Magdalene Wang’ombe
Property and Facilities Manager
Nairobi
Summary
Proven expertise in project management and contract negotiation, honed at Co-operative Bank of Kenya and Kiragu & Mwangi Ltd. Excelled in legal compliance, reducing costs by 20% through strategic procurement and contract performance monitoring. Demonstrates strong leadership in driving project support and budget planning, ensuring peak efficiency and profitability.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SPACE & CONTRACTS OFFICER
CO-OPERATIVE BANK OF KENYA
04.2022 - Current
- Develop and maintain a long-term space rationalization and allocation strategy.
- Support businesses in identifying premises required, and negotiate leases for the bank properties, both leased and owned. This includes carrying out rental assessments when required.
- Measure and ascertain space for new bank outlets as per retail approvals, re-measurement, and evaluation of space occupied by the bank upon lease renewals to ascertain areas and establish the need for surrender where necessary.
- Participate in Rent Negotiation Committee meetings for deliberations on rents.
- Lease administration, and ensuring that all offer letters are drafted for new premises acquired.
- Follow up on leases for registration and stamping coordination with various parties involved in the lease process, including landlords, advocates, and bank departments.
- Management of bank-owned premises, monitoring rent payments, and ensuring that tenants have leases.
- Payment processing for all statutory requirements for compliance, i.e. Land rates and rents for bank-owned property, business permits, fire certificates, wall branding, and signage licenses, banking, and hire purchase licenses.
- Ensure these are renewed in a timely manner, and always valid.
- Tender and negotiate service contracts on behalf of the bank.
- Follow up on contract signing, and keep up-to-date records of contracts.
- Ensure that records and correspondence in respect to contracts and leased premises are well-kept and retrieved as required.
- Service contract administration and management: ensure coordination between service providers and the Bank (client) in the administration of contracts and agreements in the interest of the Bank, as per SLA.
COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGER
KIRAGU & MWANGI LTD
08.2016 - 03.2022
- Directing and supervising the property staff, mainly caretakers, to ensure that they carry out their duties properly, in line with their job descriptions and the management functions of the properties.
- Ensuring, in liaison with the Accounts Department, that property statements are generated and submitted to the landlords on a monthly or quarterly basis as due, and that the monthly remittances to the landlords are made correctly and on time.
- Preparation of recurrent budgets: CAPEX and OPEX in respect to rent and services.
- Review of contracts and service level agreements for cost management and efficiency, as well as tendering and negotiating service contracts on behalf of the clients.
ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER
KIRAGU & MWANGI LTD
02.2015 - 07.2016
- Ensuring the proper rendering of services on the properties, including security, cleaning, gardening, and garbage collection, ensuring that competitive and cost-effective service providers or staff are deployed for the services.
- Ensure that proper and adequate insurance coverage for the properties is in place, and premiums due thereon are paid properly as due.
- Ensuring that the property structure, components, systems, and equipment are kept in a good state of repair and decoration, where applicable.
INTERN
ZENITH MANAGEMENT VALUERS LIMITED
06.2013 - 09.2013
- Ensuring the collection of the due rents, service charges, and any other payments due under the leases and tenancy agreements in a timely and effective manner.
- Ensuring the proper rendering of services on the properties, including security, cleaning, gardening, and garbage collection, ensuring that competitive and cost-effective service providers or staff are deployed for the services.
Education
MA - Project management
03.2025
Diploma - Valuation and Estate Management Surveyors Chapter
05.2019
BA - Real Estate Valuation and Property Management
04.2014
GPA: Second Class Upper Division
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -
GPA: grade B + (plus)
Skills
- Project management skills
- Cost control
- Procurement processes
- Contract drafting
- Legal compliance
- Contract negotiation
- Project Support
- Contract terms negotiation
- Budget planning
- Contract performance monitoring
- Contract reviews and edits
References
- Mr. James Kiragu, Director, Kiragu & Mwangi Ltd, 0723 777 777, Kiragu@kiraguandmwangi.co.ke
- Mrs. Florence Asiimwe, Head Space & Contracts Unit, Co-operative Bank of Kenya, 0721 573 101, florencetwasonga@gmail.com
Certification
- Full member - Institute of Surveyors of Kenya
- ICDL - Microsoft Office Applications
Timeline
SPACE & CONTRACTS OFFICER - CO-OPERATIVE BANK OF KENYA
04.2022 - Current
COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGER - KIRAGU & MWANGI LTD
08.2016 - 03.2022
ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER - KIRAGU & MWANGI LTD
02.2015 - 07.2016
INTERN - ZENITH MANAGEMENT VALUERS LIMITED
06.2013 - 09.2013
- Full member - Institute of Surveyors of Kenya
- ICDL - Microsoft Office Applications
University of Nairobi - MA, Project management
The Institute of Surveyors of Kenya - Diploma, Valuation and Estate Management Surveyors Chapter
University of Nairobi - BA, Real Estate Valuation and Property Management
Nyahururu Elite Senior Secondary School - Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education,
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