Estates Manager

**Estates Manager**who is an experienced Facilities / Estate or Service Manager who can plan, manage and deliver projects and ensure preventative property maintenance across two sites is undertaken is required for a well-established charity.

**SALARY**:£34,627 - £38,894 per annum (Band 6 Competency Based Framework) + Generous Benefits (see below)

**LOCATION**:Your time will be split between two sites in Heald Green, Cheadle and Little Hulton, Manchester

**JOB TYPE**:Full-Time, Permanent

**WORKING HOURS**:37.5 Hours per Week split over 5 Days

**JOB OVERVIEW**

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for an Estates Manager who is an experienced Facilities / Estate or Service Manager who can plan, manage and deliver projects and ensure preventative property maintenance across two sites is undertaken.

The organisation is continuously developing their plans for delivering world-class, innovative care and to ensure the charity is in the best shape possible for future generations.

Working as the Estates Manageryou will be responsible for coordinating, managing and motivating key facilities management activities at a dedicated site providing cross-site cover during absences.

As the Estates Manageryou will be responsible for catering, housekeeping, maintenance and reception with a requirement for health & safety support and advice for the site.

**DUTIES**

Your duties as the Estates Manager will include:

- Ensure planned preventative maintenance is undertaken with the correct frequency and to the appropriate standards by competent contractors
- To act on any non-conformity highlighted during the PPM inspections, maintaining the utmost observance of statutory compliance
- Oversee the reactive maintenance activity, develop the maintenance team schedule, ensuring remediation of issues is timely and appropriate
- Effectively manage all the human resource requirements for the support service departments
- Maintain a constant dialogue with the clinical teams to ensure an accurate appreciation of the developing needs of the organisation
- Collate performance data to enable effective review of staff activity in line with departmental expectations (including training and PDR objectives)
- Use data to communicate departmental performance
- Coordinate with external H&S specialists to ensure all statutory requirements are being correctly addressed
- Oversee the delivery of the catering function ensuring the department is appropriately resourced and budgets managed effectively delivering the best possible offer to customers by constant review of quality of delivery
- Ensure the provision of domestic services, including cleaning, waste management and laundry services. Act as a contact for the clinical teams to ensure service delivery meets organisational expectations
- Ensure the provision of an efficient and client focused reception service across all FM disciplines - act as an ambassador for the discipline - constantly seeking ways to improve and maximize resources. Feed-back any challenges and successes to the widerOperations team for support and learning benefits

**CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS**
- Have a professional facilities management qualification to degree level or CPD record showing equivalent competencies
- Membership of British Institute of Facilities Management or similar body
- NEBOSH or IOSH management level certificate or significant H&S management experience
- Experience managing multiple facilities management disciplines ideally within a clinical environment
- Knowledge of statutory obligations
- Ability to Plan, manage and deliver multiple projects ensuring effective communication, delivery is on time and to budget
- Able to competently manage a tendering/procurement process
- Able to implement and sustain modernisation and change
- Ability to analyse and evaluate management information
- Communicate service information effectively both verbally and in writing, including writing reports and business cases
- Able to negotiate with, and influence stakeholders
- Communicate with patients and families sensitively and with empathy
- Competent knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Manage and resolve contentious issues
- Able to inspire and engage staff, building and sustaining a culture of customer service and continuous improvement
- Ability to develop and manage an out-of-hours support procedure
- Demonstrate the Hospice’s values
- Able to travel to other Hospice sites
- Demonstrate CPD

**BENEFITS**
- 35 Days Annual Leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays) increasing to 37 days after 5 years’ service and 41 days after 10 years’ service. Buy up to 1 weeks additional holiday per year via salary sacrifice, pro rata
- Free Parking
- Pension Contributory Stakeholder pension in which the organisation match up to 7%
- Life Cover
- Health Cash Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme - Telephone and Online Counselling 24 Hours a Day. Face-to-Face Counselling is also available

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JOB REF: AWDO-P9753

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