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SalaryProperty Administrator
- £26,000 per annum
- Estate Manager
- Hertford, office based with site visits
- Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm
We have a great opportunity for a Property Administrator. This is a challenging and fulfilling position where you will be able to be involved in private residential property management.
This working directly for the landlord, client side, and there are no evenings or weekend working. We are ideally looking for someone with Property Management or Lettings experience.
This role will suit someone who is highly professional with a desire to work in an entrepreneurial family-business. The position is a varied and interesting client-side role responsible for assisting on the delivery of all lettings, property management and the coordination of maintenance concerns.
The successful candidate will be expected to uphold high standards and build outstanding relationships with the tenant community, as well as with internal and external stakeholders. Effective communication, record-keeping, organisation and a focus on continually striving for high standards of service, quality and productivity underpins the role. You will need to be a team player to become a member of the tight-knit team, take great pride in your work, and have an eye for detail. You will be an ambassador, setting the highest of standards in everything you do.
Working closely with the Estate Manager, your responsibilities will cover the spectrum of lettings and property management function:
- Prepare letting information for properties.
- Respond to residential tenant applications and coordinate and undertake viewings.
- Carry out pre-tenancy checks and inventory inspections.
- Resolve routine queries and requests from tenants.
- Support the Property Manager with rent reviews, for example by conducting market research and property inspections.
- Contribute to an effective maintenance helpdesk, triaging and prioritising works requests for reactive maintenance.
- Ensure tenants are responded to promptly and communicated with at all times, and that all jobs are properly recorded and updated on the system.
- Co-ordinate trades and contractors to attend to reactive and planned works.
- Follow-up on works carried out and undertake spot checks on site.
The successful candidate will have:
- Ideally some property/lettings management experience.
- Good negotiating and communication skills.
- Knowledge and understanding of common building defects and repairs.
- Discretion, accountability, strong verbal and written communication skills.
- A positive approach and the ability to prioritise and overcome challenges.
- A good understanding and working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- A valid UK driving licence and your own transport’
We are looking for someone energetic, dynamic, helpful, hands on, willing and able to get stuck in to many varied and sometimes unexpected tasks! You will need to be a "people person".
Based about 15 minutes from Hertford, the office is in a rural location. The offices are smart and provide a comfortable working environment. There is plenty of parking!
We look forward to hearing from you.
Despite our best efforts it is not always possible to respond to every application individually due to the high volume of responses we receive on each vacancy. Only candidates who are shortlisted will be contacted for this particular role and if you have not heard from us within 7 days please assume that you have not be successful. However, we will keep your details on our database, and will contact you when other suitable positions come in.
