Senior Specialist

**Join Us**:
At MAST, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers - we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, MAST offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

**What you’ll do**:
The role of the Senior Specialist: Estates is to manage and oversee the Estates and property portfolio within the respective region - for optimal collaboration, regular travel to/within regions and head office is required. This will include staff, contractor, vendor, customer and stakeholder management and relations. This to be conducted in a timely manner with the goal of optimising efficiencies and lowering costs and achieving favourable contractual terms whilst adhering to all regulatory and MAST’s policies, procedures, and processes.

**The role of the Senior Specialist will have a dual function managing Specialist and Admin staff in the region as well as looking after their own portfolio**:

- Develop and maintain strategic relationships with landlords, stakeholders, and relevant government bodies.
- Execute MAST's property strategy to maximize tenancy and manage costs effectively.
- Negotiate timely lease renewals and rental agreements with a focus on cost reduction.
- Coordinate site activities, ensuring smooth communication between landlords, contractors, and stakeholders.
- Manage lease tracking, budgeting, dispute resolution, and collaborative teamwork to maintain business continuity.

Implement and manage programs for lease and contract renewals consent and novation’s, landlord negotiations, customer liaisons and any other estates strategic projects by driving the MAST culture and behaviours as aligned to the Performance Management Framework.

**Who you are**:
**Key accountabilities and decision ownership**:

- To manage rentals and develop initiatives to aggressively reduce cost.
- High productivity and entrepreneurial focus in managing operation, staff, vendors, and stakeholders.
- To maintain high standards, customer excellence and quality assurance
- To develop and implement innovative initiatives that will further reduce and optimise OPEX.
- To compile management, dashboard, strategic and operational reports, and presentations

**Core competencies, knowledge, and experience**:

- Stakeholder Management and Negotiation Skills
- Teamwork
- Customer Focus
- Critical decision making
- Execution excellence

**Must have technical / professional qualifications**:

- Matric (Essential).
- Relevant Degree or Diploma such as (BSC -QS; Building Science; Civil Engineering; Project management, Town Planning, (Property Management - (Essential).
- Management courses or experience (e.g., MDP/MDC) (Desirable).
- +5 to 8 Years relevant functional experience of which the following is applicable.
- 2 to 3 years knowledge& experience of contractual legal requirements (Essential).
- 2 to 3 years Environmental knowledge & experience (Essential).
- 2 to 3 years Town planning knowledge & experience (Essential).

**Not a perfect fit?**:
**What's in it for you**:
**Who we are**:
We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

Together we can.