Property Administrator

Internal job title: Property Adminstrator 

Advertised Salary: £27,000 + Trust benefits

Location: Remote working with hub allocated when required.

Hours: 37 hours, Monday to Friday 

We are the charity who look after and bring to life 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, because we believe that life is better by water. Every role across the Trust plays it's part in transforming our canals and rivers into spaces where local people want to spend time and feel better, bringing wellbeing benefits to millions.

The Canal & River Trust generates important revenue from our property business to look after the canals and rivers in our care. As a result we are currently looking for a Property Administrator to help support our excellent Investment & Commercial team.

The successful candidate will deliver an administration service to the Estates team – providing support to the business using technical knowledge of systems, processes, financial and legal requirements, ensuring Canal & River Trust operates safely and efficiently while complying with defined standards.

The post holder will also ensure processes and business systems are used efficiently and records updated following the Teams transactions and amendments.

Location

This role is based working from home, with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces from time to time for team working a collaborative meetings. It is important that you are able to reasonably commute to one of our main hubs below.

Relevant hubs include: Leeds, Ellesmere Port, Burnley, Newark, Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Gloucester.

See our canal network here: (https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network).

About the role

Key accountabilities: 

• Assist in creating, tracking and entering data - whether that be property or finance - on behalf of the Team.
• Supporting Surveyors in collating relevant property records and information as part of the disposals process.
• Support Surveyors in carrying out detailed internal consultation processes on property disposals.
• Support Surveyors in various post disposal matters including transferring utility and Council Tax / Business Rates accounts.
• Ensure completed property records are correctly stored on the Trust’s paper records and electronic storage systems.
• Liaise with internal colleagues to ensure that property insurance information is updated post disposal.
• Displaying the Trust values and behaviours at all times.

About you

Technical:

• Educated to A level standard or equivalent e.g. NVQ Level III Business Administration, advantageous. 
• A confident communicator with excellent organisational and planning skills.
• Comprehensive IT skills and knowledge of business applications.
• Possess strong technical and computer based skill (Microsoft word, outlook, excel). 

General:

• Attention to detail. 
• Enjoy administrative work and supporting others to get the job done.
• Be naturally well organised and structured in your work.
• Able to manage multiple tasks at once.
• Experience with SAP is beneficial.
• Ability to work autonomously on pre-set tasks. 
• Comply with Canal & River Trust Health & Safety policy and defined standards, report incidents, accidents and near misses.
• Assess the risks and make adjustments to work methods where appropriate.
• Consider your own and others behaviour.
• To be aware of your own responsibilities regarding safeguarding and to support our commitment to providing safe environments and working practises that promote and protect the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk at all time.

To apply:  click on the "Apply for this job" button and follow the process - complete the application form & upload current CV.

If you have any questions about the role please contact CRT.recruitment@canalrivertrust.org.uk

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

In addition to your annual base salary of £27,000, we also offer a competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement, and numerous other employee benefits, including several salary sacrifice benefits we are also open to flexible working arrangements. These include:

• Competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement, where we will double your contribution to a maximum of 10%.
• 25 days paid holiday (plus paid Bank Holidays), increasing to 30 days after 5 years.
• Home working status with ‘hub’ facilities available should you need the flexibility to work outside of home.
• Annual £200 personal learning & growth award to spend on any learning related activity.
• Free access to specialist counselling on a range of issues, e.g. health, financial, well-being and domestic matters.
• Access to a range of employee benefits including store discounts, boating holiday discounts and holiday purchase scheme.
• 2 days paid volunteering leave per annum, allowing you to volunteer for a local community project etc.
• Free fishing facilities across our canal network.

At the Trust we care passionately for our waterways, and as importantly, for those who look after and use them. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce brings with it a diversity of ideas, thinking and ways of working which enhances what we do as a Trust. We are striving to represent the diverse communities that we are a part of and welcome applicants from across all sectors of the community.

All candidates will be treated on the basis of their merits, skills and abilities and solely by being assessed against the requirements for the job.

When you join the Canal & River Trust you become a member of an engaged team working to preserve our heritage for future generations. Come and share your passion and knowledge with a team that makes a difference to millions of people every day.

Find out more about us on our website: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/about-us