Property Manager

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Property Manager to join the Estates team at North London NHS Foundation Trust, providing professional property and estate management advice across the Trust's property portfolio comprising 40 sites across five North London Boroughs. The role will lead operationally on aspects of estate asset management with a particular focus on land and property commercial arrangements, including sale of premises, lease negotiations and associated financial management.

Main duties of the job

The role will be responsible for managing a range of landlord and tenant and estate management matters includinglease/licence negotiations and renewals, rent and service charge management, valuations, rent reviews and the management and upkeep of the Trust property terrier ensuring required data and information from all relevant sources are available to inform strategic property plans.

You will work closely with internal stakeholders, landlords, tenants, agents and professional advisers to ensure the Trust's property interests are effectively managed and protected. The successful candidate will have experience in commercial property or estate management, with a sound understanding of landlord and tenant matters including leases, valuations and property related financial management.

Strong negotiation, communication and stakeholder management skills are essential together with the ability to manage a varied caseload and provide clear, practical property advice.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. Our Five-Year Strategy: We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology. Why NLFT? We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities. We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme Excellent internal staff network In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington.

The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job responsibilities

The post holder is expected to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff members characterised by trust, mutual respect, and open, honest communication. Internal Relationships Executive team; clinical service leads; procurement; health & safety; infection control; finance; Corporate, Legal & Governance team Operational Estates managers & teams Divisional senior management teams Operational & Clinical Leads Other corporate teams, e.g. finance, procurement, etc. This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Person Specification

Qualifications · Essential

Honours Degree in relevant subject or equivalent professional experience

Desirable

Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Skills & abilities Essential oStrategic planning; contract & risk management oAbility to work under pressure & meet deadlines oAbility to work on own initiative oHighly developed interpersonal skills with ability to liaise effectively and sensitively at all levels and across disciplines oGood verbal communication and presentation skills Experience and

Knowledge · Essential

Significant demonstrable experience in managing property portfolios, leases or estates environments. Significant demonstrable experience in negotiating terms for leases and lease events (renewals, breaks, surrenders). Experience of managing budgets and financial controls. Experience of working with staff in a complex, large organisation Significant experience in being able to source data and information to support decision-making

Desirable

Ability to design and produce graphics as illustrations to communicate complex information Experience of providing professional advice to senior managers or boards within the NHS or a large public sector body

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .