Properties and Maintenance Officer

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Properties and Maintenance Officer
(Job Ref: 7/10/25/2)
Position title: Properties and Maintenance Officer

Key Responsibilities:
Key performance areas and main Responsibilities:
Property Management & Investment
• Identify and evaluate property investment opportunities, including commercial and residential properties, in line with SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe investment strategy.
• Identify and evaluate property investment opportunities, including commercial and residential properties, in line with SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe investment strategy.
• Conduct market research and analysis to identify emerging property investment trends and opportunities in Zimbabwe
• Develop and manage property investment portfolios, ensuring that they are aligned with SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe investment goals.
• Manage relationships with clients, providing regular updates on the performance of SOS Children’s Villages property portfolios and offering strategic advice on investment opportunities to senior management.
• Build strong relationships with property developers, and other industry professionals to identify investment opportunities.
• Conduct due diligence on potential investments, including financial analysis, risk assessment, and legal due diligence.
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the property investment market, including regulatory changes, industry trends, and emerging technologies.
• Ensure that rent and other property fees from tenants are paid timely and Negotiate lease agreements with tenants.
• Reporting the properties financial status, occupancy and expiring leases to tenants.
• Investigating and resolving property complaints and rental violations.
Maintenance
• Inspecting properties and arranging for repairs and new materials as required.
• Conduct property inspections and maintain accurate record of the assets
• Inspect Properties for needed repair and maintenance work.
• Prepare and track property budget, and ensure expenditures are within budgetary limits
• Develop and implement a preventive maintenance program, plan
• Facilitate routine maintenance tasks in line with the MA s
• Assets maintenance plan.
Child Protection and Safeguarding:
• Responsible within own area of work to raise awareness of the SOS Child Protection Policy principles and to prevent and protect children from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination.
• Responsible for reporting any CS suspicion, concern, allegation or incident immediately following Child Safeguarding reporting procedures. CS reports should be made to the IOR CS focal person and/or to the respective line manager.

Requirements

Key performance areas and main Responsibilities:
Property Management & Investment
• Identify and evaluate property investment opportunities, including commercial and residential properties, in line with SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe investment strategy.
• Identify and evaluate property investment opportunities, including commercial and residential properties, in line with SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe investment strategy.
• Conduct market research and analysis to identify emerging property investment trends and opportunities in Zimbabwe
• Develop and manage property investment portfolios, ensuring that they are aligned with SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe investment goals.
• Manage relationships with clients, providing regular updates on the performance of SOS Children’s Villages property portfolios and offering strategic advice on investment opportunities to senior management.
• Build strong relationships with property developers, and other industry professionals to identify investment opportunities.
• Conduct due diligence on potential investments, including financial analysis, risk assessment, and legal due diligence.
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the property investment market, including regulatory changes, industry trends, and emerging technologies.
• Ensure that rent and other property fees from tenants are paid timely and Negotiate lease agreements with tenants.
• Reporting the properties financial status, occupancy and expiring leases to tenants.
• Investigating and resolving property complaints and rental violations.
Maintenance
• Inspecting properties and arranging for repairs and new materials as required.
• Conduct property inspections and maintain accurate record of the assets
• Inspect Properties for needed repair and maintenance work.
• Prepare and track property budget, and ensure expenditures are within budgetary limits
• Develop and implement a preventive maintenance program, plan
• Facilitate routine maintenance tasks in line with the MA s
• Assets maintenance plan.
Child Protection and Safeguarding:
• Responsible within own area of work to raise awareness of the SOS Child Protection Policy principles and to prevent and protect children from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination.
• Responsible for reporting any CS suspicion, concern, allegation or incident immediately following Child Safeguarding reporting procedures. CS reports should be made to the IOR CS focal person and/or to the respective line manager.

How to ApplyIf you believe you are the right candidate for any of the above positions, please send your detailed curriculum vitae (CV), and photocopies of certified academic certificates. Applications should be submitted electronically indicating the position you are applying for in the subject line and send to the address given. All applications should be submitted not later than 23 October 2025. Applications that are late do not have a CV or certified certificates attached will be disqualified. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. E mail applications should bear the of the position in the subject line of the email. E mail: Applications including at least three traceable referees should be sent electronically to: Resourcing. SOS@sos zimbabwe.org. SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe is an equal opportunities employer and encourages all eligible applicants to apply without any consideration to sex, cultural consideration, disability or creed.“Every child belongs to a family and grows with love, respect and security”