Ongoing Recruitment at Knight Frank

Knight Frank - Founded in 1896 and headquartered in London, UK, Knight Frank is one of the world's leading independent real estate consultancies.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Real Estate Broker

Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Job Responsibilities

• Source viable takers for available vacant spaces within and outside KF commercial and residential property portfolios.
• Source new property sales and lease transactions for Knight Frank portfolio
• Prepare all contractual and legal documentations related to leases, sales and purchase of properties
• Manage lease renewals on behalf of clients
• Accompany buyers during visits to and inspections of property, advising them on the suitability and value of the property they are visiting
• Mediate the dealings between sellers and buyers ensuring good conduct and the honest exchange of information towards a beneficial understanding
• Appraise the value of properties by thoroughly researching the market or past purchases and advise client as required
• Close property purchase and sales transactions on behalf of Knight Frank clientele in order to grow Knight Frank bottom line
• Arrange for title searches to determine whether clients have clear property titles.
• Investigate clients' financial and credit status to determine eligibility for financing and source of funding (KYC)
• Develop proposals for current and prospective clients.

Education & Experience

• 1st Degree in Estate Management or related field with a minimum of 2nd class grade or its equivalent
• Minimum of 8 years of real estate brokerage experience

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes required to execute the job:

• Marketing skills - a strong understanding of marketing tools and practices, such as social media and local advertising
• Multitasking - ability to handle negotiations for various clients, communicate with agents and other involved parties, and prepare documents
• Sales skills - ability to close deals and follow up on leads
• Communication skills - strong oral and written communication skills when preparing documents, speaking with clients, and interacting with real estate professionals
• Strong knowledge of current real estate laws
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, and ability to work as part of a multigeographic team.
• Adaptable to working in a fast paced, ever-changing environment
• Ability to work well independently as well as the ability to work well with stakeholders
• Strong negotiation and dispute resolution skills
• Knowledge of real estate market in Lagos and current real estate standards
• Strong analytical skills- ability to spot, assess and address risk, materiality and interdependencies and make make recommendations to alleviate risks
• Sound presentation and pitching skills
• Excellent Market research skills
• Strong relationship management skills

Systems & IT Competence:

• MS Word; MS Excel; MS PowerPoint; MS Outlook.

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2.) Senior Facility Manager

Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Scope

• Oversee assigned Knight Frank facilities operations, manage facilities budgets, direct routine maintenance, manage risk, manage contractors, oversee security and cleaning vendors and conducting site inspections.

Responsibilities

• Performs audit of facilities in all managed properties to identify gaps, make recommendations to close gaps and implement action plan
• Conduct regular risk assessment of all facilities and eradicate all identified risks
• Develop and implement facility management procedural manual and maintainance schedule for assigned properties
• Conduct proactive preventive checks on all facilities in order to avoid downtime
• Work with the Facility managers and Finance team to prepare service charge account. Reviews and approves service charge account and presents to clients and occupiers
• Reviews and approves all properties’service charge apportionment
• Ensures that all facilities meet government regulations and environmental, health and security standards. Liases with all regulatory bodies
• Project management of all construction, renovations and refurbishments activities on properties
• Works with Tenders committee to review and advise on quotes sent in by Contractors. Conduct regular market survey to keep abreast of cost of technical equipment and parts
• Manage all vendors and contractors to ensure they deliver on repairs, renovations and maintenance contracts within timeline
• Oversees and conducts regular training for all Facility management staff
• Prepares, manages and defend Service charge budget of all properties.
• Oversees the security and cleaning activities of all properties to ensure safety and cleanliness
• Prepares and submits relevant reports on all Facilities to Knight Frank, Clients and occupiers.

Person Specification

• 1st Degree in Electrical Engineering 
• 12-15 years of core Facility Management experience 
• Masters degree in Project Management, Facility Management or Engineering
• Membership of COREN is an added advantage
• Strong experience in managing multi-tenanted commercial properties.

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3.) Senior Estate Surveyor & Valuer

Job Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Type: Full-time

Scope

• Generate and execute new Estate brokerage, Property management and Valuations briefs/business for the branch office. Charged with managing and running the full operations of assigned branch for profitability. Responsible for overseeing the operations of the Capital Markets(estate brokerage and agency), Property/Facility Management and Valuations portfolio in the branch. Responsible for managing existing client portfolio and increasing same for the branch.

Requirements

• 1st Degree in Estate Management with a minimum of 2nd class grade
• Minimum of 12-15 years of real estate brokerage, valuation and property/facility management experience
• Must be an Associate Member, NIESV
• Must be a member of ESVARBON
• Associate membership of RICS is a plus

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes required to execute the job:

• Strong knowledge of the real estate market in location where vacancy is situated- Portharcourt
• Ability to develop good working relationships with Clients, staff, vendors and contractors
• Multitasking and Problem-solving skill
• Smart negotiation skills
• Well organised and have excellent spoken and written communication skills, as well as customer and client management skills.
• Ability to make quick judgement and spontaneous decisions

Systems & IT competence:

• MS Word; MS Excel; MS PowerPoint; MS Outlook.

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