Senior Residential Block Property Manager

The Role:

Head of Department Block Property Manager based in Weybridge, heading up a team that pride themselves on a professional and personal property management service. Ensuring the department adheres to the highest standards of Block Property Management and the latest legal requirements. This role will require you to manage all aspects of the portfolio, be responsible for the effective and efficient day to day management of each property under your portfolio alongside supporting all members of staff within that department. Managing Block Property Manager’s & Admin Assistant’s within the department with the potential to develop and grow the department efficiently.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of the portfolio in day-to-day management
• Running major works alongside senior members of staff
• Compiling Service Charge Budgets & implementing daily
• Checking & processing of management invoices
• Maintenance coordination from start to finish
• Managing Insurance Claims
• Property inspections
• Chairing AGM’s & Dealing with Freeholders
• Meetings with Management Committee
• Ensuring notices (Section 20/20b Notices) are served as and when required
• Dealing With Accounts alongside Accountants & in house Accounts Department
• Ensuring Health & Safety, GSC, FRA’s & EICR’s and other relate works are undertaken
• Arrears Chasing & dealing with queries
• Dealing with day-to-day management of staff and support them within their role
• Management of Staff including appraisals
• Effective & Efficient Team working alongside our Commercial & AST Management Department & Accounts Department

Skills and Knowledge:

• Excellent Time Management and Organisation Skills
• Ability to efficiently answer all queries and deal with them efficiently and in a time frame required
• Have the ability to prioritise
• Offer outstanding customer service
• Full & up to date knowledge of Block Property Management and current Regulations
• Excellent telephone manner
• An ability to work independently and in a team
• Demonstrate a positive and proactive, can-do attitude
• Ability to solve problems

Qualifications:

• IRPM not essential but the Block Property Manager is expected to obtain the IRPM qualification
• Assoc RICS not essential by preferred
• MRICS not essential by preferred

Essential Experience:

• The perfect candidate will have previous experience as a Block Manager
• Management of a Block Management Department & Team

Preferred Experience:

• Qube Software

Professional Development:

• Training on our property management system Qube
• We will support personal advancement and professional development where commitment is shown.

 Competitive salary and package available

Residential Block Property Manager

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of the portfolio in day-to-day management
• Running major works alongside senior members of staff
• Compiling Service Charge Budgets & implementing daily
• Checking & processing of management invoices
• Maintenance coordination from start to finish
• Managing Insurance Claims
• Property inspections
• Chairing AGM’s & Dealing with Freeholders
• Meetings with Management Committee
• Ensuring notices (Section 20/20b Notices) are served as and when required
• Dealing With Accounts alongside Accountants & in house Accounts Department
• Ensuring Health & Safety, GSC, FRA’s & EICR’s and other relate works are undertaken
• Arrears Chasing & dealing with queries

Skills and Knowledge:

• Excellent Time Management and Organisation Skills
• Ability to efficiently answer all queries and deal with them efficiently and in a time frame required
• Have the ability to prioritise
• Offer outstanding customer service
• Full & up to date knowledge of Block Property Management and current Regulations
• Excellent telephone manner
• An ability to work independently and in a team
• Demonstrate a positive and proactive, can-do attitude
• Ability to solve problems

Qualifications:

• IRPM or similar are not required but the Block Property Manager is expected to obtain the IRPM qualification

Essential Experience:

• The perfect candidate will have previous experience as a Block Manager
• Word & excel

Preferred Experience:

• Qube Software

 Professional Development:

• Training on our property management system Qube
• We will support personal advancement and professional development where commitment is shown

Commercial & AST Residential Property Manager

The Role:

• Commercial Property Manager with some AST Residential based in Weybridge to deal with all aspects of property management.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Day to day management of Commercial Property, from standard retail, offices to up Industrial Units & Agriculture sites
• Management of Service Charge budgets
• Dealing with all aspect’s admin related to AST & commercial management
• Checking & processing of management invoices
• Maintenance coordination for both AST Residential & Commercial
• Property Inspections
• Ensuring GSC, EPC’s, FRA’s & EICR are carried out
• Manging communal areas of residential or commercial buildings and undertaking the required Fire Risk & Health & Safety requirements
• Logging & processing Insurance Claims
• Reporting to clients
• Chasing arrears and progressing for recovery
• Checking insurance policies to ensure the policy is correct and ensure re-build sum insured report is carried out within the require timeframes
• Managing major works alongside a Chartered Surveyor &/or Building Surveyor
• Compiling AST Tenancy Agreements and associated documentation
• Liaising with lettings agents for letting of properties – AST
• Ensuring correct notices are served for AST Residential
• Dealing with check outs and deposit releases
• Negotiating Renewals & drawing up documentation for AST’s

Skills and Knowledge:

• Excellent Time Management Skills
• Ability to prioritise
• Offer outstanding customer service
• Knowledge of property management and the regulations
• Excellent telephone manner
• An ability to work independently and in a team
• Demonstrate a positive, can-do attitude

Qualifications:

• MARLA, Assoc RICS or MRICS preferred but not essential

Experience Essential:

• Over 3 Years’ Experience in Commercial Management
• Understanding of AST Residential Management

 Experience Preferred

• Qube Software

 Professional Development:

• Training on our property management system Qube
• We will support personal advancement where commitment is shown

General Practice Senior/Assoc Surveyor – 

Valuation/Landlord & Tenant

We have an exciting opportunity within our Professional department based in one of our busy offices:-

In this varied role you will apply your expertise and be responsible for the full spectrum of general surveying to include:-

• Valuation (non-lending purposes, including accounts, probate, matrimonial and asset valuation for public sector clients).
• Lease advisory
• Rent review
• General property consultancy.

The successful candidate will be confident in dealing with colleagues and clients, at all levels, delivering consistently high-level assistance through effective communication, prioritisation, multi-tasking with a ‘can do’ attitude.  Using your own initiative, you will maintain and grow existing client relationships, and generate new business opportunities.

The successful candidate will need to be highly organised and entrepreneurial with a proven track record in dealing with professional work. MRICS qualification is essential and they will currently be working at a senior level elsewhere, needing no direct supervision.

Curchod & Co offer a highly competitive salary with commission and benefit package together with an excellent working environment and focussed career development.

You will report directly to one of the Partners.

Career progression – We reward hard work, success, and business generation so a future Partnership role is attainable subject to consistent high achievement.

Senior Surveyor/Associate Surveyor 

Commercial Agency Department 

We have an exciting opportunity within our Commercial Agency department based in one of our busy offices.

The post will involve all aspects of commercial agency and you will join the larger, regionally based, successful and growing agency team (offices in Camberley, Farnham, Weybridge and Woking).

Applying your expertise, you will be responsible for the marketing and promotion of our clients property disposals and letting opportunities (industrial, office, retail, investment, and land).  You will also be responsible for providing search and acquisition advice to retained occupier clients and asset management advice.

You will be confident in dealing with colleagues and clients, at all levels, delivering consistently high-level assistance through effective communication, prioritisation, multi-tasking with a ‘can do’ attitude.  Using your own initiative, you will maintain and grow existing client relationships, and generate new business opportunities.

Business development skills are vital as you will be expected to be an ambassador for Curchod & Co attracting new instructions / clients and delivering the highest level of service.

You will need to be highly organised and entrepreneurial with a proven track record in Agency.  (MRICS qualified would be ideal but is not essential).  You are currently working at a senior level elsewhere. needing no direct supervision.

We offer a highly competitive salary with commission and benefit package together with an excellent working environment and focussed career development.

You will report directly to one of the Partners.

Career progression – We reward hard work, success and business generation so a future Partnership role is attainable subject to consistent high achievement.

Service Charge Accountant

The Role:

• Service Charge Accountant required for a busy accounts department based in our Weybridge office

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Head of Accounts
• Working in a small team but interacting with other departments
• The role will involve all aspects of service charge accounts from start to finish including setting up new properties, producing budgets and the preparation of year end reconciliations and reports according to RICS rules and regulations

Skills and Knowledge:

• The ideal candidate will have previous experience in residential service charge accounting
• Experience in commercial service charge being a bonus
• Strong communication skills for liaising with other departments as well as external accountants
• The ability to work independently and within a team would be key
• The opportunity to broaden your knowledge of property accounting beyond service charge would be available
• Can do, proactive attitude

Qualifications:

• Proficient user of Microsoft office, specifically Microsoft excel
• Minimum 5 GCSE at grades 9 – 5 including Maths and English

Experience Essential:

•  Residential Block Service Charge accounts

 Experience Preferred:

• Qube Software
• AAT qualified

 Professional Development:

•  Training on our property management system Qube
• We will support personal advancement where commitment is shown.

 Competitive salary and package available

 Entry Accounts Trainee/Graduate

The Role:

• Ideal position for an accounts graduate interested in working within the property sector in a company that is multi-faceted
• Based in our Weybridge office reporting to the Head of Accounts

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• While initially starting with the basics of sales ledger and purchase ledger, the role will cover all aspects of property accounts including commercial rents and service charge, and residential block management
• The role will enable the candidate to put into practise the knowledge learnt during their studies
• There will be an opportunity to cover the many aspects of company accounts
• Training will be given where required

Skills and Knowledge:

• Basic Accountancy Knowledge
• Proficient user of Microsoft office, specifically Microsoft excel

  Qualifications:

• BSc Accountancy or equivalent
• Minimum 5 GCSE at grades 9 – 5 including Maths and English

Experience Preferred:

•  Accountancy work experience

  Professional Development:

•  Support provided if pursuing further accountancy qualifications

 Competitive salary and package available

Please Note: Curchod and Co will not pay agency fees where speculative and/or unsolicited CVs are submitted by any means. For any CVs which are submitted without agreement from the Curchod and Co HR team, then we reserve the right to contact and work directly with these candidates without payment of any agency fees at all.

Company Overview:

Curchod & Co is a leading regional Chartered Surveying practice operating predominantly across Surrey, North Hampshire and the South East region.  We provide a wide range of property consultancy and management expertise to a diverse range of clients from long standing high net worth individuals, to property companies, Local Authorities, pension funds and owner occupiers.

Our offices are located in Camberley, Farnham, Weybridge and Woking.

Our experienced and accomplished Chartered Surveyors and professional personnel are enthusiastic about delivering successful property solutions and services across a large and varied property management portfolio.

Curchod & Co are committed to providing the finest quality of service and advice, more detail about our company can be found at: www.curchodandco.com