Job Description

Are you passionate about delivering effective people management with the ability to lead and inspire?

Salary:

55,057 to 58,829per annum

Working Pattern:

Full-time (37 hours per week) Monday to Friday

Location:

Based at Parkside,County Hall North, Horsham, with regular travel across the county, conducting regular site visits and working from home

Interview Date:

w/c 15 December 2025



We are searching for an exceptional Regional Facilities Manager to join our facilities management service to drive innovation and excellence.



Facilities Management provide a vital service to maintain and support a diverse range of buildings and services including libraries, fire stations and day centres.



The successful candidate will be pivotal to ensuring West Sussex County Council provides a safe and fit for purpose-built environment for all staff and members of the public alike.


The Opportunity


As a Regional Facilities Manager, you will be instrumental in overseeing the local implementation of Facilities Management services in the Crawley, Horsham and Worthing areas, with a strong emphasis on ensuring statutory compliance and customer satisfaction.



This role is essential in ensuring the effective management of all WSCC corporate properties, which encompass a variety of facilities such as offices, libraries, fire stations, residential homes, day centres, and sites for gypsy and travellers.



Your expertise is crucial in building strong working relationships with all Site Responsible Managers (SRMs) at corporate properties. This is vital for optimising daily services and offering support during external inspections like OFSTED, CQC, or HM Inspector of Fire Service. Your dedication in this role will make a significant impact on the overall success of our operations.



This is a leadership role which will include the performance management of multi-disciplinary staff including Facilities Managers, Engineers and Surveyors as well as operational engagement with Hard and Soft Facilities Management contractors.



Through joining our motivated, public value-focussed, specialist Facilities Management team, you can enjoy a purposeful career and contribute to the delivery of vital services to West Sussex's residents.


About You


The ideal candidate will have good financial acumen with the ability to work to a budget. You will be an experienced people manager, with good performance management skills and the ability to provide direction and support.



We are looking for someone with proven leadership skills and a desire to use these in influencing colleagues, partners, and decision-makers, as part of our mission to secure continuous improvement in our facilities Management service.



With previous experience of operational experience within Facilities Management, you will have a track record ensuring statutory compliance across multiple sites, You will also be able to build strong client relationships and adopt a collegiate approach across the property and customer community.



You will hold a graduate professional qualification in property or related specialism or equivalent level of significant property experience.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the attached.

Working for us


As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:


an excellent

local government pension scheme

generous holiday entitlement of

30

days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave) a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave volunteering opportunities training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over 1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our

Staff discounts page

if you are a business looking to offer a discount) health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our

Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information


The reference number for this role is

EIE01486

.



For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Hilary Misselbrook at

Hilary.Misselbrook@westsussex.gov.uk

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact

hrrecruitment@westsussex.gov.uk

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.



We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our

application help

page.



LOCATION

Horsham area

CONTRACT TYPE

Permanent

JOB TYPE

Property and Facilities

CLOSING DATE

30 November 2025