General Manager

3 weeks ago

Faringdon, United Kingdom The National Trust Full time
General Manager - Faringdon

Summary

***INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY PLEASE***

You'll be responsible for the overall strategic and operational leadership of a renowned group of estates and properties in Oxfordshire, including one of the National Trust’s largest lowland estates at Buscot and Coleshill. Over 500,000 visitors per annum are welcomed to the outdoor and built properties. You'll manage a Property Leadership Team across diverse departments. Leading from the front, inspiring, and motivating your team, you'll encourage innovation and turn strategy into daily operations.



What it's like to work here

Reporting to the regionally based Assistant Director of Operations, this is an interim opportunity to be the figurehead of the West Oxfordshire portfolio, holding key partner relationships on behalf of the organisation, both internally and externally. You'll lead your team operating across a complex and dynamic commercial visitor operation, with exciting plans to deliver more for nature and people.

Your base location will be the traditional Estate Office set within the 19th century Home Farm at Coleshill near Faringdon. The Estate Office is close to 400 acres of in hand parkland and there is a café and pub in the village. The office is a friendly and social place with a historic desk to inherit. Click here to find out more about this location.

Some weekend working as well as occasional evenings will be required.



What you'll be doing

Managing a team of department heads and working with a large network of national and regional specialists and external stakeholders and partners, you’ll develop new ways to engage our supporters, deliver ways of working to connecting with new audiences. On the farmed estate, you’ll aim to create new habitat to accelerate our nature ambition while working with our farming community to ensure there remains good farm businesses.  At our visitor places you’ll develop further quality of visits at Chastleton, Ashdown and Skills Centre, meeting our conservation requirements. 

Taking the lead on fundraising for the places under your leadership, you’ll seek commercial opportunity to diversify income. You’ll support departments to develop the right priorities, balancing access and conservation while providing the resources and inspirational leadership, ensuring their care, confidence, and capability in delivering our strategy.

Behind all this work sits a strong culture of risk management and compliance. You'll ensure that all our operations are safe and managed to the highest standards and you’ll understand, anticipate, and manage issues that could affect the Trust’s reputation, finances or assets.



Who we're looking for

You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don't need to have all of the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what’s possible in this role.

We’d love to hear from you if you’re:

  • a strong leader with the ability to lead a team to achieve their full potential
  • adept at maintaining and developing strong existing relationships with internal and external collaborators
  • experienced in managing budgets, projects and finances
  • able to effectively communicate at all levels, including presenting to internal and external audiences
  • someone with a strong understanding of countryside management
  • able to influence key partners including high value donors
  • a strategic planner, skilled at finding ways to reach and engage new and diverse communities
  • a leader for inclusion, who finds ways to create an inclusive culture


The package

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

•Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

•Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

•Rental deposit loan scheme

•Season ticket loan

•EV car lease scheme 

•Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts

•Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.

•Flexible working whenever possible

•Employee assistance programme

•Free parking at most Trust places

Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer to support you.

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