Area Manager

About the role

We are looking for an Area Manager within the Portsmouth/Guildford area to oversee a number of independent retirement housing developments, ensuring we deliver a first class, cost effective management service combined with exceptional customer service that exceeds expectations and achieves targeted profitability.

You will undertake regular visits within your region, developing customer relationships with external landlords and residents whilst supporting your team of Lodge Managers.

Other duties will include controlling expenditure, producing budgets and accounts for presentation to the lessees, negotiating with contractors and overseeing their performance.

You will support your team’s professional development by encouraging both individual and team development, carry out regular performance reviews, lead on recruitment processes and support individuals in their understanding of the company values and the required level of service to achieve a consistently high standard.

The role is based from home with extensive travel across areas of Portsmouth, Chichester, Midhurst, Farnham and Guildford.

The hours of work are 9.00am – 5.30pm, Monday to Thursday and 9.00am – 5.00pm on Fridays.

About you

With proven management experience, you will be confident, friendly, possess excellent communication skills and enjoy working with numerical data.

You will be self-motivated, able to handle conflict, problem solve and develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels. Additionally, you will be extremely well organised, flexible, able to manage several tasks simultaneously and willing to take on new responsibilities.

You will demonstrate excellent IT skills with good experience of MS Office applications.

It is advantageous in this role to have a good working knowledge of leasehold property management and building structures in order to resolve any building defects and arrange contractors when necessary. Ideally, you will hold a recognised property management qualification with membership of RICS or IRPM with proven experience in the property management industry.

To carry out this essential role, you will require a full UK Driving Licence.

About us

We are Churchill Estates Management, a progressive managing agent of privately owned leasehold Retirement Living accommodation.

We manage over 200 developments nationally. That means we oversee more than 8000 apartments, providing property services and customer care to over 10,000 retired people.

However, we are not stopping there, as we are rapidly growing and have ambitious plans for the future.

Join us and be part of a professional, award winning, customer focused team.

Our Company Values TORCH : Trust/Openness/Respect/Communication/Honesty

How you will be rewarded

• Annual leave entitlement of 24 days + Bank Holidays
• Company car or cash for car allowance
• Day off for your birthday
• Company pension contribution
• Life assurance

We are looking for the very best people to join our business and adopt our values so if you want to be part of our success story, apply today!