Job Title: Regional Facilities Manager Location: Regional – remote/home base with regular travel across the North Salary: £42,000-45,000 dependent upon experience Hours: Full- time (40hrs per week) We are currently seeking a Facilities Manager to join a large provider of SEN educational services in the South West supporting over 900 children and young people, and employing over 1,000 staff. The role: Reporting to our Group Estates Director your role will be to oversee and manage the Regional Facilities and Estates teams in the North and take responsibility for the development, implementation, refinement, delivery and monitoring of the facilities and estates services together with associated documentation and systems. You will act as a technical advisor for facilities and estates matters in the region and support the site based teams and contractors to ensure safe premises that are fit for children and young adults, staff and visitors Key to your role will be your ability to ascertain service requirements and maintain service delivery at the required standard throughout the region. Whilst the maintenance and development of existing sites remains the core responsibility for the role; you will also play a key position in the construction/development/opening of new services opening in the region in conjunction with our Executive Principal and wider project teams You’ll also be working with both Estates Director and Group Health and safety manager to develop systems, templates, processes and other needed quality functions in support of the establishing and monitoring the delivery of the department’s function. Experience/Qualifications: Experience of delivering reactive, planned and project services Experience in line management Good communication skills, negotiation skills, leadership Proven ability to work under pressure and respond to deadlines Ability to make sound judgements and prioritise multiple demands Excellent organisational skills Relevant qualifications in Building Studies/ similar NEBOSHH Ability travel (inc. overnight stays), drivers licence and access to a car our North sites currently includes 3 sites in Lancashire, a site in Wakefield, a site in Stoke and a site in Derby Benefits: Life assurance Enhanced pension scheme Perkbox - offering high street discounts Employee assistance programme Car lease scheme Fully funded training and qualifications Bike to work scheme Free membership to the Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.