Manager, Real Estate

Job Description

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Job Opportunity:  MANAGER, REAL ESTATE

Want to work in an exciting environment with some of the most talented people in Canada?  Join our team and connect with your potential.

The Port of Vancouver is Canada’s largest and most diversified port, stretching along 360 kilometres of shoreline and waterways, bordering on 16 municipalities and intersecting with traditional territories and treaty lands of several Coast Salish First Nations. Annually $200 billion in goods with more than 170 world economies are traded through the port. The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority manages port lands at the Port of Vancouver, and leads the efficient and reliable movement of cargo and passengers.

Reporting to the Director of Real Estate and working with two other managers and a team of real estate professionals, the Manager of Real Estate is responsible for a variety of real estate activities that ensure the efficient administration, effective utilization and optimization of the port authority’s real estate assets.   In this role your responsibilities will primarily include:

• Overseeing negotiation and management of a range of property agreements covering a broad spectrum of property classes (industrial, commercial, utilities and recreational).
• Developing, reviewing and monitoring various departmental processes, land management, acquisition and pricing policies and strategies to ensure the Port’s real estate assets are maximized and protected. 
• Developing and managing efficient administrative processes, ensuring accurate property records and timely collection of rental revenues.  Preparing annual rental revenue forecasts and operating budgets.
• Overseeing property acquisitions and payments-in-lieu of taxes as required.

As the ideal candidate, you have a Bachelor’s degree in commerce, real estate, business or law along with a minimum of 5 years real estate experience at a management level preferably with a focus on industrial land management.  You have exceptional negotiation and problem-solving skills and a solid background in real estate analysis, leasehold administration and property management systems.  Your outstanding leadership, interpersonal, analytical, and communication capabilities are coupled with a strong preference and demonstrated capability to work in a team.  You are a driven strategic thinker with the ability to foster the development of staff and strong tenant relationships.

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including an Earned Time Off program.

If we have accurately captured your profile above, please apply on-line by visiting www.portvancouver.com/careers, by March 29, 2019.

(Please note that this posting will remain active until it is filled.)

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is dedicated to employment equity and a workplace reflective of the diversity of our community.