AddressAbout us:
At Knight Frank we’re passionate about property, but it takes more than passion to make us the world’s most successful privately-owned property agency and consultancy.
With a 125-year heritage, we are part of a global property powerhouse dedicated to providing our clients the best advice across commercial and residential property transactional and advisory services.
Knight Frank is a place where you can bring your whole self to work. That’s what makes us a diverse collection of experts, problem solvers and innovators. Our purpose is to empower and encourage our people to think differently about how we can make a positive impact as a firm.
What’s in it for you?
- Highly competitive remuneration package
- Career development opportunities such as internal and external mentoring, leadership education training, and study leave to focus on your personal growth.
- Flexible working arrangements designed to suit individual circumstances and family needs.
- A generous 16-week parental scheme plus superannuation for a full 12 months
- Birthday leave
- Swap around a public holiday for a cultural swap day!
- Two Wellness Days to allow you to focus on your own physical and or mental wellbeing
- A workplace where you can access 2 weeks additional leave each year so you can take that extra break with family or friends
- We applaud your need to give back to the community and give you 2 paid volunteer days each year to support one of our-affiliated charities
- Our reward platform “The Vault” which gives you access to a great range of discounts at popular retailers and supermarkets as well as lifestyle benefits and corporate discounts
- Because life can throw the unexpected at us, we help subsidise private health insurance excess, if you or an immediate family member requires hospitalisation
- Plus, so much more!
The role:
We are recruiting a National Technical Services & Capital Investment Manager in a newly created role at Knight Frank Australia.
Working as part of the National Leadership Team, this role is accountable for overseeing the strategic short term operational and longer-term asset performance criteria of a significant national retail portfolio of approximately 100 shopping centres for our client, Region Group.
Ideally, you will have a strong track record of previous experience in delivering major portfolio operational, services procurement and more strategic initiatives to both internal and external stakeholders.
Key responsibilities:
- Oversee and support the National Operations Manager and broader nationwide Operations team of approximately 40 motivated individuals.
- Deliver sustainability and ESG initiatives and work with the internal team and client to meet targeted short, medium and longer-term goals.
- Ensure the day-to-day management of all matters relating to operations, engineering, risk and compliance alongside the National Operations Manager.
- Oversee the financial management of the Capital Maintenance Expenditure Program
- Develop, maintain and update the Capital Works Program policies and guidelines and assist with the delivery of short, medium and longer-term value-enhancing capital works recommendations across the portfolio.
- Support the broader team and client in recommending future waste and soft-services procurement strategies across the national portfolio.
- As part of the National Leadership Team, work alongside and continue motivating the broader team to retain the positive team culture of teamwork and high standards.
Who are we looking for?
Join a team where the uniqueness of our people is celebrated, contribution is rewarded, and voices are respected and heard. A place where everyone has the chance to perform at their best.
- Significant experience in portfolio operations and procurement management strategies and implementation.
- Retail and Property accounting experience
- Property redevelopment exposure, including in operating shopping centre assets.
- Broad understanding and contacts in the Australian commercial property industry
- A thorough understanding of the principle demands of commercial property and asset management
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Analytical and conceptual skills
- Strong leadership management skills with an ability to create and retain high quality teams.
Not the perfect fit?
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities - as every person and their situation is unique, we look at this on an individual and applied role basis. We actively encourage you to apply for roles that suit your background and skillset. You might have something we didn’t realise we needed!
Please note, if you are successful in securing a role, you will be subject to police checks as part of our standard recruitment process.
Applicants with Australian working rights need only apply. No Agencies please.
