Job description
- Part-time, max term role until July 2024
- 68.4 hours per fortnight
- $42.5554 per hour + super + NFP salary packaging + wellbeing leave (pro-rata)
- Based in Collingwood
HomeGround Real Estate (HGRE) provides services to address different areas of the market, approximately two thirds of our business is like any other property management focused agency, with the remaining third focused on social impact. This social impact is what differentiates us from the market, allowing renters the opportunity for safe, affordable housing. Plus, all of our fees are reinvested into Launch Housing to help support our joint mission of ending homelessness.
What you’ll be doing
As a Property Manager, you’ll play an important role in ensuring the agency establishes itself in the marketplace as a competitive provider of property management services. You’ll play a key part in developing HGRE’s reputation among the public and members of industry that demonstrates integrity and competence as real estate practitioners, ensuring compliance with current legislation practices.
Your responsibilities are extensive and varied, however, the role will be accountable for the overall management of residential properties on behalf of the landlord in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Act, the Estate Agent Act and the organisation’s policies, procedures and systems.
You will:
- Undertake all property management tasks in a proficient and professional manner, including providing accurate and timely advice to clients.
- Undertake all property management tasks in accordance with HGRE policies and procedures and statutory requirements.
- Liaise and maintain positive relationships with other Real Estate Agents.
- Ensure all contractors have the appropriate and current licenses and insurance.
- Liaise with the Administration team for preparation of Leasing/Management documentation.
For further information on the role please refer to the position description.
What we’re looking for (key selection criteria):
- Eligible to be employed as an agent’s representative or Licenced Estate Agent as described in the Estate Agents Act.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in real estate property management services.
- Excellent computer skills, particularly Office 365.
- Sound experience of PropertyMe, Inspect Real Estate and Inspection Express software systems.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with others towards effective client solutions.
- Well-developed organisational and time management skills, with sound problem solving and negotiation skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge of working within confines of relevant legislation.
- A valid Victorian driver’s licence.
- Demonstrated commitment to the values of Launch Housing and our mission to end homelessness.
Why Join HomeGround Real Estate
We are a not-for-profit real estate agency – a social enterprise within Launch Housing that provides an industry standard real estate service to investors, ensuring that property owners’ investments are well taken care of. We attain market rate or below market rental returns for our landlords while reinvesting the management fee into our efforts to end homelessness.We care about the community and we care about our team. We will support you, bring out the best in you and genuinely care for you – that is why we do what we do, and we do it well.
Our permanent and fixed-term employee benefits include:
- Not for profit impact
- Wellbeing days, ceremonial leave, carers leave and study leave
- Flexible working arrangements
- Purchased leave
- 17.5% leave loading
- Gender neutral paid parental leave (after 12 months of service)
- Training and career growth opportunities across Launch Housing
- A portion of your income can be tax-free by salary packaging your personal expenses
- Additional tax-free salary packaging on dining and accommodation expenses
- Positive, supportive and progressive work environment
HOW TO APPLY
To apply for this opportunity, please click on ‘Apply Now’ button.
Please submit a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria and your CV.
If you need additional information about this role, please contact Samantha Gatherum-Goss on [email protected] using the subject line: Property Manager Enquiry via EthicalJobs.
Please note shortlisting will occur on a rolling basis, so please don’t delay in submitting your application!
A Position Description is attached.
Launch Housing offers a wide range of career opportunities and employs a diverse range of talent. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons to apply! We acknowledge, respect and celebrate Aboriginal cultures, languages, connections to Country and heritage, customs and practices. We’re committed to support Aboriginal peoples to obtain genuine and fulfilling career with us!
Launch Housing is a dog-friendly organisation, which allows dog owners to bring them onsite, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team if you have any concerns prior to your interview.
If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let the Talent Acquisition Team know at [email protected].
Launch Housing is committed to being a child safe organisation and has zero tolerance to child abuse. Our hiring process involves rigorous screening of applicants. All of our people including students, contractors and volunteers must hold a valid Working with Children Check and satisfactory criminal history record check.
Launch Housing is an Equal Opportunity employer and supports accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people, women, and people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse, intersex or queer. We acknowledge Lived Experience as a unique expertise and encourage people with a Lived Experience of Homelessness to apply. All applicants must have the right to work in Australia.