Assistant Property & Facilities Manager at Azura Beach Resort — August 2026
Assistant Property & Facilities Manager at Azura Beach Resort — August 2026
Assistant Property & Facilities Manager
Dar es Salaam
Job overview
Reports to: Property & Facilities Manager
Department: Property & Facilities
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Application deadline: 6 September 2026
Position purpose
The Assistant Property & Facilities Manager will support the Property & Facilities Manager in maintaining company properties to a high standard.
The position involves coordinating maintenance activities, supervising contractors and building staff, conducting inspections, ensuring compliance with health and safety requirements, and providing prompt, high-quality services to tenants. Assistant Property & Facilities Manager at Azura Beach Resort — August 2026
This is an operational and field-based role responsible for ensuring that day-to-day maintenance activities are completed efficiently and cost-effectively.
Key responsibilities
The Assistant Property & Facilities Manager will:
- Assist in planning and coordinating preventive and corrective maintenance.
- Conduct routine inspections of all buildings and prepare inspection reports.
- Monitor maintenance requests and ensure the timely completion of work orders.
- Supervise maintenance technicians, building managers and contractors working on assigned projects.
- Obtain quotations for routine maintenance and minor works.
- Inspect completed work for quality before recommending payment.
- Monitor cleaning, security, landscaping, pest control and waste management services.
- Assist with monitoring utilities, including electricity and water consumption.
- Respond to emergency maintenance issues outside normal working hours when required.
- Maintain maintenance records, asset registers and service histories.
- Ensure compliance with health, safety and fire protection requirements.
- Support the preparation of annual maintenance budgets and capital replacement plans.
- Prepare weekly and monthly maintenance performance reports.
- Identify opportunities to reduce operating costs while maintaining service quality.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the Property & Facilities Manager.
Qualifications and experience
Applicants should have:
- A diploma or bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields:
- Facilities Management
- Building Services
- Civil Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Property Management
- A related field
- At least three years of experience in building maintenance, facilities management or property operations.
- Experience supervising contractors and maintenance staff is preferred.
Knowledge and skills
The successful candidate should possess:
A good understanding of building systems, including:
- Electrical systems
- Plumbing systems
- Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems
- Generators
- Lifts
- Water systems
- The ability to read technical drawings and maintenance manuals.
- Good organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Competence in Microsoft Office.
- Experience using maintenance management software will be an advantage.
- The ability to prepare reports and analyse maintenance costs.
- Good written and spoken English.
- Knowledge of Swahili will be an advantage.
Personal attributes
The ideal candidate should be:
- Honest and trustworthy.
- Well organised and capable of prioritising multiple tasks.
- Hands-on, proactive and detail-oriented. Assistant Property & Facilities Manager at Azura
- Equipped with strong interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Able to work independently and under pressure.
Key performance indicators (KPIs)
Performance in this position will be measured against:
- Completion of preventive maintenance according to schedule.
- Average response time to maintenance requests.
- Percentage of work orders completed within the target time.
- Tenant satisfaction with maintenance services.
- Maintenance expenditure compared with the approved budget.
- Contractor performance and the quality of completed work.
- Compliance with building inspection, health and safety requirements.
- Relationship to the Property & Facilities Manager
- The Assistant Property & Facilities Manager supports the Property & Facilities Manager in the day-to-day operation of the property portfolio.
This support enables the Property & Facilities Manager to concentrate on planning, budgeting, contractor management, capital projects and strategic asset management. The reporting relationship reflects the management structure described in the management proposal.
How to apply
Interested candidates should send their CV and cover letter by email to: [email protected]
Application deadline: 6 September 2026
