Associate Director/ Director

Responsibilities

• Support Regional Head with team management and development
• Identify new business development opportunities
• Attend all regional business development meetings
• Assist Regional Head with financial administration for the region – forecasting fee billing, cash collection and debt management to key targets
• Help Regional Head manage all risks and compliance
• Prepare client reporting – produce monthly/quarterly reports and attend client meetings
• Collaborate with in‑house data teams to keep lease data up to date
• Respond to occupier queries on rent, service charges and other management matters
• Act as tenant liaison and handle formal landlord and tenant matters such as rent reviews, lease renewals, tenant applications and related queries
• Liaise with building managers and FM team on day‑to‑day maintenance, repair and operational issues for each property
• Work with sustainability team to ensure ESG best practice is adopted across instructions
• Conduct regular property inspections
• Set up new properties/instructions

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a busy office environment, ideally in property management
• Strong desire to learn more about the property management sector
• RICS qualification preferred but not essential for the right candidate
• Experience in landlord and tenant matters
• Excellent communication and client interfacing skills
• Ability to fully integrate into the team
• High level of commercial awareness and experience of development business with existing clients
• Experience in generating and securing business
• Experience within a professional services environment and working with blue‑chip companies
• Ability to work under pressure
• High attention to detail
• Experience with property management software, including Voyager (desirable)
• Proficiency in Excel and other IT platforms such as PowerPoint and PDF editors

Equal Opportunities

Avison Young is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to treating all its employees and job applicants equitably. We are a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applicants who require adjustments in the recruitment process. For any accommodation request, please contact careers.uk@avisonyoung.com.