The mhs homes group is committed to the provision of high quality housing services and is now seeking to appoint the following member of staff:

THE REWARDS

• Performance Bonus Pension Scheme
• Regular Health Checks Essential Users’ Car Allowance

LEASEHOLD MANAGER
Full Time, Permanent (37 hours per week)
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum
(depending on qualifications and experience)

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Customer Services, you will be required to provide a high quality service to the group’s leaseholders, ensuring that they are managed in accordance with the terms of their leases, legislation, regulation and best practice.

You will managing a diverse team responsible for market rent, garages and internal legal services and working to maximise income and minimise loss from this portfolio.

Other duties will include:
• Managing Section 20 consultations for new contract procurements in line with legislation.
• Managing preparation of accurate service charge estimates and actuals statements across a range of tenures ensuring compliance with legislative and lease requirements in order to maximise income recovery for mhs homes.
• Advising, assisting and representing the Asset Management Team, Legal and Financial Departments of mhs homes in meeting landlord lease agreement provisions, service charge account preparation, consultation requirements, mhs homes’ dealings with Solicitors, Arbitrators and to provide Court representation in pursuance of debt recovery.

Ideally we are looking for someone with proven experience in:
• Co-ordinating service charge consultation
• Service charge construction for both estimated and final bills
• Managing (former) Leasehold Valuation Tribunal or Court action
• The management and structure of different leases, as well as handling complex leaseholder queries.

Knowledge of all applicable Landlord and Tenant Acts, good marketing and customer service skills and working knowledge of financial and management systems are also essential criteria for this role.

If you indicate on your equal opportunities monitoring form that you are disabled and you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Offer of employment for this post will be subject to satisfactory references and an Enhanced Disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB).

We welcome applications from all sectors of the community to assist us reflect the diversity of the customers we serve at all levels within the organisation. Applications from under-represented groups including disabled people, people from black and minority ethnic groups, gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender, would be particularly welcomed.

To apply or obtain further details:

Telephone: 01634 354035 (24 hours)
E-mail: recruit@mhs.org.uk

Post: HR Division, mhs homes ltd, Broadside, Leviathan Way, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4LL
Website: www.mhs.org.uk


Closing Date: 5pm, Monday 15th September 2014

Interviews will be held on Friday 26th September 2014

To lessen our impact on the environment, applicants will not be contacted unless short listed for interview. If you are not contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date, then your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.