Property Manager

**Eastern Cape**, Umtata**

**Negotiable Cost To Company (Market related, Negotiable)**

**Opportunity Available Our well known client in the Business Development Sector is looking to employ a Property Manager to join their dynamic team in Mthatha.**

**Compliance and Governance**:
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- **Implement property leasing and facilities management strategy and framework to achieve the region’s objectives in line with the companies corporate plan**
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- **Implement the operational processes in accordance with the organisation’s strategic plans, policies, legislation, and regulations related to property management.**
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- **Provide regional input into the improvement of property policy and procedures.**
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- **Enhance the implementation of business process mapping to improve efficiencies & effectiveness.**
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**Asset Management**:
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- **Review and approve payments to the various municipal authorities to verify tariffs and rates aligned to the market valuations and file objections, where necessary.**
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- **Manage and coordinate campaigns and disposals of non-profit making assets at regional level.**
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- **Implement Deed of Sale contracts as requested by the Asset Management Division at Head Office.**
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- **Implement strategies and provide regional support for EOI or similar regional property campaigns.**
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- **Liaise with attorneys in respect of disposal and eviction processes to ensure timeous actioning of instructions from Head Office.**
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**Leasehold Management**:
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- **Source tenants for vacant properties at a regional level including institutional tenants for larger residential, commercial and industrial properties.**
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- **Manage the renewal process of leases to ensure that leases are renewed prior to the expiry date.**
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- **Manage the oversight of debt collection of rental arrears and oversee the signing of Acknowledgements Of Debt (AODs) and enforcement thereof.**
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- **Oversee the regional helpdesk to ensure that tenant complaints and queries are dealt with timeously.**

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**Infrastructure and Facilities Management**:
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- **Implement regional maintenance plans on schedule to required standard and escalate problems timeously where intervention is required by senior management.**
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- **Identify regional requirements for property and infrastructure development and make submissions for inclusion into plans, budgets and programs.**
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- **Facilitate regular property inspections to ensure that authorised work in respect of maintenance, refurbishments or infrastructure projects is completed according to specification and completed timeously.**

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**Stakeholder Management**:
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- **Liaison with local, provincial and national government representatives.**
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- **Ad hoc liaison and meetings with tenants, prospective tenants, institutional tenants and organised business structures.**
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**Monitoring and reporting**:
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- **Compile monthly regional reports to provide status updates and progress made on vacancy rate, lease renewals, debt collection interventions, property maintenance and refurbishments, management of AODs and staff performance.**
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- **Compile ad-hoc regional reports on other property related matters and initiatives as required by the organization.**
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**People management**:
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- **Performance management of regional property staff to promote increased productivity.**
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- **Training and development of regional property staff and interns to capacitate them and increase efficiencies.**
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- **Manage implementation of disciplinary action and conflict resolution related to regional property staff when required.**
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- **Participate in different stakeholder fora and provide strategic insights to improve the country's economy.**
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**Job Requirements**:
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- **Bachelor of Commerce, Civil Engineering or Architecture**
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- **5 years relevant experience in the property management industry of which 3 years should be at supervisory level or consultancy role.**
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- **An in depth understanding of business management, legal aspects, financial management and maintenance within the property sector. Advanced management and experience of working in multi-cultural and diverse teams (Added advantage).**
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**_(Kindly note this is a 5 year fixed term contract)_**
- For more information please contact:
**Bridgette Groep