£50,253 – £61,759MidFull Time
UE08: £50,253.00 – 61,759.00 Per Annum.
Corporate Services Group / Estates Department.
Full Time - 35 hours per week.
Open Ended Contract – Permanent.
The Estates Department is looking to recruit to an Estates Property Manager to join a small team who are responsible for the property management of the University’s extensive portfolio of land and property, providing advice and guidance on all estate management issues, including; management of the expanding Let property portfolio, lease negotiations, acquisitions and disposals, title issues and collaborations, valuation and Rating issues.
The Opportunity:
This post has responsibility for delivering a strategic estate management service for the University’s extensive portfolio of land and property. The property management team are responsive to the dynamic institutional space requirements in terms of size, use, cost and location. Respond to property related requests from across the University to ensure that property requirements are clearly understood and acceptable solutions are delivered within budgetary, locational and spatial constraints. This requires detailed knowledge of the property market including rental and investment trends and an overview on availability of suitable accommodation at any given time. Ensuring that that rental income is maximised and lease obligations enforced.
Your skills and attributes for success:
Educated to degree level with RICS professional status and a high level of interpersonal, numeracy, written and computer literacy skills.
Professional experience operating in a property management role in the private/ public sector with a demonstrable track record in strategic estate management.
Experience in the acquisition and disposal of property would be beneficial.
Experience of managing and controlling budgets together with an understanding of financial management.
Specialist knowledge and understanding of the property market and ability to negotiate the best deal in any given transaction acting for the University.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
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On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 266 May 2026.
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