Property Manager

Job Details

Location: Hybrid working - the role will require travel to various sites across the UK, inclusive of Nottingham.

Contract type: Permanent.

Salary: Starting £56,476 with potential to increase to £66,443 over three years.

Job Overview

Property Manager to support NHS Supply Chain's Estates team as the commercial property lead across a national portfolio of offices and distribution centres. Responsibilities include managing lease events, directing build-to-suit projects, overseeing commercial and legal aspects of the estate, developing business cases for government approval, and ensuring support for the Supply Chain Modernisation Programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support strategic acquisitions and disposals, with an initial focus on build-to-suit developments.
• Deliver the Supply Chain Modernisation property strategy, managing estate impacts from new developments.
• Develop robust business cases for government approval, ensuring alignment with strategy and oversight from the Estates Lead.
• Provide client side oversight of build-to-suit developments, keeping delivery aligned with agreed specifications and commercial expectations.
• Monitor development progress and proactively identify, assess and communicate variances, including impacts on cost, programme and operational delivery.
• Ensure strong governance and change control, escalating deviations outside agreed parameters or requiring resolution.
• Interpret outputs from agents and advisors, including programme reporting and negotiations, to produce clear recommendations, options and delivery strategies.
• Apply strong commercial judgement to challenge assumptions, test proposals and explore alternative solutions.
• Manage lease events across the portfolio (rent reviews, renewals, break options, and expiries).
• Build and maintain strong relationships with landlords, developers, agents and advisors.
• Oversee the day to day performance and compliance of the estate.
• Manage business rates and insurance, ensuring accuracy, compliance and value for money.

What we're looking for

We're looking for someone who combines strong commercial property expertise with the ability to operate effectively in a complex, programme driven environment. Experience in logistics, industrial or large scale operational environments would be beneficial.

Required Skills and Experience

• Proven experience managing a commercial property portfolio on the client side.
• Strong understanding of lease events, landlord engagement and property lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting or leading acquisitions, disposals or development projects (build to suit experience desirable).
• Ability to act as an intelligent client, confidently managing and challenging external agents, consultants and developers.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to interpret complex information and translate it into clear strategic recommendations.
• Experience working within structured governance and approval environments, ideally within the public sector.
• Understanding of the commercial, legal and financial aspects of property transactions.
• Knowledge of business rates and property related insurance.

Benefits

• Hybrid working opportunities.
• Annual bonus schemes, long service awards and VIP colleague awards.
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• In house training, support and access to external qualifications.
• 1 day of paid well being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
• Generous pension scheme (12% employer contribution when you contribute 6%).
• Flexible Benefits Scheme including Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance and additional pension contributions.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave.
• Access to discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS discounts.

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is valued and celebrated. If this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn't match perfectly, we encourage you to still apply.