Senior Manager, Real Estate
Vancity
- Vancouver, BC
- $102,200-153,200 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manage owned property and commercial leased assets for Vancity, including identification of potential new sites for relocation or expansion of services.
- Develop and execute on the organisations long term real estate strategy
- Negotiate commercial leases (new and renewals), tenant subleases, acquisitions and disposal of properties so that Vancity is able to occupy properties at market or better rates with maximum flexibility and minimum risk
- Negotiate and award service contracts and monitor those contracts so that third party contractor services meet agreed upon service levels.
- Manage a team that oversees all property administration services, including documentation management, property audits, and department budget planning and expenditures.
- Deliver on the objectives defined in the organization-wide sustainable operations/net-zero strategy, to embed sustainability into all leased and owned properties
- Resolve disputes relating to Vancity’s commercial real estate agreements
- Undergraduate degree in related discipline (Real Estate, Urban Land Economics)
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in commercial real estate (including real estate search, lease negotiations, property management)
- Real Estate Trading Services Licence or Rental Property Management Services Licence are not required, but desirable.
- People leadership skills to engage with supervisors/team leads, professionals, and/ or other staff and carry out all people practices.
- Problem-solving and decision-making skills to diagnose challenges and issues and develop innovative business solutions and assess risks and opportunities that may affect the unit and or designated unit. Very strong administration skills and attention to detail required.
- Communication and interpersonal skills to create a clear understanding of expectations and address challenges and issues for the business unit, and represent the unit across the organization
- Problem solver - You have an analytical mind and can proactively come up with solutions
- Organized - You can prioritize your work and execute it with great attention to detail
- Diligent - You have an attention to detail. You follow up with others when needed to ensure actions are complete.
- Resourceful – You understand and utilize the network of resources available to you and can independently formulate appropriate solutions for clients
- We are the largest private-sector
- We understand that retirement means different things to different people and at Vancity we offer a defined retirement programs to meet diverse needs.
- Four weeks of vacation allowance per calendar year, and the number of vacation days grows — to a maximum of six weeks per year — as their length of service increases. In addition, full-time, permanent staff can purchase up to six extra days of vacation through our flexible benefits package.
- In addition to the 10 statutory holidays in British Columbia, Vancity provides an additional three statutory holidays. We offer care days for periods of short-term personal illness or emergency family illness, plus opportunities to take unpaid leave for a variety of reasons.