Roving General Manager

• Location: Roving role covering Bath, Bristol and Cheltenham
• Hours: Part time 24-32 hours per week
• Package: Circa £42,000 per annum (pro-rata) + enhanced benefits & rewards
• Basis: 4-6 month fixed term contract with potential for extension / permanent opportunity

About us

We are Pegasus Homes, a vibrant, dynamic business who are proud to design, build, and create high-quality homes with a focus on independent later living. Our developments are beautifully designed offering stunning community living for the over sixties.

We are looking for an experienced Property /General Manager with relevant residential property, block management or luxury later living experience to join us on a fixed term contract.  

About our role

Internally you'll be known as a General Manager and this role has been created to provide support across three developments in Bristol, Cheltenham and Bath.

You will be key to facilitating the community of owners and renters within our developments alongside co-ordinating a small team and working closely with our Buildings and Communities Manager to ensure the smooth running of the development and its facilities.

Our General Managers are the key interface between our apartment owners, renters and Pegasus Homes develop a professional relationship with our residents and their families who will enjoy their homes, the community and lifestyle.  You’ll also be our ‘person on the ground’, the one who makes sure everything is ready for move-in day, ensures an effective maintenance service is provided, keeps records and our events diary up to date and lets us know what’s happening. 

In addition you will build a strong relationship through engagement with your team, our residents, contractors and potential customers to ensure our developments are maintained to the highest standards and a five star service is provided at all times.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Day to day running of the development, coordinating and liaising with your team, other internal departments, stakeholders and contractors
• Manage standard operating procedures in all areas including: wellness, guest accommodation and providing five-star customer service
• Take the lead on managing and implementing Health and Safety and ensuring compliance at the development
• Financially astute, supporting and managing financial budgets in conjunction with other relevant partners
• Striving towards customer excellence by looking at ways to improve the customer journey including planning and carrying out home demonstrations, ensuring operational efficiencies are constantly considered, and engaging with the Sales and Marketing Departments to enhance brand and reputational standards
• Have a key focus on Community Engagement, hosting internal periodic resident meetings, supporting community-led events / activities, leading and encouraging new community initiatives to improve engagement
• Manage all soft and hard Services contractors to the standards agreed and expected
• Develop long-term sustainable relationships with neighbours as well as the local market for services that enhance our owners’ experience as well as the wider community, taking an active role in local services and events

Additional information

Whilst this role is initially offered on a 4-6 month fixed term contract there is potential scope for extension or permanent role so would suit someone with flexibility.  

The hours will be discussed in more detail at the next stage, however we are looking for someone who could commit to 24 - 32 hours per week, likely to be split into 8 hour shifts across 3-4 days per week on a rota basis to include occasional weekend working. 

You will be contractually based from the development closest to your home and will be able to claim mileage for travel to and from the other two sites.

About you 

To be successful in this role, you will be an experienced General / Property Manager with relevant experience gained within the residential property sector. Alternatively you may be working in the later living sector and have demonstrable experience in a high end development.

You will have extensive experience gained within a management role and will have implemented Health & Safety measures and held responsibility for facilities management, ideally within a multi-function environment.

A great commercial awareness is essential -  you will have a high degree of financial acumen and be a natural problem solver with a proven track record of managing SLA’s  whilst delivering an exceptional level of service. An understanding of budgets and service charges is highly advantageous due to the commercial element of this role.

Service is key so you'll have excellent communication and IT skills and always strive to deliver the best service whilst demonstrating excellent facilities management experience in order to maintain our buildings to a high standard.

Must haves: 

• Experience at Management level, gained within a high quality / luxury environment residential property environment
• Proven track record of managing and developing a team
• Experience of  leading on Health & Safety and a great knowledge of facilities management
• Commercial awareness and financial acumen with experience of budget control
• Confident communicator  with a passion for people
• Great IT skills (experience of Google Workspace would be an advantage)
• Please note this position is subject to an enhanced DBS check
• Full UK driving licence and own vehicle is essential

Our benefits & rewards

We offer fantastic benefits which look after your Financial, Mental and Physical Wellbeing as we believe it is important that we are able to support our employees across all three of these elements in order to ensure an effective work life balance.

What happens next

Although we embrace technology to support our recruitment process we value a human touch so a member of our hiring team will carefully consider your application.

If your profile demonstrates the skills and experience we are looking for we'll invite you to join us for a telephone screening providing you with an opportunity to discuss your profile in more detail, and for us to provide you with a more in-depth overview of the role you have applied for as well as answer any questions you have.

From there the process will be role specific, but will include an in-person stage and could include a short online assessment. Rest assured we'll keep you updated through the process and if at any stage you require any additional support, or have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us.

If you have the skills and experience we are looking for we'd love to hear from you!

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and we do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us. 

As an equal opportunities employer, Pegasus Homes welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In line with UK Immigration and Employment Law, only applicants eligible to live and work in the UK need apply.