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Why join Cairn ?
The key to Cairn’s success is its people and its commitment to high quality and personal customer service. There are lots of opportunities within Cairn, from working within letting, estate agency, property investment or development. From maintenance to finance, property management to viewing agent.
If you share a commitment to personal service and professionalism and are keen to develop your expertise in property please contact jillian@cairnestateagency.com
Cairn pride ourselves with a robust training programme in association with Letwell and ARLA to ensure our staff are continually developing and keeping up-to-date with the current legislation.
In addition we run quarterly training courses with key note speakers such as Elspeth Boyle from Landlord Accreditation Scotland and various surveyors and property professionals.
Current Vacancies
HMO Property Manager
- Letting experience essential
- HMO Letting experience desirable but not essential
- Excellent organisational skills
- Strong communication skills
- Full UK Driving licence
HMO Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Fully managing a portfolio of HMO (House of Multiple Occupancy) properties in a timely and effective manner, which includes;
- Working closely with your landlords and tenants to ensure they receive excellent customer service.
- Monitor and track all properties using company system/software (SME experience preferred), managing move outs, move ins and tenant swaps.
- Managing reactive day to day maintenance within your property portfolio.
- Identifying larger projects/ developments within your portfolio, working with your line manager.
- Managing your own HMO compliance including Safety Certificates, Fire Risk Assessments and Fire Training.
- Responsible for quarterly inspections, feedback communicated back to the landlord and tenant, identifying any repairs/maintenance, ensuring full HMO compliance is met.
- Issuing rent increase paperwork where required.
- Working closely with HMO external team to ensure move outs and inventories are carried out and standards are maintained.
- Working to HMO timelines throughout the year.
Ideal candidate would have previous HMO knowledge or worked within a fast paced letting agency.
Clean Driving licence
Attention for detail with good customer service skills.Hours 8.45-5pm early finish on a Friday at 4pm if targets met, attractive salary package, bonus, adhoc competitions, use of pool car, welfare package, bank holidays and pension.
cvs in confidence to jillian@cairnestateagency.com
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Investment
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Landlords
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