Property Lead in London

This is not a property role where you spend your week managing one asset class from behind a desk. It's an opportunity to take hands-on responsibility across one of the most varied property portfolios you're likely to find in a single role.
I'm working with a major private rural estate to appoint a Property Lead, supporting the management and commercial performance of a diverse portfolio across Wiltshire and Berkshire.
Residential. Commercial. Industrial. Heritage. Leisure.
This innovative organisation has a fantastic portfolio of agricultural buildings with untapped potential. The estate is already in good order. The opportunity is to become one of the people trusted to keep it that way, while finding ways to make the portfolio work harder.
Your Opportunity
Reporting to the Rural Asset Manager, you'll become the hands-on property lead across the estate. There's an immediate compliance focus, but the longer-term brief is much broader.
You'll manage tenancies, arrears, rent reviews and renewals, oversee property compliance and identify opportunities to generate additional income from underused assets, particularly redundant or underutilised farm buildings. It's property management with a verifiable commercial edge.
What You'll Take Ownership Of
Day-to-day management of a diverse property portfolio
Residential and commercial tenancies
Rent reviews, renewals and arrears
Property and statutory compliance
Identifying opportunities within underused assets
Bringing redundant or underperforming buildings into productive use
Working with tenants, occupiers, contractors and professional advisers
Supporting the wider commercial performance of the estate
Why This Role Stands Out
Breadth. Most property roles at this level push you towards increasingly narrow specialisation. This does the opposite.
You might be dealing with a residential tenancy, a commercial unit, a heritage asset and the future use of a redundant agricultural building within the same portfolio.
For somebody building a long-term career in property and estates, that exposure is difficult to replicate. With the business' property arm evolving towards a more geographically focused structure, there is an opportunity to establish yourself as a trusted operator within the wider estate team.
Who We're Looking For
The background is deliberately open. You might be:
A recently Chartered MRICS Surveyor wanting broader client-side responsibility
MCIOB with strong property and estates exposure
Working in rural or commercial property management and ready for greater ownership
Already client-side but looking for a more diverse portfolio
An experienced Estates Surveyor or Property Manager whose experience outweighs the need for a particular professional qualification
What matters most is that you are practical, commercially minded and comfortable taking ownership. You'll need to be confident dealing with occupiers, compliance, leases and tenancies while also being able to spot where an asset could generate more value.
Location & Package
£35,000-£42,000
The role is best suited to somebody based around Wiltshire or Swindon, with regular attendance in office and travel around the estate using a pool vehicle.
This is a role for someone who wants to be active on the estate, seeing the assets and making things happen, rather than looking for predominantly remote property management.
Interested? Let's Talk
If you want to specialise narrowly in one area of property, this probably isn't the move. If you want exposure to almost every facet of a diverse estate, genuine commercial responsibility and the chance to build unusually broad experience early in your career, it's worth a conversation.
No CV needed initially. I'd rather understand what you're doing now and whether the breadth of this portfolio gives you something your current role doesn't.
Jonny Warman | Hays
Bristol
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