Property Manager (Contract)

Looking to progress your property management career and work for an organisation that makes a real difference? Save the Children are looking for a superstar Property Manger to manage our leased property portfolio nationwide and across the Pacific. This includes all our workplaces and retail premises. You will be a part of a dynamic and hardworking team who are always striving to do better for children.

Location: Melbourne preferred

Save the Children is no ordinary not-for-profit.

We’re ambitious, creative and outspoken. We stand up for children’s rights. We want all children to be educated, healthy and live a life free from violence. We run programs in Australia and overseas and, if there’s a disaster - like an earthquake, drought or conflict – we are there on the ground.

Where you come in:

Initially a full time, contract role (six months +) and based at our Head Office in Carlton, Melbourne, you will be accountable for the end-to-end management of our sizable property footprint, including general office locations, program delivery locations and retail stores. The role covers property planning, full lifecycle management (identified need, establishment, maintenance, closure) and relevant compliance obligations.

The role will partner with key leaders to ensure our properties meet business needs, while continuously enhancing the quality and accessibility of our workplaces.

A key part of the role is ensuring the right structures and processes to move from a reactive to a proactive approach to property portfolio management.

You will be part of our Group Operations team, reporting to the Head of Group Risk & Operations.

You will make an impact by:

· Proactively managing the property portfolio to reduce costs, optimise employee experience and ensure it is right-sized for business need.

· Ensuring the right processes and controls are in place for all leased properties, including: evergreen leasing agreements, effective forward planning on property condition reports and maintenance, accurate and current data profile for every property, regular and appropriate engagement with key stakeholders (landlords, agents, internal stakeholders)

· Ensure an appropriate property maintenance and compliance regime in partnership with key operational leaders

· Establish and maintain client centric listening processes to ensure major workplaces at Save (state, regional offices, retail stores) are meeting the needs of our people

· Partner effectively with SCA’s retail leadership and operations team to ensure the retail property portfolio is well managed, has a clear and evergreen plan that identifies and capitalises on opportunities while mitigating financial and regulatory risk

· Partner with business leaders, Health & Safety to ensure efficient and effective facilities management across the portfolio, including management of any third party facilities or other suppliers as appropriate

· Regular reporting to the Executive team on portfolio opportunities (cost savings, footprint optimisation, team connection etc).

· Fostering suitable advisory and service partnerships to support our property goals

Does this sound like you?

You are hard working and passionate about all things property. You’re organised and efficient and comfortable in taking ownership and responsibility. You have the ability to multi task but stay focused and calm and manage key stake holders in a professional & effective manner . You are friendly and approachable and have a ‘can- do’ attitude. You want to make a difference to your team, colleagues and the children who use our spaces.

This role requires:

· Relevant Property Management Accreditation

· Experience in working with commercial/retail industry

· Good awareness of OHS legislation and a strong ability to collaborate with OHS reps to ensure our premises comply with all relevant workplace safety regulations

· Some experience and knowledge of property markets in Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Island (not essential however be prepared and eager to learn)

Working at Save the Children is more than just a job.

It’s the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making the world a better place for children and working with others who feel the same. In addition to a connection to social causes, you will have access to:

· Opportunity for your work to have a real impact for children through our property portfolio

· Individual learning plans to assist in your career development

· Friendly and flexible work environment

· Child friendly work environment

· Support for workplace wellness, including access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) as well as internal networks to support our diverse workforce,

· Competitive salary + super, including full salary packaging benefits (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)

For more information regarding our employee benefits, please follow this link.

Sound interesting?

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume by clicking on the ‘Apply’ section.

Applications close 4pm AEDT, Wednesday 24th January 2024.

Position Description – Property Manager

For more information about this position, please contact Chrissie Stratos at chrissie.stratos@savethechildren.org.au

*We understand flexibility is important to you. We've advertised this role as full time, maximum term but if you're looking for something slightly different, please let us know. We offer flexible hours and hybrid working arrangements among other benefits.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know! We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a workplace suitable for all people and can modify our processes to suit you – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.