Assistant to Estates Surveyor

Assistant to Estates Surveyor
Home-based in the South East

About Us

We’re Blind Veterans UK, a charity that helps vision-impaired ex-service people from every generation rebuild their lives after their sight has been affected. Founded in 1915, by Sir Arthur Pearson, to help the many veterans losing their sight after the First World War, we have over a century of experience providing the best care to our veterans.

Since then, we’ve provided support to tens of thousands of vision-impaired veterans, helping them to regain their independence. By providing our members with the tools and skills they need to lead a fulfilling and active life, we ensure they remain valued members of society.

We are currently seeking an Assistant to Estates Surveyor to join our team in the South East on a permanent, full-time basis.

The Benefits

- Salary of £27,826.74 per annum
- Generous annual leave with the option to buy additional days
- Enhanced Pension scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Healthcare cash plan
- Retail discounts
- Enhanced sick, maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Life assurance
- Employee assistance programme
- Flexible and remote working
- Paid professional subscriptions
- Personal and professional development opportunities

This is an incredible opportunity for an administrator with knowledge of estate management and building terminology to join our dedicated organisation.

You’ll get to enjoy a fantastic benefits package including great perks like flexible homeworking options, exclusive discounts and a wealth of exciting career development opportunities.

So, if you want to join one of the oldest charities in the UK and help us provide an outstanding service to those who need it most, we want to hear from you.

The Role

As an Assistant to Estates Surveyor, you will provide a full and comprehensive administrative service to the Estates Surveyor.

Supporting the management of circa 67 properties, you will use the Re-Leased Property Management system to place orders, process invoices, make payments and keep records of repairs, maintenance and property inspection reports.

You will also act as the first point of contact for Beneficiaries and private tenants via telephone calls and emails, resolving or escalating queries as appropriate.

Additionally, you will:

- Code invoices and pass them to the Finance Team
- Liaise between building contractors and tenants in relation to planned and ongoing works
- Conduct research and compile information regarding contractors
- Liaise with letting agents to market vacant properties

About You

To be considered as an Assistant to Estates Surveyor, you will need:

- Administrative experience in an office environment
- Experience working with databases
- Knowledge of estate management and building terminology

The closing date for this role is 11th May 2024.

Other organisations may call this role Assistant Surveyor, Junior Surveyor, Estates Administrator, Survey Administrator, Property Co-ordinator, Property Management Co-ordinator, Administrative Assistant, or Assistant Building Surveyor.

Webrecruit and Blind Veterans UK are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you want to make a real difference as an Assistant to Estates Surveyor, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.