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SalaryBritish Heart Foundation is the largest and most successful UK charity retailer with a fast-growing retail estate comprising circa 680 stores with an annual turnover of £240m generating funds for lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases. Our property estate covers includes shops of up to 20000sq ft across high streets, shopping centres and, increasingly, retail parks, and this role also covers our regional offices and warehouses.
As Head of Property, you'll be responsible for continually reviewing and implementing the Commercial Property strategy and managing the portfolio as efficiently as possible. This includes ensuring our ambitious acquisition targets are met, rent levels are constantly reviewed whenever possible and lease terms are structured to ensure maximum flexibility.
Working within the Retail Senior Leadership team, you’ll build effective working relationships across the Commercial directorate and be responsible for a team of 8 covering all aspects of acquisitions, leasing and disposals.
You’ll be responsible for updating on all key Property metrics and objectives monthly and will lead quarterly portfolio review meetings with Retail to continue to develop and agree portfolio strategy.
Working arrangements
This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office. At the start you will be required to visit our Claygate office one day per week.
At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.
Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.
About you
A qualified Chartered Surveyor, you’ll have strong commercial property expertise in managing a large retail property portfolio. With a proven track record of managing and delivering significant and complex budgets, you’ll have excellent numerical skills, along with initiative, good organisational skills and the ability to work to deadlines.
With excellent commercial acumen, you’ll ensure the lease renewals are managed in a timely and appropriate way and deliver the best value to BHF.
To be successful in this role you’ll have:
•Line management experience
•Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
•Be able to build strong working relationships and experience of dealing with Agents, Landlords, Investors and Developers
•Clear and logical thinking with excellent organisational skills
•Excellent numeracy skills and previous experience managing large budgets
•A full understanding of Codes of Practice and Landlord and Tenant Legislation
•A sound understanding of current property issues, markets and law
About us
We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.
We’re committed to diversifying our workforce as we know that a diverse workforce adds value to our organisation and enables us to continue to raise funds for lifesaving research for everyone.
As Head of Property, you'll be responsible for continually reviewing and implementing the Commercial Property strategy and managing the portfolio as efficiently as possible. This includes ensuring our ambitious acquisition targets are met, rent levels are constantly reviewed whenever possible and lease terms are structured to ensure maximum flexibility.
Working within the Retail Senior Leadership team, you’ll build effective working relationships across the Commercial directorate and be responsible for a team of 8 covering all aspects of acquisitions, leasing and disposals.
You’ll be responsible for updating on all key Property metrics and objectives monthly and will lead quarterly portfolio review meetings with Retail to continue to develop and agree portfolio strategy.
Working arrangements
This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office. At the start you will be required to visit our Claygate office one day per week.
At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.
Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.
About you
A qualified Chartered Surveyor, you’ll have strong commercial property expertise in managing a large retail property portfolio. With a proven track record of managing and delivering significant and complex budgets, you’ll have excellent numerical skills, along with initiative, good organisational skills and the ability to work to deadlines.
With excellent commercial acumen, you’ll ensure the lease renewals are managed in a timely and appropriate way and deliver the best value to BHF.
To be successful in this role you’ll have:
•Line management experience
•Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
•Be able to build strong working relationships and experience of dealing with Agents, Landlords, Investors and Developers
•Clear and logical thinking with excellent organisational skills
•Excellent numeracy skills and previous experience managing large budgets
•A full understanding of Codes of Practice and Landlord and Tenant Legislation
•A sound understanding of current property issues, markets and law
About us
We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.
We’re committed to diversifying our workforce as we know that a diverse workforce adds value to our organisation and enables us to continue to raise funds for lifesaving research for everyone.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic backgrounds, as well as applications from candidates with disabilities as they are under-represented within our Retail senior leadership group.
Interview process
Interview process
Please note the interview process will be a two-stage process with interviews being held early-mid March. 1st stage will be via MS Teams, 2nd stage will be in person at our Head office London.
How to apply
Full details, and a breakdown of duties, can be found in the candidate pack attached to this advert. Please read through aHead of applying for this opportunity.
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