Property Manager
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Property Manager to join our established team in Newbury. As a Property Manager, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of residential properties, ensuring compliance with current legislation, coordinating maintenance works, and building strong relationships with landlords, tenants, and contractors.
Main Responsibilities
- Managing a portfolio of residential properties from move-in to move-out
- Acting as the main point of contact for landlords and tenants
- Coordinating maintenance issues and repairs with contractors
- Conducting property inspections and preparing reports
- Managing tenancy renewals and negotiating terms where required
- Arranging check-ins and check-outs
- Handling deposit disputes and end-of-tenancy matters
- Ensuring properties remain compliant with current lettings legislation and safety requirements
- Monitoring rent payments and managing arrears where necessary
- Maintaining accurate property records and updating CRM systems
- Providing a high level of customer service at all times
Requirements
- Previous experience in residential property management or lettings
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong organisational and time management abilities
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under pressure
- A proactive approach to problem solving
- High attention to detail
- Competent IT skills, including Microsoft Office and property management software
- Full UK driving licence
Desirable Skills and Experience
- ARLA Propertymark qualification (or willing to work towards)
- Experience managing a portfolio of properties
- Knowledge of current lettings and property management legislation
- Understanding of compliance requirements and best practice
Benefits
Alongside a highly competitive salary, we provide an excellent benefits package that gives you the flexibility to choose what matters most to you. From purchasing additional holiday and accessing a health cash plan to taking advantage of our cycle to work scheme, our flexible benefits offering is designed to support your lifestyle both inside and outside of work.
We offer a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, flexible benefits, referral schemes and generous annual leave.
Employment Details
Hours: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Newbury
About Carter Jonas
Since 1855, Carter Jonas has grown to be one of the largest and most respected property consultancies in the UK with a network of 34 offices across England and Wales, employing more than 1,000 partners and employees.
Our tailored service and Simply Better Advice have enabled us to forge lasting, intelligent and trusting partnerships with our clients. These long-standing relationships are our most important and most closely protected asset. From private landowners to local authorities, pension funds to farmers – our universe of client experience is among the most varied in UK property.
We employ the very best people. We are a place where people want to work, and our culture is both collaborative and business minded. We have experts in every field who deliver long term advice that enhances our clients' future prosperity.
Ahead of the curve, we are pioneering in the use of technology within the property industry, making Carter Jonas a hugely exciting place to work. We enjoy what we do, and we do it well, which is why 80% of our business comes from repeat clients.
Our Values
- Approachable – We treat every relationship with respect, integrity, and warmth
- Effective – We do what we say we will, we do it well and we are accountable
- Ambitious – We are ambitious for our clients and for our firm
Carter Jonas Competencies
We look to recruit individuals who represent our core values, but who can also demonstrate the six Carter Jonas competencies that are the foundation of our career pathways. These competencies will aide their personal development in the business, and comprise of:
- Communication – Ensures effective, clear, and relevant communications in support of business objectives
- People – Demonstrates leadership in conduct and effectively manages and develops people to optimise performance through others
- Business Development & Client Care – Ensures effective communication to facilitate excellent client care and collaboration and pursuing opportunities for increased business and profit mindful of the Firm's heritage and values
- Use of Technology – Modern, Agile, Digital Employee
- Teamwork – Recognises the importance of working with others, to collaborate and co-operate to achieve business
- Personal Effectiveness & Productivity – Engage, promote, and adhere to compliance requirements including all internal processes and procedures which manage risk and enhance productivity
Why Choose Us?
Learning and development is important to us; we encourage everyone to continue developing to optimise their performance and fulfil their potential. We have an agile flexible working policy; many of our team work flexibly, and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are dedicated to driving diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
About Carter Jonas
Carter Jonas is a property consultancy and estate agency offering advice on residential, commercial, rural, planning, development, infrastructure and energy sectors. The firm serves individuals, companies and institutions across the UK.
Interested in this role?
Apply now to join Carter Jonas.