Senior Property Manager - Projects
This is a Temporary, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The role
Southern Housing is seeking an experienced Senior Property Manager – Projects on a fixed term contract for 12 months.
In this pivotal role, you'll be entrusted with a designated portfolio of properties where you'll address historical matters, ensuring that every detail - from contractual compliance and financial integrity to the genuine concerns of homeowners - is meticulously managed. You won't just be overseeing properties, you'll also lead strategic project work to keep the team current with evolving legislation and best practices. By coaching trainee property managers, you'll help shape the next generation of professionals, all while vigilantly protecting and maximising Southern Housing’s income, mitigating risks, and resolving complaints with first-class customer service.
This role demands the flexibility to operate on evenings, weekends, and various geographic locations to meet customer and business needs, reflecting our commitment to excellence and responsiveness in every aspect of property management.
If you are a decisive, innovative leader ready to tackle challenges head-on in a dynamic environment, we invite you to join us at Southern Housing.
This is a hybrid position working minimum 2 days per week from our Croydon or Farringdon offices and will also involve travel to our development schemes.
What You’ll need:
- Good understanding of leasehold block management ideally including mixed tenure blocks/estates.
- An understanding or experience of legal aspects of leasehold law and regulations, including sections 20 and ideally practical experience of preparing and representing cases at First Tier Tribunal and court.
- Member of the IRPM or RICS or willingness to achieve membership.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written is non-negotiable.
- Good negotiation skills with the ability to influence, persuade and resolve conflict.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and to meet deadlines and targets.
- Ability to use Property Management database ideally MRI.
In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above six criteria providing real examples.
Closing Date: 29th of June (Sunday) at 23:59
Shortlisting Date: week commencing 30th of June 2025
Interview Date: week commencing 7th of July 2025
Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to submit your application and supporting statement as soon as possible so your application can be reviewed and considered.
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About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.
A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.
We value authenticity and personal effort in job applications. To ensure fairness and transparency in our recruitment process, we discourage candidates from using artificial intelligence in their applications and ask that submissions are personally written and not generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
What's in it for you
Pension
Life
assurance
Healthcare cash plan
Eyecare & dental
Birthday
leave
Retailers discounts
Cycle
to work
Buy & sell
annual leave
Inclusion & Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it’s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.
We’re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.
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