Assistant Property Manager

ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER

Hybrid working – One day per week in our Woolwich, London office.

• Rendall & Rittner
• £Competitive
• Hybrid working – One day per week in our Woolwich, London office.

You will play a pivotal supporting role to a Senior Property Manager, helping to deliver first-class management across four London residential developments. You will be a trusted point of contact for residents, contractors and stakeholders, coordinating smooth day-to-day operations, maintaining compliance, and ensuring actions are followed through.

This is a hybrid role, providing flexibility to manage your workload remotely while supporting the Senior Property Manager with the effective management of the portfolio. You’ll be required to carry out site visits in London once a month and attend quarterly office meetings, balancing site-based responsibilities with focused home working to ensure the developments are well-managed, safe and running efficiently.

Most days you will manage inboxes and resident requests, progress maintenance actions with contractors, and keep compliance, H&S and finance-related records up to date. You will prepare reports, minutes and communications, and support the planning and follow-up of site inspections, meetings and remedial works. You’ll work closely with your Senior Property Manager to prioritise tasks, spot risks early and keep stakeholders informed.

• Residents receive timely, clear and courteous responses, with issues resolved or progressed swiftly.
• Compliance, H&S and statutory obligations are meticulously tracked, documented and up to date.
• Contractor works are well-scoped, competitively procured, delivered on time and to standard.
• Service charge administration is accurate, with strong cost control and proactive variance spotting.
• Site inspections translate into clear action lists with visible progress and tidy close-out.
• Your Senior Property Manager and team are supported with organised files, reports and on-time deliverables.

• Managing resident queries, logging cases and updating stakeholders until resolution.
• Scheduling, briefing and coordinating contractors; raising POs and tracking jobs to completion.
• Supporting monthly site inspections and producing follow-up actions and communications.
• Maintaining H&S and compliance records, certificates and risk assessment actions.
• Assisting with service charge administration, budgeting inputs and invoice approvals.
• Preparing meeting packs, agendas, minutes and concise portfolio reports.

• You are service-focused, calm under pressure and motivated to get things done right first time.
• You are highly organised, detail-driven and comfortable juggling multiple priorities.
• You communicate clearly and diplomatically with residents, contractors and colleagues.
• You enjoy being on-site as well as behind the scenes, turning plans into practical outcomes.
• You take ownership, follow through on actions and proactively suggest improvements.

• Excellent customer service skills and a proactive, problem-solving attitude.
• Experience in residential block or property management support, facilities or estate operations.
• Familiarity with leasehold principles, service charges and contractor coordination.
• Confidence using property management systems, Microsoft 365 and creating clear reports/minutes.
• Exposure to H&S/compliance processes and translating risk assessments into actions.
• Organising site visits and meetings across multiple locations in London.

• Competitive salary, aligned to experience
• Discretionary bonus
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Private medical insurance, life assurance and enhanced family leave
• Fully funded training and…