Estate Manager Job at 4 Quarters Consultants Limited

4 Quarters Consultants Limited - We offer comprehensive business, IT & digital marketing services to help businesses reassess & enhance their performance.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Estate Manager

Job Location: Lagos

Job Responsibilities
Responsibility to staff and direct the team:


  • To manage the overall day to day maintenance of all aspects of the estate, including maintenance, gardening and domestic duties and managing the team which performs these roles
  • Overall responsibility for safety and security of estate –
  • Overall responsibility for maintenance to agreed standards
  • Overall responsibility for gardening to agreed standards
  • Overall responsibility for domestic duties to agreed standards
  • Overall responsibility for general running and upkeep of estate to required standards
  • To manage and maintain general cleanliness in the estate
  • To manage and maintain supplies
  • Liaise with external suppliers/contractors
  • Adhere to allocated budgets and maintain applicable quality standards and records for ensuring sufficient team members at all times and within budget
  • Quality control of all aspects of estate including security and health and safety
  • Assist your Line Manager
  • Meet your targets and those of the team as a whole
  • Contribute towards the efficient running of the estate
  • Training and development of the estate team
  • Adhere to statutory obligations and quality and best practice guidelines
  • Understand all aspects of estate management services and train your team to enable them to confidently and confidentially deal with all aspects of their roles
  • Manage estate expectations and deal with all queries

Day-to-day responsibilities

  • Manage the day to day running of all aspects of the estate
  • manage the day to day security and safety aspects of the estate
  • Manage day to day care and maintenance of gardens and estate buildings
  • Manage routine domestic duties and general cleanliness in the estate
  • Manage safety and security of estate key holder duties and liaising with security team
  • Ensure that someone is in residence on the estate at all times
  • To manage and maintain required standards
  • To provide knowledge input and advice relating to all aspects of the estate management
  • To carry out an agreed annual programme of maintenance work in order to maintain the estate to the required standard
  • Regularly inspect any structures
  • Ensuring essential repairs, replacements are carried out as part of the maintenance programme
  • Ensure that tasks are planned and carried out in accordance with requirements, to applicable standards and within prescribed time limits
  • Ensure compliance to applicable codes, procedures and legislation including health and safety
  • Maintain accurate records/documentation associated with your work
  • Report to Line Manager -immediately report problems/failures that may impact on the estate and/or its visitors, clients/customers to Line Manager
  • Meet your targets and contribute to those of the estate team as a whole
  • Contribute towards the efficient running of the estate team
  • Adhere to all estate policies and procedures
  • Identify hazards, defects; to ensure compliance with applicable codes, law, working practices and health and safety
  • Manage absences and allocate staffing and workloads of estate team members
  • Supervise, manage and direct the overall performance of the estate team
  • Subject to agreed criteria, recruitment, training, set action and targets, appraise and manage performance, development, coaching and general support of all team members to ensure targets are met
  • Maintaining accurate records and accounts as required and reporting as agreed
  • Set an example for estate team members of commitment, work ethic and habits and personal character
  • Responsibly use resources and control expenses to operate within budgetary controls
  • Adhere to all estate policies and procedures

Essential Requirements

  • Minimum of B.Sc in related discipline
  • Minimum 10 years of experience
  • Relevant estate management experience
  • Proven ability to manage staff and oversee busy and large properties
  • Full driver’s licence
  • Strong financial acumen and commercial awareness

Personality Profile:

  • Hard-working
  • Flexible
  • Can-do attitude
  • Calm under pressure
  • Organised and thorough
  • All-rounder and team player

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: pa@4qconsultants.com using the job position as the subject of the mail.