Surveyor/Senior Surveyor - Property Management

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I have a client with an enviable client base and employs some of the industry's best Surveyors. They are searching for a newly Chartered Surveyor to join their team.

The Role

• To manage the transition of client/properties over to the property management team and the setting up of new instructions and portfolios.
• Taking a proactive approach in terms of asset management opportunities and the exploiting of potential initiatives.
• Advance planning for critical lease event dates such as reviews, lease expiries and options and assisting with an implementation strategy for these.
• Taking a very hands on proactive role in property management.
• Those who are able to identify and exploit opportunities for cross-selling activities will further their chances for promotions.
• Carry out regular property inspections.
• Ensure accurate client reports are prepared to the correct specifications and issued to clients in accordance with agreed timescales, subject to approval by line manager as required.
• Reading and summarising of leases and ensure accurate data is maintained on the property management system and to regularly check update and audit the accuracy of the data.
• Ensure tenant arrears are proactively managed in conjunction with the central credit control team.
• Dealing with the tenant and client queries in a timely and efficient manner.
• Draft, review and approve service charge budgets.
• Review service charge cash flow and budget regularly.
• Liaise with the building managers and regional facilities managers to ensure that buildings are well maintained at all times.
• Approve service charge reconciliations.
• Invoice approval and ensuring correct coding of expenditure in line with the budgets.
• Identify opportunities for providing additional services to clients.
• Building strong working relationship with the existing clients.

The ideal candidate will;

• Be a Chartered Surveyor (those who are sitting their APC in November are encouraged to apply).
• Have a high attention to detail, well organised and a good initiative level.
• Be a team player.
• Be articulate, professional and persuasive with a good telephone manner and good report writing skills.
• Show the ability to cross sell other services within the business.
• Ability to work with relatively high degree of autonomy with minimal supervision.
• Be adaptable and above all keen and enthusiastic.
• A desire to progress and generate new business.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Numerate and technically competent.
• Strong attention to detail and a practical pragmatic common sense approach to management.
• Ability to deal with challenging mandates and coping with a high work load.
• Excellent IT, problem solving, analytical, negotiation, interpersonal and managerial skills.
• Full, clean driving licence.

The role will be London based and offering a competitive salary/package. If the role sounds of interest to you, please feel free to contact me (Ali) via 0207 766 9062 or

I am a specialist General Practice recruiter and always on the lookout for strong candidates, if you are looking for a new role but feel this might not be quite right for you, please still get in touch.