Job Description

Interim Head of Estates and Facilities
Hybrid (Greater Manchester / Home)
6 Month Contract - Immediate Start - Potential to Extend
We're working with an educational and care charity who are entering a period transformation. They are seeking an Interim Head of Estates and Facilities to take a pivotal leadership role in shaping the environments in which their life-changing work takes place. This is a strategic and delivery-focused position, reporting to the Commercial Director, and will play a core role in driving improvement, enabling operational excellence and elevating user experience across a diverse property portfolio.
Responsibilities of the Interim Head of Estates and Facilities will include:

• Leading and line managing the Estates and Facilities Business Partners, the Health and Safety Business Partner, and the Estates and Facilities Office Coordinator
• Delivering strategic estates and facilities services across multiple sites including specialist education settings, children's homes, therapeutic services, central offices and day provision sites
• Ensuring buildings and infrastructure are safe, compliant and well maintained, including the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance, estates programmes and capital works
• Championing safe, inclusive and accessible environments aligned with organisational values, with a focus on user experience, space optimisation and continuous improvement
• Overseeing core estates functions including cleaning, housekeeping, reception and helpdesk, conferencing, catering and vehicle fleet operations
• Ensuring full statutory and regulatory compliance across fire safety, building regulations, asbestos, legionella and wider estates compliance
• Leading emergency and incident planning, ensuring preparedness for critical service continuity events
• Promoting sustainability, carbon reduction and eco-conscious practices aligned with the Trust's ambitions

The successful Interim Head of Estates and Facilities will have:

• Experience leading estates and facilities within a multi-site, complex organisation

A strong track record delivering capital programmes, property maintenance, compliance and supplier / contract partnerships * Experience leading high-performing teams across different estates and soft FM functions

• Knowledge of UK health and safety law and statutory compliance across estates environments
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to operate confidently with senior leadership

This is an exciting opportunity to join a values-driven organisation at a critical point of transformation, with the scope to genuinely influence standards, systems and service delivery across the entire estate.
For more information, contact Tom Hewat at or 01923 432 637.
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