Leasing Specialist

Permanent full-time role
- Based in Sydney or Melbourne
- Hybrid working + Generous salary packaging

About Australian Red Cross
Australian Red Cross is part of the world’s largest humanitarian movement. We support and empower people and communities in times of vulnerability. We act for humanity.
How this role supports our work
This role supports the Senior Manager - Property & Leasing in driving the property accommodation growth strategy. Key responsibilities include sourcing new retail and commercial office sites, negotiating leases, overseeing fit outs, ensuring financial feasibility, and finalising lease documentation. You will also assist in coordinating store or office closures, relocations, making good of existing premises, lease administration, rent and outgoing payments, and negotiating maintenance responsibilities with landlords.
What you will do day to day
- Assist the Senior Manager - Property and Leasing and the analytics team in identifying best potential geographic locations for the strategic new store roll out program.
- Conduct new site identification and negotiate commercial terms.
- End-to-end project management of new stores, relocations, store closures.
- Negotiate termination of existing accommodation (both retail and commercial offices) including project management of make good.
- Negotiate lease renewals of existing premises with beneficial incentives and cost effective rents
- Assist in the preparation of Business Cases for lease renewals or new leases at new locations.
- Interstate travel when required.

What you will bring
- Previous experience in Commercial/Retail Property Leasing and/or Management
- Sound financial and retail / commercial knowledge gained through experience
- Strong functional knowledge of the Retail Leases Act across all states of Australia
- High level of knowledge in Australian national retail and commercial locations
- Sound analytical skills to make sense of complex and sometimes contradictory information
- Ability to work collaboratively with a wide variety of stakeholders
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management.

Benefits that act for you, while you act for humanity
- Take advantage of salary packaging that could provide you with a great way to reduce the amount of tax you pay - and increase your take-home pay. You can salary package up to $15,900 for living expenses (such as rent, groceries, utility bills); up to $2,650 for holiday accommodation and meals when dining out; Novated car leases; superannuation and purchase additional annual leave.
- Access flexible working arrangements including generous hybrid arrangements and a paid ‘Me’ day

Further information
This role is covered by the Social, Community, Housing and Disability Award - Level 5.
**Applications close**: 9am Monday 26th May. Applications will be assessed upon receipt, and applicants may be contacted prior to the closing date.
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Red Cross strives to create a safe and inclusive culture with wellbeing at its centre. We embrace diversity and welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people with diverse lived experiences, abilities, genders, ethnicities, ages, and sexual orientations. We are a child safe organisation with zero tolerance of any harm to children. Our vision is to be trusted as the leading humanitarian organisation making a genuine difference in the lives of people and communities.
Thank you for considering a career at Red Cross. We also have great opportunities to volunteer. Click here to find out more.