Asset Manager (Commercial Property

CHICHESTER - 4 DAYS OFFICE / 1 DAY HOME - CONTRACT UNTIL FEBRUARY 2027 - PRIVATELY OWNED DEVELOPER AND INVESTOR WITH AN ACTIVE PORTFOLIO

Are you an asset manager looking for a hands on role across industrial, office and mixed use assets? Do you want a portfolio you can genuinely influence rather than a list of rent reviews to work through?

Hop To Talent are hiring an Asset Manager for a privately owned commercial developer and investor operating across the South of England. It's a maternity cover running to February 2027, covering an active portfolio of industrial and logistics, office and urban mixed use assets. The role is hands on and the autonomy is real - you own your assets end to end, from business plans and appraisals through to lettings, landlord and tenant matters and refurbishment works, and you can be as involved in a project as you want to be.

• Commercial asset management experience across industrial, logistics or offices, ideally client side
• Strong appraisal and analytical skills - you can build the business plan, not just report on it
• Proactive, calm under pressure and comfortable owning decisions on your own assets

• Take ownership of a portfolio of commercial assets and build a detailed understanding of the properties and the occupiers
• Produce annual asset business plans, make capex recommendations and forecast leasing events
• Appraise asset management initiatives and leasing deals in Argus Enterprise to support your recommendations
• Lead the marketing and letting of vacant space
• Manage landlord and tenant matters including regears, variations, assignments, renewals, expiries, dilapidations and rent reviews
• Appoint and oversee external surveyors, agents, consultants and managing agents
• Oversee planning applications and run refurbishment projects through to completion
• Agree service charge budgets, complete reconciliations and hold quarterly management meetings
• Manage rent collection, insurance claims, utilities contracts and rates mitigation on vacant space
• Support the team with biannual valuations
• Prepare the asset management board pack and present updates to the board and JV partners
• Own health and safety compliance across your properties and make ESG recommendations, including the EPC tracker

• MRICS qualified with a minimum of 2 years PQE
• Effective communicator - written and verbal
• Good working knowledge of Argus Enterprise
• Full UK driving licence and use of a car - the portfolio is spread across the South of England and you'll be out on site regularly

• 10% discretionary bonus
• Contract to February 2027
• Chichester based, 4 days in the office and 1 from home