The Role:
An exciting opportunity for an experienced Estate Manager to join our team working at the Estate Office, Charborough Park and in our Salisbury Office.
Charborough Estate: It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend around half of their time located at the Estate Office and dealing with the management of the estate, reporting to a Savills Director. The estate comprises In-hand farming, forestry and property together with a significant portfolio of let farms, let commercial and residential lets. The estate staff includes farm and forestry teams alongside a Clerk of Works and maintenance team.
Duties will include proactive identification of opportunities to enhance income, progression of projects, management of the estate team and property portfolios, sales, etc. and reporting to the resident client and trustees.
Salisbury Office: The remainder of the time will be spent working as part of a team of around 15, handling rural portfolios for private and charitable clients in Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset and Somerset. Key responsibilities will include:
• Providing balanced advice to clients on competing demands of land use.
• Identify new opportunities for building income and value.
• Highly effective project management skills.
• Oversee maintenance and refurbishment of the estate property portfolios.
• Preparation and delivery of strategy plans, accurate budgets, cash flows, etc.
• Building new client relationships to identify and win new business.
• Build work from wider Savills disciplines.
• Management of P&L debtors, WIP and invoicing, contributing to reforecasting and budgeting process.
Team overview
The Savills Salisbury Estate Management team provides advice to a diverse and well-established client base.
The wider Rural division operates across the UK, with a network of 37 offices and a number of estate offices from Inverness in the North to Truro in the South-West
Career progression can mean different things to different people at various stages of their careers. At its core, career progression is about developing skills and gaining experience. At Savills, we know that everyone thrives and develops in their own way, we have various tools and training to help you achieve your career goals. We know that a good idea can come from anyone, anywhere. It is the combination of our diverse perspectives and expertise that create excellent results. Working here means being part of a welcoming and collaborative environment where you will work with colleagues to push our industry forward.
Key Skills:
· MRICS (ideally 3 years+ PQE) and FAAV qualified is also advantageous.
· Excellent IT skills
· Commercially astute and practically minded
· A team player with a very personable approach along with the ability to engage with a variety of audiences
· Leadership skills to build and maintain good relationships, along with management and communication skills The ability to deal with conflict and provide resolution
· Self-motivated, goal driven and the ability to prioritise, work under pressure and meet deadlines
· Full UK driving licence
What we’re looking for
At Savills, we pride ourselves on our core values of listening, empowering, challenging, and collaborating. We believe in building lasting relationships by putting people at the heart of what we do. Our team members are encouraged to be bold, embrace change, and challenge industry conventions to deliver extraordinary outcomes. The below behaviours are tangible examples of how our core values link to strategic pillars of growth, clients, people, disruption, and finance:
· You’ll create opportunities for yourself and others to develop and improve, enabling the team to grow.
· You’ll demonstrate high levels of drive and enthusiasm to add value.
· You’ll have positive relationships with a wide range of colleagues and lead by example.
· You’ll identify opportunities and implement plans and strategies to take the business forward.
· You’ll implement strategies to generate greater levels of profitability and productivity.
· To set clear objectives in line with business strategy and to measure and manage performance against these.
· To conduct regular 121 meetings, hold team meetings and complete probationary, interim and annual appraisals as per company guidance.
· To provide equal opportunities to team members via allocation of opportunity (client exposure, project work, coaching and training) in line with our promotion, succession and talent process and our D&I strategy.
· To adhere to all company processes in people management and to role model profession.
· behaviours at all times, ensuring an inclusive workplace with zero tolerance of discrimination.
· To ensure recruitment is completed professionally and in line with team / divisional / company goals, thinking strategically re future needs and in line with our D&I objectives.
Join us and be a part of a dynamic team where your contributions are valued, the work is fulfilling and you can make a real impact.
