Property Manager

About the job

Zurich-Wiedikon │90%

Your job? The strong foundation for good living.

At the Allgemeine Baugenossenschaft Zürich (ABZ) – the largest housing cooperative in Switzerland – we do not just manage living space, but create a stable foundation for social sustainability and affordable housing. In this role, you are not an anonymous manager but the professional, administrative, and organisational hub for your own portfolio. With your expertise and organisational talent, you ensure smooth operations with the residents as well as with accounting, caretaking, construction department, and other internal departments.

Would you like to be part of a committed team that offers you plenty of room for initiative and a modern environment? Then read on.

Your tasks: Organise, control, coordinate

• Professional portfolio management: You are responsible for the commercial management of your residential and commercial portfolio. From renting to terminations to coordinating moves in and out, you have everything under control.
• Contract management and documentation with clarity: You issue rental contracts correctly and independently prepare contracts with special provisions. You also confidently ensure data quality and our internal standards.
• Communicative hub: You are the first point of contact for residents on administrative questions, coordinate tenant communication, and answer simple questions about heating/cold operating cost statements.
• Interface to committees: You maintain communication with the settlement commissions. You also take on the administrative coordination of tenant annual meetings.
• Leadership in the settlement area: You take on the personnel management and coordination of part-time employees in your settlements.
• Solution-oriented conflict management: In cases of arrears, tenant or neighbour conflicts, you take on case management and dunning with sensitivity, empathy, and a clear line.

Your profile: Expertise with empathy and structure

• The foundation: You have completed a commercial or equivalent education and have several years of professional experience in the real estate sector.
• The backpack: You bring at least one year of further training as a property management clerk and are eager to continue your education with us.
• Your working style: You think holistically, work highly structured, and keep an overview even in hectic phases.
• Your personality: You communicate skilfully with a wide range of stakeholders. You seek pragmatic, consensus-oriented solutions and are a true team player.
• The tools: You have confident MS Office skills and quickly familiarise yourself with new systems thanks to your IT affinity. You hold a category B driving licence for on-site appointments.

Your prospects

The Allgemeine Baugenossenschaft Zürich (ABZ) is the largest housing cooperative in Switzerland and manages over 5200 apartments. As a non-profit organisation, we stand for affordable housing, social sustainability, pioneering architecture, and community-promoting living forms.

5 weeks holiday, 6 weeks from age 50. Public holidays of the city of Zurich apply. On Good Friday, Ascension Day, Christmas and New Year’s Eve, work finishes at midday. Additionally, ABZ supports various working time models so you can optimally balance your professional and private life.

Team building: Fun in the team is just as valuable as exciting tasks in everyday work. That is why we regularly meet for special events such as staff outings, Christmas dinners, information events, aperitifs, and sporting activities.

Contribution to training costs: It is important to us that our employees develop further. For this purpose, ABZ provides 2 percent of the gross payroll as a training budget. ABZ’s cost contribution ranges between 25 and 100 percent depending on the training.

High participation in social benefits: ABZ pays 65 percent of pension fund contributions. It also covers premiums for daily sickness and accident insurance. In case of accidents, you receive a single room in the private ward and have free choice of doctor in Switzerland and abroad.

Employee counselling: In difficult life situations, our employees can seek help. You and your family members can receive anonymous and free advice from Lyra Switzerland on legal, emotional, and practical life issues.

Public transport contribution: You receive the BonusPass at a reduced price or the half-fare travelcard free of charge. Both the head office and our support points are located in the city of Zurich and are easily accessible by public transport.

Fancy helping to write the ABZ success story?

For questions about the position, please contact Elvisa Kazic, Team Leader Commercial Management, 044 455 89 45. Gabriela Villalba, HR Specialist, looks forward to receiving your electronic application.