Our Organisation

The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust (the Harbour Trust) is an Australian Government agency that protects and manages some of the most historically significant foreshore sites on Sydney Harbour including Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour, Woolwich Dock and Parklands in Woolwich, Sub Base Platypus in North Sydney, Georges Heights, Middle Head and Chowder Bay in Mosman, North Head Sanctuary in Manly, Marine Biological Station in Watsons Bay and Macquarie Lightstation in Vaucluse.

The Harbour Trust’s mission is to bring to life our natural and cultural heritage and provide a lasting legacy for all Australians through conservation, remediation and the adaptive reuse of places in our care.

About the Role

The Leasing Executive will assist the Property and Leasing Manager and the Head of Property and Leasing with prospecting potential lessees, actioning new leases, maintaining records, and managing lease renewals and provide general leasing management of properties across all Trust sites. This includes the construction of all marketing material for leasing opportunities and the provision of leasing services in accordance with the Harbour Trust’s processes and procedures.

This position is a 12 month parental leave cover.

Role Accountabilities

Provide efficient service delivery of commercial leasing functions for the Harbour Trust, ensuring compliance with the Harbour Trust’s objectives, processes and procedures.

Actively promote Harbour Trust sites in order to generate revenue in accordance with objectives whilst having consideration of the fit between potential lease candidates and the Harbour Trust’s heritage and unique property requirements.

Provide campaign management including drafting and construction of advertising materials .

Provide assistance as required for the delivery of site specific tenant searches including Open Leasing, Expression of Interest and Request for Proposal initiatives as directed by the Manager- PLM.

Assess, evaluate and make recommendations based on applications received for rental premises and licensed premises and make recommendations to the Manager – Property and Leasing Management, Head of Property and Leasing Management and Tenant Selection Committee (TSC) and Board as appropriate.

Prepare Tenant Selection Committee Papers, Board or Ministerial presentations as required.

Strong understanding and application of tenant obligations relating to site specific Planning regulations and Heritage considerations.

Work closely with other Harbour Trust departments such as Marketing, Parklands and Asset Management, Finance and Planning to achieve Trust goals and objectives.

Understand and support the Harbour Trust’s Code of Conduct, policies, and procedures, and ensure that workers follow policies and procedures and are working safely.

Maintain and efficiently record all client interactions in compliance with guidelines set and within Harbour Trust standards.

Review and provide Leasing strategies for consideration of the Manager – PLM on all long term vacancies across all sites.

Proficient in the use of a Property CRM Maintenance of the enquiries database, all site vacancy report schedule, assist in taking meeting minutes and other duties as required. Provide regular leasing statistics and updates showing vacancy rates, income generation etc per site to the Property and Leasing Management Team.

Negotiate best possible outcomes with applicants as required.

Selection Criteria

A degree or extensive experience in Sales, Property, Business or associated relevant area.

Sales experience and expertise in front end client management extending across multiple internal and external stakeholders simultaneously.

Demonstrated marketing and sales skills in seeking and obtaining defined outcomes.

Ability to research, gain an understanding of and make recommendations about a diverse range of business types and uses to suit Harbour Trust objectives.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to negotiate to deliver strong commercial returns whilst fulfilling the Harbour Trust’s wider planning objectives.

High level written communication skills including the capacity to review contracts, construct internal documentation such as Tenant Selection Committee papers and business proposals.

Demonstrated ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality, self-motivation and professionalism.

Strong stakeholder and partnership management skills.

Ability to work in a team environment.

Demonstrated ability to prioritise, time manage and manage workloads with competing demands.

Demonstrated ability to implement Government policies on Work Health & Safety.

Salary and Benefits

$96,068 to $111,180 per annum, plus superannuation.

Healthy lifestyle cash benefit.

Access to: EAP, Flu Shots, Volunteer leave, study leave, cultural leave, NAIDOC leave, learning and development opportunities and more!

Does this role sound like you? We want to hear from you!

How to apply?

Please visit https://www.harbourtrust.gov.au/careers/ for a full position description. To apply for the role, simply submit your application via the 'Quick apply' button and attach the following two documents:

Cover letter, outlining why you want the role, and how you address selection criteria

CV/Resume, outlining your work experience, qualifications and education.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we encourage applications from indigenous Australians, people from non-English speaking backgrounds and people with disabilities. Information about the Harbour Trust can be found at www.harbourtrust.gov.au.