About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a proactive and experienced Property Manager to oversee and develop the Trust's diverse property portfolio. This pivotal role will lead all aspects of property management, including lease negotiations, rent reviews, service charge administration, and the acquisition and disposal of property assets.
Working closely with healthcare teams and key stakeholders, you will identify, secure, and manage fit-for-purpose premises that support the delivery of high-quality healthcare services. You will conduct site inspections, manage space allocation, coordinate property records, and support property maintenance and valuation activities.
As a trusted property professional, you will provide both strategic and operational property management expertise, helping to deliver the Trust's Estates Strategy while ensuring compliance with NHS policies, statutory requirements, and RICS best practice. Through effective estate management, you will help maximise the value, sustainability, and performance of the Trust's property assets to support excellent patient care.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will engage with a wide range of stakeholders, including (but not limited to) healthcare occupiers, property owners, and other NHS partners
To negotiate new leases, lease renewals, reinstatement of premises, dilapidations, licences, rent reviews, wayleaves, easements. Tenancy at wills, and other contracts such as Memorandum agreements in accordance with best practice, legislation and Trust Policy.
To undertake site searches and manage acquisition and disposal cases.
Responsible for lease events and ensure other related transactions are executed and completed on time and to meet the needs of the Trust's service provisions
To achieve the best outcome for the Trust and protect the Trust's interests through effective communication, negotiation, completion of due diligence and more.
To identify income revenue opportunities and ensure that revenue income is optimised.
To assist in the production and to manage Service Charges both as Landlord and Tenant capacity.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
o manage The Trust's Property Portfolio and other property related matters. They are responsible for a broad range of property duties, including landlord and tenant negotiations such as rent reviews and lease renewals, manage and administer service charges and formalise all occupational arrangements including the granting of licences and leases. To also manageproperty acquisitions and disposals.
Person Specification
MRICS or equivalent
Essential
- MRICS or equivalent
Desirable
- Accredited Degree
- AssocRICS
- Member/FRICS
Experience in Property Management
Essential
- Experience in relevant field
Desirable
- 2 years experience in similar role
- 3+ years in the same role and having had experience in a majority of duties as listed with NHS background
Ability to think strategically
Essential
- Can demonstrate an income generating scheme, can demonstrate initiative, service charge management
Desirable
- General experience
- Works independently and can demonstrate own ideas
- Provides lots of initiative examples
Communication/engage with stakeholders
Essential
- Ability to lead on communications
Desirable
- Demonstrate a variety of communication styles
- Leadership in comms and engaging with stakeholders
Problem solving
Essential
- Can demonstrate investigative skills such as interpreting leases
Desirable
- Depending on the example given
- Extensive and obvious skills to read and interpret contracts
Knowledge of RICS and HBN
Essential
- Estates Code and RICS professional statements
Desirable
- RICS knowledge of best practice or HBN one or the other
- Estates Code knowledge plus RICS
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Brighton General Hospital
Elm Grove
Brighton
BN2 3EW
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)