Head of Asset Management - Residential

The Opportunity

Kingsley Recruitment is working exclusively in partnership with Tatton Estate, one of most dynamic private estates in the Northwest, deeply rooted in the region’s heritage and committed to long-term stewardship, community engagement, and sustainability.

The Head of Residential Asset Management position is a pivotal role, that will drive the strategic and operational oversight of the Estate’s residential portfolio, with a particular emphasis on asset enhancement, heritage renovation, long-term sustainable management and customer service.

The successful candidate will align residential development with the Estate’s overall Vision and Strategic Plan, ensuring the Estate’s homes are not only well-managed, but materially improve net yield, building condition, community and sustainability.

Duties

• Working with the newly appointed CEO, to develop and lead a strategic vision for the residential and agricultural portfolio which seeks to deliver suitable long term returns for the Estate whilst aligning with values around heritage preservation, placemaking and sustainable rural growth.
• Identify, implement and manage capital projects which seek to deliver enhanced returns including heritage renovations and regeneration initiatives.
• Seek to identify opportunities to position the Estate at the forefront of market and housing policy changes by aligning activity with regional development goals.
• Have overall oversight and control of the day-to-day operation of the existing residential and agricultural portfolio by setting, monitoring and driving improvements to KPIs around tenancy management, rent collections, occupancy and maintenance cycles.
• Support the Property Managers and take overall responsibility for customer liaison ensuring the Estate is represented in a strong light and develops meaningful relationships with its customers delivering excellent customer service whilst ensuring strong performance.
• Drive lettings performance to ensure void periods are minimised and rental levels maximised and take overall responsibility for customer screening and selection.
• Seek to develop standard lease arrangements to facilitate the swift completion of new lettings.
• Work with the finance team to deliver clear businesses cases for investment with wider trend analysis and clear rationale to ensure investment decisions can be made swiftly.
• Identify asset management opportunities to drive the financial returns of the residential and agricultural portfolio whilst continuing to align the portfolio with the overarching Estate strategy. This may include additional investment/improvements in existing properties and/or repurposing.
• Have overall responsibility for ensuring the residential and agricultural portfolio meets all regulatory, conservation and compliance requirements and maintain a robust risk and compliance framework in line with Estate and sector best practice.
• Develop and implement an acquisition and disposal strategy where relevant to drive improved performance and ensuring any recommendations made are benchmarked against alternatives.
• Identify and implement ways of delivering sustainable building practices and sustainability initiatives that could deliver enhanced return from the residential portfolio. This may include energy efficiencies in both renovation and operation.
• Work with the Building Surveyor to embed best practices and standard specifications across the portfolio to ensure maintenance and improvement activity can be delivered efficiently and for best value whilst maximising asset potential and return.
• Build and lead a high performing residential property management team and play a key part of the Executive Management Team of the Estate supporting the CEO to drive delivery against the strategy and maximise performance.
• Seek to identify opportunities for constant process and reporting improvements as part of the Executive Management Team to drive enhanced performance from the Estate team.
• Play a key role in stakeholder relationship management and community initiatives acting as a key liaison between the Estate and residents, local authorities, heritage bodies and community partners and represent the Estate at community forums where relevant.

Remuneration & Benefits:

• Competitive Basic Salary to £70,000+ p.a. (D.O.E.)
• Car Allowance
• Discretionary Bonus
• Private Healthcare
• Pension
• Income Protection
• Minimum 25 days holidays plus bank holidays
• Death in Service
• Hybrid work policy
• And more

To apply for this position, please contact Andrew Kingsley on 07879 413 765 or email a copy of your latest CV to andrew@kingsleyrecruitment.co.uk quoting the position and reference AK3291140 for this role.

N.B. All Direct & Third  Party Applications shall be forwarded to Kingsley Property Recruitment for immediate review, and shall not be recognised as an introduction.