Associate Director of Facilities & Estates

Acorns Children's Hospice Trust are looking for an Associate Director of Facilities and Estates to lead the strategic direction and operational delivery of our estates and facilities services.  You'll provide visible, practical leadership of services, while strengthening compliance evidence, planned maintenance and risk-based investment.  

About the Role

At Acorns Children’s Hospice we offer specialist palliative care and support for children and their families across the West Midlands from our three hospices. Each hospice has specially decorated bedrooms, therapy rooms, a hydrotherapy room and dining facilities. Additionally, we have a network of shops across the West Midlands and Gloucestershire.

As Associate Director of Facilities and Estates, you will:

• Deliver the foundation year of our Facilities & Estates strategy, before progressing to wider modernisation
• Line manage three site Facilities Managers and lead the wider multidisciplinary workforce through them (housekeeping, catering, maintenance, grounds)
• Establish and maintain an evidenced compliance register and planned preventative maintenance programme 
• Lead a coherent health and safety policy, annual plan and assurance framework
• Manage approved refurbishments, replacements and other estate projects, work with legal and property advisers on property matters
• Provide expert advice to the Executive team

About You

• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g., NEBOSH, IWFM, RICS) or equivalent senior professional experience
• Senior leadership of multi-site estates and facilities within healthcare
• Experience of CQC inspections
• People leadership experience 

 What We Offer 

• £65k – £75k per annum, plus £4,704 car allowance
• Hybrid role with significant presence at Acorns hospices and some home working
• 37.5 hours per week
• Employee discounts from leading retailers – including the Blue Light Card
• Discounts on refurbished tech
• Eye Test discount
• Health cash plan
• Gym membership and equipment discount scheme
• Wellbeing, legal and financial support
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
• NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme
• Annual leave entitlement increases with length of service
• Buy & sell annual leave scheme 

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references. In addition, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of immunisation against specific diseases or confirm their willingness to receive the necessary vaccinations.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders. 

If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?