Estates & Facilities Manager - Chudleigh, Devon

Estates and Facilities Manager (FTC up to 12 months)

Harcombe House, Chudleigh, nr Exeter

£26,358 plus benefits including 8% non-contributory pension (£43,931 full-time equivalent)

22.5 hours per week (will include 1 weekend in 4 as part of the duty rota)

Here at Fire Fighters Charity, we exist to help all serving and retired members of the UK’s fire family to live healthier and happier lives. We are seeking an experienced Estates and Facilities Manager to join our team at Harcombe House, which is one of our 3 nationwide recovery centres. This is a fixed-term role for up to 12 months.

Our centre Harcombe House, near Exeter, is a grade II listed building set within 300 acres. In addition to the main house, there are 28 bungalows, a conference suite, numerous external buildings and our café The Stables. It is a busy site with our accommodation being used by our beneficiaries who stay on our activity-based programmes, by our catered and self-catered recuperation beneficiaries or rented out as part of our income generation activities.

The purpose of the role is to ensure excellent day-to-day operational management and delivery of all the Facilities Management services, through in-house staff, suppliers and consultants – across hard and soft services within our centre. Additionally, from a commercial aspect, the role will identify income generation activities that best utilise our assets.

The role is responsible for ensuring compliance with all current statutory legislation with specific responsibility in respect of health and safety and the environment as part of the wider Estates and Facilities Team. You will be required to work with the Estates and Facilities Team across our organisation to set and maintain standards as well as leading on specific projects.

You will support your Heads of Departments to manage essential services including administration, hospitality, estates, catering, bar and housekeeping. Harcombe House provides 24/7 support to our beneficiaries and as such we need to ensure our Centre and services are maintained to a very high standard. You will be part of the Estates and Facilities on-call team and work within our Duty Manager rota for the site.

About You

This is a visible role requiring excellent customer relationship, supplier management and people management skills. Working as part of a team within the wider organisation, the Estates and Facilities Manager will be expected to positively contribute to the performance of the Charity and our culture.

To be successful in the role you will need strong interpersonal and leadership skills. A can-do attitude, with a solution-based approach to the varied tasks associated with Estates and Facilities are key to success in this role. You will have competent report writing and data analysis skills and will use these to support your activities and contribute to the overall business reporting environment.

You will have demonstrable experience in total facilities management and hold an IOSH certificate. A NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health is a requirement for the post but the Charity will consider the relevant experience demonstrated in the application.

The post is subject to a Standard Disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

How to apply

Please provide a CV and a covering letter outlining why you are interested in joining our team and how your skills and experience fulfil our criteria.

More information about us and the role can be found on our website or please contact Rebecca Webster, Organisational Development & People Partner on 01256 366580 or via email recruitment@firefighterscharity.org.uk

The closing date is 9am on Tuesday 17 September 2024. First stage interviews will take place via MS Teams, week commencing 23 September 2024 with in-person interviews to take place shortly after. We reserve the right to close this role early should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Due to the number of applications we receive, regrettably we are unable to contact applicants who are not shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was not successful this time.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community. When recruiting our new team members, regardless of the role, we are looking for people who share our values.