Manager, Real Property

Girl Guides of Canada–Guides du Canada (GGC), a national membership-based organization, empowers every girl in Guiding to discover herself and be everything she wants to be. Our mission is to be a catalyst for girls empowering girls. Together, we’re building our vision of A better world, by girls.

GGC is actively searching for a Manager, Real Property

*Remote work arrangement. Must reside in Canada

About this Opportunity

The Real Property Manager is responsible for the oversight, maintenance, and strategic planning of all real estate assets across multiple camp and admin locations. This includes the portfolio of land, buildings, infrastructure, and facilities owned, leased or accessed by Girl Guides of Canada. The Real Property Manager, working with Manager, Legal Services, will develop and implement a real property strategy that will ensure facilities are maintained in a manner that allows for safe, financially viable world class Girl Guide programming to occur. 

Responsibilities include:

Strategic Property Oversight: 

• Plan, manage and maintain GGC’s real estate holdings across all properties, including buildings, camps, roads, utilities, and undeveloped land.
• Oversee capital improvements.
• Through the development of a real property strategy, created with Manager, Legal Services, develop a 5-year plan for each property including capital improvements and infrastructure upgrades to be compliant with and policy and regulation as well as divestment plans for relevant properties.
• Develop and implement a GGC real property accreditation process. Assess and discuss with the appropriate senior property volunteer for any actions that are required and work to rectify deficiencies.
• Complete an annual status update for all assets & make recommendations as required.
• Develop and implement preventive maintenance schedules, manage repairs, and oversee vendors. 
• Support Manager, Legal Services in administering leases, easements, or land-use agreements as applicable. Assist with acquisitions, negotiations and/or dispositions of property.
• Maintain property records, deeds, blueprints, and site plans; provide regular reports to leadership.
• Provide insights and information on property usage, reservations and revenue. 

Compliance and Risk Management: 

• Ensure all properties meet and are compliant with codes and regulations as well as GGC policy.
• Conduct annual risk assessments of the assets named above and provide reporting and recommendations.
• Oversee and ensure the implementation of relevant inspections, permits, and safety audits.
• Maintain and renew centralized property insurance policy.
• Maintain tax exempt status through applications to applicable municipalities.

Stakeholder Engagement and Leadership

• Provide dynamic leadership and supervision of on-site property staff and property booking team.
• Cultivate positive relationships with the property committees and Councils across the country. Ensure effective and transparent collaboration. 
• Work with the Manager, Legal Services, CEO, Senior Leadership Team and regional staff to administer the property strategy, budget, and project management where appropriate.
• Represent the best interests of GGC with external parties relevant such as but not limited to realtors, assessors, insurance advisors, contractors, lawyers etc.

You are an ideal candidate if you have: 

• Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Facilities Management, Construction Management, Legal Studies, Project Management or a related field (preferred).
• 5-7 years of experience in a role with property oversight or facilities management, preferably across multiple sites.
• Strong knowledge of building systems, codes, and regulations.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Proficiency with digital platforms including Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to travel to visit camp locations.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities

Assets include:

• Knowledge of/experience with Guiding
• Experience working with non-profits, camps, or outdoor education centers.
• Familiarity with land use planning, zoning laws, and environmental regulations and real estate law.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills as well as experience navigating change and conflict 

Benefits:

What’s in it for you?

• We offer generous health benefits (Health, dental, vision, Health Service Spending Account).
• Paid time off.
• Collaborative remote work environment.
• Fun and friendly work environment and work-life balance. 

Hiring Range $74,900 – $88,370 annually

If this sounds like a job tailor-made for you, apply today! 

This position will remain open until filled. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Submissions without a cover letter will not be considered. Please note that GGC accepts all genders for job applications. We encourage all candidates to apply, even if they do not meet all the job requirements.

GGC is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.  We value a recruitment and selection process that is inclusive and barrier-free, and we encourage applications from people who are racialized,

Indigenous, people from the 2SLGBTQI+ community, people with disabilities

and other equity seeking groups. GGC welcomes girls and women – cisgender and transgender – as well as non-binary people who are comfortable in spaces that focus on and are driven by the experience of girls.

Upon request, Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada will make available accommodations during the recruitment process. Please note we do not require applicants to identify as a person with disability, or to disclose their disability, to request or access accommodation. Accommodation requests should be made in advance to People & Culture.

We thank all candidates for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.