communication, compliance, complaints and team performance. You’ll play a key role in keeping works moving efficiently while providing day-to-day leadership, training and support to the Property Management team and wider Lettings function.
The position is becoming available due to the retirement of a long-standing industry professional, creating an opportunity for an experienced Property Manager with leadership experience to step into an established operation.
The Person:
- Previous experience within Property Management is essential
- Previous experience managing or leading a team
- Knowledge of property maintenance and day-to-day property management
- Excellent communication and customer service skills
- Highly organised with the ability to prioritise and manage a busy workload
- Confident handling a high volume of phone calls and emails
- Comfortable communicating with tenants, landlords and contractors
- Able to problem-solve and keep things moving in a fast-paced environment
- Positive, proactive and someone with real character who enjoys being part of a busy team
The Senior Property Manager Role:
- Handle incoming tenant repair requests and triage maintenance issues
- Liaise with landlords and contractors to arrange repairs and obtain approvals
- Manage ongoing tenant communications
- Request funds from landlords where required to cover repair costs
- Book contractors and coordinate access to ensure works are completed efficiently
- Review outstanding works orders and follow up on progress
- Review staff performance and provide day-to-day leadership
- Help train new starters and share processes, guides and knowledge
- Help ensure legal compliance and health & safety regulations are maintained
- Resolve disputes and complaints professionally
- Support the wider Lettings team with leadership and guidance