Senior Property Manager – Affordable Housing

Who are Bridge Housing?

We are an award-wining Community Housing Provider (Tier 1 NSW) who provide safe, secure and affordable homes to people on very low to moderate incomes. We aim to provide our tenants with stability and support. At Bridge Housing, we value integrity, innovation and inclusion and it’s central to our mission that every one of our employees cares about the work we do, our tenants and their safety and wellbeing

HomeGround Real Estate is a social enterprise of Bridge Housing that’s changing the real estate game through the provision of ethical property management services. HomeGround’s profits are reinvested into providing more housing and services for people struggling to afford a home.

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Property Manager to join the HomeGround team on a permanent basis. The role is full-time and based from our Central office with a portfolio based across Sydney.

The Senior Property Manager is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of HomeGround’s portfolio of affordable, fee-for service, philanthropic (tax benefit), market rent and National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) properties in accordance with operational, regulatory and reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide tenancy management services and solutions for HomeGround properties, tenants and landlords
• Build relationships with landlords through end to end property management services
• Manage the tenancy application, eligibility and leasing of properties in accordance with HomeGround policy and procedure
• Work within relevant legislation/regulations including listing of properties as well as ingoing property condition reports
• Conduct annual market rent reviews and proactively manage rental arrears
• Ensure Bridge Housing maintains a sustainable financial position by reducing vacancy times
• Coordinate periodic and end of tenancy inspections, addressing repair and requests
• Represent HomeGround at NCAT as required.
• Ensure reporting and accountability requirements are met
• Stay up to date on relevant regulation requirements, legislation, policy changes including work health and safety affecting the sector, staff and our client group

To be successful in this role you should have…

• Property Management experience
• Proficiency in Property Tree/Inspection Express/DocuSign
• Certificate IV in Property Services (Real Estate) or a related field (desirable);
• A current and valid Real Estate License
• Compliance with NSW Fair Trading Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements applicable to their licence category
• Understanding of the NSW Residential Tenancies Act and Regulations
• Understanding of Affordable Housing pay rates and processes
• Understanding of the Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 2002

And all of our Bridge and HomeGround team share the same values and behaviours…

• Demonstrated experience in effective rapport and relationship building
• Exceptional organisational and time management skills
• Ability and willingness to adapt to the fast-paced environment
• Accountability and responsible work ethic
• A “can-do attitude” and commitment to customer service

Our Property Managers do need to have a current and valid NSW drivers license in order to carry out primary objectives of the role. They also need to be willing to obtain a Criminal Record Check.

Why join Bridge?

We are a three-time award winner of Best Workplace; we have achieved this title as a result of our fantastic workplace culture, which results from all our employees living the organisation’s values (Integrity, Innovation and Inclusion with CARE running throughout) and Bridge Housing CARES about its employees, their wellbeing and their professional development.

Bridge Rewards

To recognise and reward the hard work of our employees, Bridge offer an inclusive and extensive Bridge Rewards Program that includes:

• support for employee wellbeing and professional development (including study leave and assistance, on and offsite training and team building)
• an extremely competitive remuneration package; and
• 4 weeks of annual leave, a regular “recharge” day off a month for staff (12 days off per year!) and 5 days of gifted leave per year (including your Birthday, time over the Christmas period, and public holidays!)
• Massages, reflexology and fruit in the office on a weekly and monthly basis!
• Hybrid working and flexible work arrangements

Competitive Remuneration Package

We believe in pay transparency. This role is classified as a Level 3 within the Real Estate Award. Bridge Housing currently offers above-award remuneration, plus NFP salary packaging, PLUS superannuation!

This role is paid at a base salary of $101,515 – $109,223, plus salary packaging and superannuation. In real terms, this means $121,179- $129,813 per annum.

APPLY NOW!

By uploading a resume and cover letter through our portal. Don’t forget! We want to see in your cover letter, why you want to work for us and how your values align.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. We will be reviewing and assessing applications on merit as they are received and consequently the closing date may be subject to change without notice.

Good news! We are establishing a Talent Pool from this recruitment process. If you are currently unavailable or the exact opportunity does not currently suit you, feel free to submit your application to be considered for suitable applications in the future.