Job Description

The Progression Manager oversees the end-to-end progression of the property portfolio, ensuring purchases, sales, refinancing, refurbishments and lettings are completed efficiently and within required timescales. The role involves coordinating internal teams and external stakeholders, delegating tasks where appropriate and maintaining oversight of progress to ensure each property achieves its required outcome.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage property purchases and sales from offer through to completion, liaising with solicitors, agents, brokers, buyers and sellers.
• Coordinate purchase funding with the accounts team to ensure finance is available when required.
• Monitor mortgage renewals, remortgages and refinancing, ensuring deadlines are met.
• Oversee refurbishment works and ensure properties are brought to a lettable standard promptly.
• Coordinate lettings readiness, marketing, move-in documentation and handovers.
• Delegate tasks to staff, monitor progress and ensure work is completed accurately and on time.
• Proactively resolve delays and maintain accurate property records, documentation and timelines.
• Maintain effective communication with internal teams and external stakeholders.

Core Objective

Minimise void periods by ensuring properties are purchased, refurbished, prepared, marketed and let as quickly as possible, while ensuring transactions, refinancing and other property-related activities progress efficiently.

Experience and skills Required

• Good organisation and time management skills

• Excellent communication skills

• Problem-solving and attention to detail

• Record-keeping and document management

• Good IT skills