Prize Property Specialist

**Job no**: 495990
**Work type**: Permanent (Full-Time)
**Location**: Wide Bay & Sunshine Coast
**Categories**: Marketing & Communications, Property & Maintenance

**yourtown** is a trusted provider of services for young people, with a focus on mental health and wellbeing, long-term unemployment, prevention of youth suicide, child protection, as well as support for those experiencing domestic and family violence.

**yourtown** powers services focusing on mental health and wellbeing, long-term unemployment, prevention of youth suicide; child protection; and family and domestic violence prevention and response. Without the support of **yourtown’s** charitable Art Union ticket buyers, many of our services would not exist.

Realise** your** potential at **yourtown**

**your opportunity**

Are you passionate about real estate, design, and storytelling? Join **yourtown** as our new **Prize Property Specialist** based on the **Sunshine Coast** This dynamic role blends property acquisition, project management, and creative content creation to deliver stunning prize homes that inspire and support our mission.

As the Prize Property Specialist, you will:

- Act as the primary buyer for Sunshine Coast-based prize homes.
- Build and maintain an off-market property pipeline and agent relationships.
- Collaborate with quality builders for future construction opportunities.
- Manage end-to-end property acquisition, scope of works, and project delivery.
- Support the Gold Coast buyer with contracts, administration, and project coordination.
- Maintain prize properties weekly and coordinate trade and weather-related issues.
- Collaborate with production managers and interior designers for styling and staging.
- Support live filming, TV production, and photography for prize property content.
- Create internal video content using mobile phone video production skills.
- Use personalised dashboards to shortlist and collaborate on property selections.
- Manage accounts payable, budgets, and adhere to Delegation of Authority policies.

This role will require work outside of standard business hours from time to time including evenings, early mornings, and weekends - to support activities such as open homes, auctions, production schedules, negotiations with agents, and contract finalisation. We will however, aim to offer flexibility to maintain a healthy work/life balance including hybrid working arrangements close to home, and flexible start and finish times.

**what we are looking for**

At **yourtown**, we believe positivity is powerful and the enabler of great things. We are all connected through our shared passion, commitment, and belief in young people, and are committed to helping young people see greatness in themselves.
- Proven experience in property project management including financial and resource management with a minimum of seven (7) years experience.
- Demonstrated experience in luxury real estate acquisition and/or high-end property development.
- Exceptional negotiation, influencing, & networking skills, coupled with outstanding interpersonal skills, showcasing the ability to foster positive working relationships.
- Creative flair and experience in styling, staging, or production support.
- Confident in mobile phone video content creation and internal storytelling.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

**our art union**

**yourtown** is one of the largest and longest running charitable Art Unions in Australia. For more than 60 years our Prize Draws have helped raise funds to support children and young people. From sewing machines to horses and now luxury homes, we've come a long way since our first Prize Draw in 1961 - where two shillings bought you a chance to win one of four Holden cars valued at $1,000 each. Today, our multimillion-dollar Prize Homes offer luxurious lifestyles in locations like the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast.

Many supporters don’t realise** yourtown** buys the properties that become our stunning luxury prize homes. While the costs of running a luxury art union are higher than other fundraising activities, many of our services would not exist without these vital funds. yourtown Art Unions contributed $42m back into the Australian community by funding yourtown services last year.

**your benefits**

When you join **yourtown** you will be welcomed into a safe, inclusive, and diverse community and an established and reputable national organisation. We are a resilient, resourceful, and dedicated team who strive to make a difference and not accept the status quo.

Your employment experience will include:

- salary sacrifice options to increase your take home pay
- opportunity for flexibility working arrangements. Most of our team split their work week between the office and home.
- access to Paylab to help you save on everyday items like groceries, pharmaceutical, automotive services, as well as things like clothing, books, electricals, furniture, and even holidays
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