Client based in Daventry is seeking an experienced Property Manager to work 30 hours per week could be over 4 or 5 days. Key Responsibilities: * Ensure regulatory compliance for all properties. That properties are kept in good condition and working order and that they are safe places for residents and tenants to live and work. * Maintain records of all statutory compliances and requirements pertaining to the safety of the property and that this is communicated and shared with managing agents and tenants. * Keep the CRM system fully updated with all photographic, electronic mail, certification and licensing records, lease/tenancy agreements, property inspections and all other key aspects regarding each and every property within the portfolio. * Where required, approve, plan, oversee and pay for necessary maintenance and upgrade works to assets in accordance with statutory and lease/tenancy requirements. * Ensure the proper licences are in place for all properties for example; Local Authority Licensing requirements and HMO status. * Ensure that all necessary insurances are in place to protect the business, it’s assets and tenants. * Organise and regularly carry out inspections of properties through the Property Management Agent(s) or directly with tenants to ensure properties meet the required standards and are being correctly used and maintained in accordance with leases, tenancies and statutory obligations. * For commercial leases, organise condition surveys and schedules of dilapidations at the beginning and end of a lease respectively and negotiate acceptable settlement and expiry terms of the lease. * Ensure that a full condition survey and inventory is carried out on every property at the beginning and end of every lease and tenancy period. * From a sustainable perspective, ensure that every property gains a minimum Energy Performance rating of Grade C. Where properties fail to reach the required standard, put forward investment proposals to upgrade the Energy Performance of the property. Tenant Management * Ensure that the company operates, at all times, in strict accordance with all legal standards, statutory regulations and good working and moral practices when dealing with both commercial and residential tenants. * To deal with tenants in a respectful, considerate and proactive way. * Either through Managing Agents or directly, assess prospective residential and commercial tenants to ascertain their statutory, social, working and financial suitability to lease/rent company property. * Ensure validation/verification checks are carried out in an open, transparent and comprehensive manner and, where checks are being undertaken by the company, ensure records securely used and stored. * On behalf of the company, negotiate and agree new leases and tenancy agreements and ensure they are ethically sound, in accordance with current legislation and enforceable. Financials and Investments * Liaise with Managing Agents and directly with tenants, as required, to ensure prompt payment of monthly/quarterly rental payments and issue supporting statements. * Oversee necessary maintenance, upgrade and investment works as required and authorise payments to contractors, designers and surveyors when necessary. * Report monthly on company overheads, general expenditure and overall performance against planned budgets and provide ongoing narrative and meaning to the financial numbers of the business, and develop a cost management and reduction strategy where appropriate across the business. * Ensure mortgage payments, service charges and ground rents are paid on time. That mortgage terms, interest rates and general terms and conditions are regularly monitored. Where fixed term interest rate agreements expire carry out detailed market research and recommend new lenders, fixed terms and interest rates taking into consideration the cost of switching assets from one lender to another. * Manage all Property Management Agents and negotiate acceptable commercial terms based on varying service level provisions offered as well as the number of individual units they manage for the business. Regularly evaluate service performance and determine whether value for money. * Ensure that all insurances are regularly reviewed and kept up to date. At time of renewal undertake market research to ensure the business sources and negotiates the best insurance products on commercially acceptable terms. * Qualifications: * Degree, relevant professional qualification or equivalent (desirable) * Member of the National Residential Landlords Association - NRLA (desirable) * Experience * Relevant experience in a landlord and tenant management. * latory requirements and actions. * Experience of negotiating new lease contracts as well as terminating existing ones and agreeing works required under a schedule of dilapidations. * Experience of both acquiring and disposing of property assets