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Area Manager
Surrey
£40,500 + car allowance

My client is seeking an experienced Area Manager to join their organisation. You will be leading and supporting a team of Estate Managers to ensure all the estates within your portfolio meet compliance requirements and provide an award-winning level of customer service. You will:

* Cover a portfolio of estates across the South of England

* Ensure all estate services are compliant with all legislative and regulatory requirements

* Lead, motivate and manage team members

* Monitor the service and provide effective solutions for improvement

* Plan, control and authorise expenditure to ensure value for money is achieved for customers and leaseholders

* Take swift action to resolve issues & report any significant areas of concern to the Head of Operations

* Comply with internal reporting requirements to enable the leadership team to track business performance effectively

* Network and build strong working relationships based on trust, with all stakeholders

* Represent the business at stakeholder meetings providing supporting reports as required

* Manage higher value/complex work contracts and projects to ensure work is delivered to time, budget and agreed quality standards

* Identify opportunities to continually improve the business such as enhancing working practices, expanding the portfolio, achieving cost efficiencies.

The ideal candidate will:

* Ideally be IRPM Qualified

* Must have leasehold management experience

* Deals effectively with the unexpected and enjoys overcoming difficult challenges

* Be an experienced Line Manager (you will be managing a geographically dispersed team of lone workers)

* Understand and have experience of Section 20 of the Landlord and Tenants Act

* Know how to set budgets

* Be experienced in holding resident meetings – i.e. Budget and Accounts meetings

* Comfortable using own initiative to resolve issues calmly and to make things happen

* Have a positive and proactive attitude

* Have the ability to manage conflicting priorities and demonstrate progressive approach

* Have experience of leading & developing high performance teams

* Have excellent communication skills

* Work with a high level of detail

* Have advanced working knowledge on Microsoft Office

* Ideally have an understanding of QUBE software systems

* Willingness to travel on a day-to-day basis

* Have a full clean driving licence and use of a car

Working hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

Benefits include 27 days holiday + BH, pension, life cover, sick pay scheme and long-standing awards