Careers at Ringley

Risk management

• Manage territory, machines, software and back ups
• Manage daily banking to RICS requirements balancing the paying in slip to the computer cash book ledger
• Assist Ringley's Service & Ops Manager in tracking and resolution of any quality issues

Team co-ordination

Support the MD at the daily team meeting taking responsibility for reporting on the following items

• Arrears to be discussed - update CFP as appropriate, all arrears action including phone calls to be confirmed in writing to the tenants in case of need as evidence later
• Tenancy renewals coming up
• Landlord's gas safety certificates for renewal
• S21 Notices to quit required
• Advertising proposals for the week

Business planning

• Month end tasks by the 22^nd of the month (*22^nd = payroll cut off date)
• Cashflow pipeline (log of exchanges & completions)
• Advertising spend
• new applicant registrations
• no. viewings (sales & lettings)
• no. new instructions (to sell & to rent) no. deals completed (sales & lettings)
• Monthly on receipt of bank statements
• administer Ringley group & MBMRingley purchase ledger, payments & bank reconciliation.
• Instigate a debtors review with MD
• Update the completion dates schedule. Chase solicitors to ensure that (a) they have our invoice (b) have a copy of the Clients agreement with MBMRingley authorising monies to be deducted on completion
• Quarterly - Review control accounts with FD, raising & following through corrective action on : invoices-N/c 4000, Refunds-N/c 9999 & 9998, Client money-N/c 2400 & 2401, PDQ-N/c 1290, Vat Journals, Unallocated customer payments. Purchase ledger control books. Debtors period values & no. debtors. Lettings - Management of Managed Rentals
• Risk manage & sign off landlord agreements and tenancy agreements ensuring terms of business are advised to Clients in writing before completing an instruction.
• Create tenants/joint tenants & build tenancy structures, splitting any rent shares proportionately between tenants, input fee structures, inventory, finders fees, letting management fees, agreement fees, & tenancy dates & deposit type creating system invoices as necessary
• Manage receipts, payments and works orders
• Liaise with Ringley's FC to get new DD's set up before the cut off date

Sales

• Benchmark sales details to achieve Property Mis Descriptions Act compliance
• Plan weekly marketing to agreed targets
• 250 canvassing letters to local homeowners from the electoral role, including leads from each of the negotiators patches
• 50 landlord canvassing letters from nominated commercial streets and arising from tenant registrations
• 10 landlord referrals from applicant registrations
• Book contractors for door to door delivery of promotional leaflets
• Run merge codes to despatch marketing packs to Ringley group RI & CI flagged investor Clients
• Despatch quarterly MBMRingley newsletters to generate MBMRingley awareness
• Run SMS text/electronic marketing to generate viewings for property launches/vacant flats from CFP & Team
• Place advertising as instructed by Agency Director
• Proof read advertising copy & manage print deadlines, logging advertising expenditure

• Build relationships with the people who come to us for advice, listen to Clients use your creativity to deliver advice & solutions to a range of day to day and strategic issues. Assist Clients with understanding the industry requirements/best practice, Ringley policy or legal ruling on their issue.
• Manage inter-team work to deliver Clients a seamless service drawing from the Legal Services, Building Engineering & Property Finance Teams
• Review the performance of budgets set agreeing action arising with your Manager
• Support your manager with diary management/scheduling, actioning matters arising from Client meetings and research on issues
• Support your manager by managing the cyclical events of the property calendar year
• Support in the management of site staff, reporting for duty, escalation of site issues and human resources issues
• Review lease breaches & purchase order work carried out by Property Services Officers to risk manage any cases that require discussion
• Review health & safety issues procuring contracts as necessary
• Pursue own continuous professional development and attain industry examinations as a route to career progression
• Attend and fully participate in all development and briefing events which may be held to meet

• Deliver the portfolio objectives of compliance with the lease & agreed customer reporting
• Co-ordinate the work of support teams (Legal, Finance & Building Engineering) to deliver Client strategy
• Provide annual financial plan to each Client & quarterly reporting, including recommendations on future expenditure commitments & resourcing
• Co-ordinate external consultants such as the auditors, insurance loss adjusters, surveyors, contractors to deliver a quality controlled service in a timely fashion
• Develop Client communication strategies including publishing Client newsletters to reinforce the care we give when Clients need to bear with us for a solution and to raise the Ringley profile when results are delivered.
• Build relationships with the people who come to us for advice, attend Client meetings, provide strategic leadership, make suggestions to help Clients adopt the Ringley recommended strategy or best industry practice
• Pursue own continuous professional development and attain industry examinations as a route to career progression
• Periodically review Client assets to assess adherence to relevant statutory legislation
• Act as mentor for support teams & staff in your line management delivering to them induction, training & development as needs arise & managing performance to support the organisational goals
• Provide leadership by example and team motivation, confirming all instructions, meetings & site visits in writing delivering actions required in a timely fashion.
• Participate in the emergency rota providing direction to the on-call contractor.

• Build relationships with the people who come to us for advice, listen to Clients use your creativity to deliver advice & solutions to a range of day to day and strategic issues. Assist Clients with understanding the industry requirements/best practice, Ringley policy or legal ruling on their issue.
• Place orders for work & quality track & keep customers advised on the progress of contractors and consultants instructed.
• Signpost/refer queries/issues which are beyond own area of competence/authority or require specialist response
• Support the portfolio objectives of compliance with the lease & agreed customer reporting including drafting replies to correspondence
• Provide explanations of financial statements, estimates & demands together with an understanding of budget performance
• Prioritise work in hand on the basis of health & safety, security funding available & other issues. Periodically review Client assets to assess adherence to relevant statutory legislation
• Manage diary time for meetings & site visits ensuring Clients are pre-notified.
• Attend daily/weekly meetings as appropriate to discuss the daily call log, works orders in-progress/incomplete & agree actions arising with your Line Manager
• Pursue own continuous professional development and attain industry examinations as a route to career progression
• Attend and fully participate in all development and briefing events which may be held to meet

• security valuations
• rent reviews
• arbitration submissions
• valuations for lease extensions and freehold purchase

• homebuyer surveys
• party wall matters
• dilapidations
• land compensation & compulsory purchase

This is a role for someone that really understands both property solutions & Clients. If you are ambitious, motivated & want to take a key role in strategy, buisiness development & client relations then this is the role for you.

Proficiency in some or all of the following required

• alterations
• building Regs
• buildng pathology
• dilapidations
• party wall matters
• specifications
• CDM
• planning supervisor work
• contract administration

If you can see ways of doing things better/differently you will enjoy the receptive environment & autonomy we offer.

Join a company that has achieved 100% annual growth over the last 2 years and has a secure client base. In return you will receive an generous salary package within an innovative & respected organisation. You will need to be the type of person who takes responsibility for a job/project from inception to completion.

A full driving licence is essential.

An opportunity for an ambitious Building Surveyor ready to further their career.

If you are or strive to be proficient in a range of some or all of the following, then you should talk to us:

• building pathology
• developing planned maintenance strategies & presenting these at client meetings
• insurance valuations
• alterations
• party wall matters
• specifications
• CDM
• planning supervisor
• administration of contracts
• current legislation.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative & successful company that has achieved 100% growth for the last 2 years. You will need to know what you don't know and be able to draw from the expertise of others on our team, which includes structural engineers, valuers and legally trained personnel.

We are looking for a motivated individual who wants to take responsibility for a job/project from inception to completion. We will also take applicants 2nd year APC candidates or mature graduates with previous work experience & good report writing skills. You will need to be confident & have good customer service skills.

A full driving licence is essential.

A role creating a cutting edge bespoke estates management application using a combination of technologies including Ruby on Rails, PHP/HTML/CSS/Javascript/Subversion, MySQL and Linux.

We already lead the industry with our on-line Client interface GATEWAYTM and in 2007 launched www.leaseholdersupport.co.uk the UK’s 1st on-line accountant and property manager as initiatives alongside our established Chartered Surveying business.

You will work almost exclusively with our MD, who founded the company and is our creative influence. Her mission is to enhance and integrate the www.ringleygroup.co.uk range of websites to build on existing e-business, and via the INTRANET portal to simplify systems and processes to get rid of paper and tie our 5 departments together.

The business is property and we are gearing up to embark on an aggressive acquisition strategy, so its an exciting place to be.

You will need to be able to work with other programmers and be willing to outsource/manage some elements to ensure you and the MD meet the delivery dates set by the Board for certain key phases.

How to apply:

• Email maryanne.bowring@ringley.co.uk with links to websites showing your web production skills details of your work experience/CV
• Then, we will email you a simple task for you to complete to help us create an interview list

Pre-Requisites

• HTML/CSS/JavaScript - you have to work with the HTML source code directly
• Subversion (SVN) - you have to know/be open to learn how to use the subversion repositories
• You have to know the Ruby on Rails framework at least 1+ year professional experience
• PHP 1+ year professional experience
• MySQL 1+ year professional experience
• Linux administration
• Windows Server 2003 administration
• For graphics integration,
  • You should have a basic grasp of Photoshop for websites
  • You know how to use Image Ready, trimming images, optimizing for the web