Block Manager

Company: Property Management Recruitment
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Location: Bishop's Stortford
Job Description:

About our client

Our client is an established property management business with a strong reputation for service delivery across their residential portfolio. They work with a range of leaseholder clients and freeholder sites, and they take compliance, communication, and client relationships seriously. This is a business that invests in its people and supports professional development, including TPI and RICS membership fees.

The role

You’ll be taking on a Senior Property Manager position based in Essex/Herts, managing a portfolio of three freeholder sites across London and Cambridge, covering around 15 blocks and just under 600 units, including high-rise buildings. It’s a hybrid role with a mix of office, home, and site days each week.

What you’ll be doing

  • Managing a complex residential portfolio end-to-end, including HRBs, with full accountability for service delivery across all sites
  • Preparing and presenting service charge budgets, managing accounts, and overseeing credit control activity
  • Handling Section 20 consultation processes and coordinating major works programmes
  • Attending and minuting AGMs, EGMs, and leaseholder surgeries, and keeping development directors updated regularly
  • Overseeing health and safety compliance, insurance, and statutory maintenance contracts across all developments
  • Managing and supporting a Property Management Assistant to maintain service standards across the portfolio

Skills and experience

Essential

  • Minimum 2-4 years in a property management role with hands-on leasehold experience
  • Experience managing high-rise or higher-risk buildings
  • Confident handling Section 20 processes and major works
  • Service charge budget preparation and account management
  • Full UK driving licence

Desirable

  • MTPI qualified
  • Experience with lift maintenance contracts and associated compliance
  • Familiarity with AGM/EGM processes

Why join them

A competitive salary of up to £46,000 depending on experience, alongside a strong benefits package that includes hybrid working, private medical insurance, enhanced holiday allowance, life insurance, pension contributions, and full payment of TPI/RICS membership fees and exam costs.

Posted: May 25th, 2026