Real Estate Specialist

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Real Estate Specialist overseeing Manulife’s agricultural real estate assets across North America. Coordinating compliance, valuations, transactions, risk management, and property administration.

Responsibilities:

  • Maintain complete and accurate real estate records, including ownership documents, easements, access agreements, licenses, leases, legal descriptions, surveys, title information, and related property files
  • Coordinate review, tracking, and management of easements, rights-of-way, boundary matters, access agreements, encroachments, and other property-related issues
  • Monitor real estate obligations, restrictions, and contractual requirements affecting portfolio assets
  • Support asset managers with property-specific matters
  • Manage appraisal processes for owned and managed properties
  • Coordinate third-party appraiser engagement and maintain appraisal schedules
  • Collect and organize property information required for valuations
  • Track appraisal deliverables and distribute reports to stakeholders
  • Maintain appraisal records and valuation databases
  • Monitor real estate tax obligations and coordinate timely payment of property taxes and assessments
  • Track permits, licenses, reporting requirements, and compliance obligations affecting real estate assets
  • Monitor litigation, disputes, claims, and regulatory matters affecting portfolio properties
  • Support property ownership and operations risk-management initiatives
  • Coordinate acquisition and disposition activities from contract execution through closing and post-closing integration
  • Support property onboarding after acquisitions, including transfer of contracts, permits, licenses, records, and operational documentation
  • Assist with post-closing matters and outstanding transaction issues
  • Assist with property-level due diligence for acquisitions, dispositions, financing activities, and strategic projects
  • Track real estate licensing and continuing education requirements for applicable managers and licensed personnel
  • Support internal audits, compliance reviews, and reporting activities
  • Partner with Health, Safety, and Environmental teams on required training and compliance initiatives
  • Prepare reports, presentations, and management summaries
  • Support special projects related to portfolio management and real estate operations
  • Coordinate across Agriculture leadership, regional and ranch management, acquisitions and dispositions, investment teams, finance, operations, legal, accounting, and internal and external partners

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience in real estate, property management, transaction management, title and escrow, land administration, agricultural operations support, or a related field
  • Experience coordinating complex transactions and managing multiple projects simultaneously
  • Strong understanding of real estate transactions, contracts, title matters, and due diligence processes
  • Ability to interpret legal descriptions, easements, surveys, title commitments, and related real estate documents
  • Strong project management and organizational skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
  • Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment
  • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
  • Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Business Administration, Agricultural Business, Finance, Property Management, or a related field preferred
  • Familiarity with agricultural real estate, land management, water resources, permitting, appraisal processes, or regulatory compliance preferred
  • Real estate coursework, license, or professional designation desirable

Benefits:

  • Incentive programs and incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Mental health benefits
  • Vision insurance
  • Short- and long-term disability insurance
  • Life and AD&D insurance coverage
  • Adoption/surrogacy benefits
  • Wellness benefits
  • Employee/family assistance plans
  • Retirement savings plans, including pension/401(k) savings plans
  • Global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions
  • Financial education and counseling resources
  • Up to 11 paid holidays annually
  • 3 personal days annually
  • 150 hours of vacation annually
  • 40 hours of sick time annually, or more where required by law
  • Statutory leaves of absence
  • Flexible work environment
  • Learning and career growth opportunities
  • Supportive, inclusive work environment