Estates Coordinator

The Works, the UK’s leading discount book store are looking for an Estates Co-ordinator to join the team in Sutton Coldfield. The successful candidate will receive a Salary: £26,000 – £30,000per year.

With over 300 stores across the UK, The Works is the UK’s leading discount book store. We serve over 22.5 million people of all ages every year and with product lines which also include Children’s Toys & Games, DVDs, Stationery, Seasonal Gifts and Arts & Crafts; we provide more than just your regular books in our stores.

As our Estates Co-ordinator you will be required to support the Director by co-ordinating and progressing to completion the legal processes for new and existing stores together with rent review, lease renewal, lease expiries and any ad-hoc licences that may be required from time to time.

Responsibilities of our Estates Co-ordinator include:

– Assist and co-ordinate the legal processes to completion for new permanent and temporary stores, rent reviews, lease expiries and renewals, C.P.O’s, Party Wall awards and other ad-hoc legal documentation.

– Organise meetings, co-ordinating personnel to attend as necessary.

– Attend and take minutes at meetings with personnel, Senior Management, Directors and external Agencies as required.

– Review Suppliers to ensure efficient cost effective services are received in both legal and building related matters.

– Maintain regular contact with solicitors/agents and landlords.

To become our Estates Co-ordinator you must have the following skills and experience:

– Strong administrative skills.

– Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

– Confident and assertive negotiator with the ability to communicate at all levels.

– Computer literate with good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.

– Ability to learn and use in-house computer software as may be required.

– A good working knowledge of Landlord and Tenant matters.

– Flexible in approach with the ability to remain calm under pressure.

– Previous experience of working within a Retail Office environment.

– Knowledge of Commercial Retail legislation preferred.

To submit your CV for this exciting Estates Co-ordinator opportunity, please click ‘Apply’