Senior Property Manager
| Posting date: | 08 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 August 2025 |
| Location: | RG1 3EU |
| Company: | AUREM Care |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | af95028681614f27a87f |
Summary
About the Role:
We are seeking a experienced Senior Property Manager to join our growing team at Aurem Care.
Applicants must be based in the south of the country, as the majority of our properties are located in this region. This ensures proximity for site visits, inspections, and day-to-day responsibilities.
Region’s covered in the South are Surrey, Sussex, London, Southampton, Kent and Colchester and other areas as the comapny grows, please visit our website for more details.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the day-to-day maintenance activities for the existing estate, via the recruitment of a suitably skilled maintenance team and sourcing quality vfm contractors.
- Produce a forward looking maintenance programme for the group using a best value approach.
- Support in the development (and) oversea refurb plans for the majority of the existing estate.
- Ensure all work completed meets our regulatory and legal requirements.
- Conduct due diligence on M and A targets that will start to come onstream late 2025 as well as produce and oversea refurb plans, using architects and other industry experts.
- Ensure H&S is rigorously followed across all settings assuring safe environments for our resident to live in and staff to work in by implementing industry standard processes and procedures.
- Utilise technology to better inform our decision making and enable teams in the home to better conduct our mandatory checks.
- Develop and manage the group approach to ESG.
Essential Skills & Qualifications:
- Extensive experience in property management, ideally within the care home, healthcare, or specialist housing sector
- In-depth understanding of building compliance and regulatory standards, including health and safety, fire safety, and accessibility requirements for care settings
- Proven ability to manage planned and reactive maintenance across multiple sites
- Strong experience in budget management, including capex planning, service charge oversight, and supplier contract negotiations
- Ability to coordinate with care home managers and operational teams to minimise disruption during maintenance or refurbishments
- Knowledge of statutory inspections, compliance schedules, and facilities audits (e.g., Fire, Gas Safety, etc.)
- Familiarity with CQC environmental expectations and property-related compliance
- Skilled in managing contractors and third-party service providers, ensuring timely, safe, and cost-effective work
- Excellent problem-solving, prioritisation, and decision-making abilities under pressure
- A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to care home sites across the south of the country
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to manage a busy and varied workload
There are many great reasons to join our team and what we can offer:
- Salary: £60 - £65k per annum (pay dependent on experience)
- Plus £3k car allowance
- Full time, 40 hours per week
- Travelling across the South Region of Aurem Care homes
- 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays
- Free DBS (T & C’s apply)
- Life insurance
- Company pension
- Our employee assist programme – healthcare and mental health support
- Free in house training via our elearning platform, your Hippo, in addition to our fully funded apprenticeship courses
- Yearly salary review
- Being part of an organisation where empowering and valuing our people is fundamental to everything we do
Please refer to our website for a full list of our care home locations.
Candidates must be based in the South Region, as this role requires regular travel and on-site presence across our southern portfolio.
Why join us?
This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing organisation to make a significant impact within our nursing home group, if you have the experience we would love to hear from you!