Property Manager

Mencap is currently looking for an experienced Property Manager to join our Property Team on a 14-month fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave. This is a full-time, flexible working role, with travel required across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. You'll play a vital role in ensuring our diverse property portfolio is safe, compliant and fit for purpose, helping us deliver high-quality services for the people we support, our colleagues and volunteers. The Property Team at Mencap plays a critical role in supporting our organisational mission. The team is responsible for the day-to-day management of a national and diverse property portfolio, including supported living accommodation, registered care homes, offices and retail premises. Working closely with operational services, finance, legal colleagues, external landlords and contractors, the team delivers responsive repairs, statutory compliance, and effective property solutions that enable high-quality support services. The Property Manager will be an integral part of this collaborative team, maintaining service continuity and upholding Mencap's values throughout the maternity cover period. What will you do as a Property Manager? As a strong and confident communicator, you will work closely with a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation. This includes colleagues in the Property and Housing Management teams, as well as colleagues across Personal Services and Retail directorates. Key responsibilities include:

• Communicating effectively both face-to-face and remotely (via Teams and phone)
• Understanding and reviewing our current approach to statutory compliance and reactive repairs
• Analysing existing supplier relationships and contracts
• Reviewing statutory compliance reports to assess standards and identify any compliance gaps
• Ensuring Health & Safety is a priority, supported through robust reporting
• Identifying improvements to Health & Safety procedures across facilities management and property compliance activit
  
  Do you have experience working with a nationwide, multi-site property portfolio, ideally within a care home, housing provider or supported living organisation? Are you passionate about improving the lives of people with a learning disability?
If the answer to the above is yes, we encourage you to keep reading.,
• Demonstrable and sound technical property knowledge, ideally gained within a care home, housing provider or supported living environment
• CIFWM or MRICS qualification in Building Surveying or Property Management
• Experience working in a client-side role for a nationwide organisation with a multi-site, mixed-use portfolio
• Minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience (PQE)
• A strong understanding of CDM Regulations
• Plus much more, as outlined in the full job description
  
  For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!
About Mencap Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in. At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues. Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere. · Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation. · Every day we grow and learn. It's okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes · Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves. We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies. We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We're not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you're applying for.

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated. Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.