Head of Facilities & Estates

Acorns Children's Hospice Trust are looking for a Head of Facilities and Estates to shape, lead and manage the facilities and estates function.  The Head of Facilities and Estates will manage a team of Facilities Managers, ensuring that all facilities remain fit for purpose and also manage our property portfolio

About the Role

As Head of Facilities and Estates, you will be responsible for delivering efficient and effective building and estate management and health and safety services across the organisation.  This includes all aspects of property, acquisition, lease renewals, exits, along with overarching strategic management of the charity’s property portfolio. We currently have three hospices (Walsall, Worcester and Birmingham), 46 retail shops and a head office in Wythall, Birmingham.  

You’ll have overall responsibility for catering, housekeeping/cleaning and groundskeeping and ensuring that PPM requirements and property repairs are compliant with health and safety regulations.  You’ll have the assistance of your team of three Facilities Managers to manage this, along with their support teams in these areas.

You’ll work closely with senior management and key stakeholders to identify and prioritise key initiatives, ensuring these are completed in a practical, expedient manner that ensures delivery of high-quality day-to-day support. You’ll lead on all facilities management procurement contracts to ensure they are fulfilling their contractual requirements. 

You’ll form part of our Senior Leadership Team, leading and executing organisation-wide initiatives, policies and plans in line with our Acorns strategy: For Any Child

About You

You will be NEBOSH qualified with demonstrable working knowledge of facilities and estates management.  You’ll have considerable experience of property conveyancing, rent reviews, heads of terms and general estate management regulations

In order to provide direction for the team, you’ll have strong leadership skills and experience of managing teams. 

You’ll have the ability to travel independently across the Acorns region.

 What We Offer 

• £58k – £65k per annum
• Based in Wythall (B47 6JR) with some home working and travel to sites
• 37 hours per week
• Employee discounts from leading retailers
• Employee gym discount scheme
• Bike-to-Work scheme
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan or continuation of current NHS pension scheme. Organisation will contribute 7.5% to pension
• 2 x salary life assurance scheme 

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders. 

If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns? 

This role may be closed before the deadine date, if sufficient applications are received.