Head of Estates

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Opportunity to work for one of the largest academy trusts
Must be experienced with capital and building works programmes

About Our Client

Our client is a one of the largest academy trusts in the south east of England. As Head of Estates, you will be leading a small professional team on a broad range of projects and professional works, across a number of buildings/premises.

Job Description

Support the Director of Finance & Operations, and Directors of Education in major capital building projects.
Lead and manage the Estates team, allocate work streams to team members and line manage the team.
Take the lead on planned maintenance and capital investment in the property portfolio, developing an agile strategic approach to reactive and planned preventative maintenance.
Lead on management, budget formulation, monitoring and implementation of the Trust's annual planned maintenance and improvement capital works programme.
Develop and implement Estates performance measurement initiatives that will provide KPIs that can be reported to senior management
Lead on related Health and Safety matters relevant to the Estates department.
Ensure safe systems of work are in place with regards to works carried out by external contractor

The Successful Applicant

Educated to degree level or equivalent, with a chartered professional qualification in a property-related discipline
e.g. architecture, building, surveying or property management.
Hold membership of an appropriate professional body.
Demonstrable experience of successfully managing planned and reactive maintenance, capital and building works programmes and building projects.
Proven ability to make effective results-driven decisions based on relevant data and information.
Full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle for business use.