Leasing Manager

510645
- Brisbane, QLD, 4000
- Property
- Permanent Full time

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G8 Education is one of Australia’s largest early education and care providers, with more than 420+ centres across Australia and over 10,000 team members who are all helping shape the lives of over 48,000 children every day. Our core values of passion, innovation, dedication, compassion, and integrity, unite us on our journey to ensure the health and happiness of future generations where we are committed to developing a culture that empowers and rewards our family of early childhood educators, teachers, leaders, and support office team members.

**The Opportunity**

The **Leasing Manager** will be a key member of the Property team and provide a critical role in supporting portfolio and lease management across G8’s network of 440+ centres. Reporting to the National Leasing Manager, the **Leasing Manager** will have an essential role in the active management of our portfolio of leases, supporting the effective management of Lessee and Lessor lease obligations, lease renewals, market rent reviews, and commercial negotiations for leases in the execution of network optimisation strategies.

**Your day-to-day**

No two days are the same; this role is diverse, with depth and breadth to cement your career, now and into the future. Areas of core responsibility include:

- Commerical Leasing matters, Network Strategy, Property Management and Reporting and Risk Management. Some of the duties include but are not limited to:

- Research and analyse rental evidence, and draft submissions for market rent negotiations and rental determinations, and undertake regular market research of existing centres undergoing renewal or mid-term market review.
- Implementation of risk mitigation strategies identified within the Leasing / Lease Administration functions.
- Prepare regular reporting and ensure data integrity.
- Maintain strong relationships with landlords as well as property managers, commercial valuers, solcitiors, internal teams and other stakeholders.
- Assist with the acquisition process and negotiation of commercial terms and facilitate lease management lifecycle.
- Support the market review process, including assessment of landlord proposals, compiling comparison data, assessment of prospects of market review, preparation of submissions to landlords and valuers.
- Assist in the execution of the network optimisation and network growth strategies

**About You**

You are someone who thrives in a fast-paced and engaging work environment. You value great partnerships, you’re collaborative, you always strive for excellence, and you own the outcomes. **Leasing Manger** will be highly organised with the ability to effectively manage high volumes of tasks across a large portfolio of leases. They will be highly anlytical, with the ability to research and analyse data, and provide rationalised recommendations and advice on leasing matters. They will also have strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate with various stakeholders in a professional manner.

Some of the required skills and experiences to be successful in this role:

- Undergraduate qualifications in Real Estate, Property Economics or similar.
- Minimum 2+ years’ experience and/or working knowledge of commercial property management and/or commercial leasing and/or commercial property valuation.
- Minimum 2+ years’ experience within in a relevant role within the commercial property sector / corporate sector.
- Good working knowledge of commercial leasing and commercial property valuations. Experience in the Early Education sector specifically will be highly regarding however is not critical.
- Proven experience and ability to conduct market research and reviews.
- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships with all stakeholders.
- Flexibility to undertake occasional domestic travel.

***Benefits Include**:

- Competitive salary package
- Work From Home & Hybrid working conditions encouraged.
- Career development opportunities as part of a large ASX-listed company
- Flexible working arrangements and role autonomy
- Access a 50% discount on early education and childcare fees at any G8 Education Centre.
- Exclusive access to our employee benefits program covering a wide range of discounts and promotions
- G8 Education is a committed advocate for child protection, safety and wellbeing. We have a zero tolerance for any form of child abuse or harm. The safety and wellbeing of children will always be our priority and all team members are expected to embrace this shared commitment._