General Manager

Overview

Lead operations and teams across multiple student housing properties to drive performance.

Key Responsibilities

• team leadership
• culture building
• strategy development
• change management
• prioritization
• stakeholder collaboration

Tasks

-Build and lead high performing, engaged and motivated teams with a sense of belonging and community -Build a customer focussed, safe, secure, and inclusive culture for all -Identify, understand, and develop novel strategies to deliver against local and organisational priorities -Advocate, communicate and deliver changes in working practices that support local and organisational success -Identify, understand, and balance short term and operational demands with the delivery of longer term and strategic priorities for your cluster of properties -Build effective and collaborative relationships at all organisational levels

Requirements

• analytical
• problem solving
• decision-making
• adaptability

What You Bring

-Understand root causes, analyse, and solve complex business issues -Understand, and absorb information from a range of different sources, and use it to make effective business decisions -Adapt your style to inspire, engage, and motivate others in varying situations

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Benefits

-25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service -Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents -A personalised leadership development programme -Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more! -Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends -A market competitive salary and benefits package -A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save -An opportunity to grow your skills in a supportive and collaborative environment. -A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success

About Unite Students

-Develops and manages hundreds of student halls, funding new builds and acquisitions. -Supports partnerships with top universities across 120+ UK properties. -Projects include high-rise towers, refurbished heritage buildings, and joint-venture schemes with universities like Newcastle. -Utilizes modular construction for off-site bedroom unit fabrication, enabling faster delivery and consistent quality.

Sector Specialisms

Security Clearance

-must complete a basic criminal record check before starting; cost covered by unite students.