About the Role
We are looking for a surveyor to join our close-knit central London team, contributing to our excellent record of looking after assets/portfolios for investors, property companies, and institutions. Our aim is to achieve the highest quality service in all aspects of property management, from day-to-day activities to financial control and developing asset-enhancing initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Work with colleagues across the London Real Estate Management team to deliver a full suite of property management services to our clients and occupiers.
- Tenant liaison and dealing with formal landlord and tenant matters such tenant applications to assign, sub-let or carry out alterations.
- Liaising with building, facilities and estate managers on day-to-day maintenance, repair and operational issues.
- Setting and managing operating service charge budgets across a range of assets across London region, including high profile.
- Monitoring income and managing credit control alongside dedicated accounting personnel.
- Client reporting – assist in the production of monthly/quarterly reports as required and attendance at client meetings.
Requirements
- MRICS qualified is preferred but not essential. If you are working towards qualification, you will be fully supported.
- Experienced in property management activities and in particular working with service charge budgets and being familiar with the process around this.
- Ability to identify and pursue asset management and other opportunities to assist the client team.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to prioritise workloads.
- Experience of working as part of a team to get the job done and deliver results.
- Able to use own initiative.
- Experience of property management platforms including Yardi Voyager would be an advantage, but training will be given.
- You will need to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.
Skills
- Property management
- Service charge budgets
- Communication skills
- Prioritisation
- Teamwork
- Initiative
- Yardi Voyager (advantageous)
Location
- Central London
Work Type
- Full-time
- Office-based (potential for remote roles to be confirmed)
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- MRICS qualified (preferred)
About the Company
- Our small Canadian-born business was founded in 1978 and has become a global organization that now spans 120 locations across 20 countries.
- We are a global commercial real estate advisory firm with a simple aim: for real estate to play a leading role in creating vibrant buildings, cities and places that deliver long-lasting social value and economic impact.
- We believe that our industry is changing, and we want our business to be a melting pot of curious minds, passionate hearts and strategic intelligence.
- Collaboration is embedded in the way we work – our people have the autonomy to collaborate on client relationships, engage teams across the business, lead operations, work collectively on projects, participate in strategy and are ultimately responsible for our growth.
- Our distinctive Principal-led, privately-owned model puts us in the enviable position of being able to offer every employee the opportunity to own a share of our business and inspires and allows anyone to become a Principal.
- This role carries voting rights, so our people have a very real say in the future direction and operation of our business.
- This means that we are able to attract, engage and retain the best talent from the industry.
Equal Opportunity
- Avison Young stands out for our commitment to empowering women.
- Our global DEI steering committee shapes our strategy to continue to increase industry access for underrepresented groups and accelerating initiatives led by our employee resource groups, including our Women’s Network, Black Professionals and LGBTQ+ groups.
- Our culture is underpinned by our approach to diversity, inclusion, and well-being.
- We are committed to building an inclusive culture that empowers all our employees to thrive, reflects all backgrounds and talents, allows individuals to be successful and feel a sense of belonging, and foster a workplace that is supported, inclusive and has a strong sense of community between colleagues.
- Avison Young is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to treating all its employees and job applicants equitably.
- This includes implementing deliberate strategies that advance underrepresented communities in commercial real estate careers.
- As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.
- If you need any adjustments to support your application or any part of the recruitment process, such as information in alternative formats or special requirements to access our buildings, or you are eligible under the Disability Confident Scheme please contact us at careers.uk@avisonyoung.com and we will do everything we can to help.
- We are committed to inclusion in our hiring processes, and we want to give everyone a chance to show what they can bring to our organisation.
- If you are not sure that you have all the skills in the person specification, please still apply.
- We value passion and potential in our employees, so it would be great to hear from you and why you would suit this position.
