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More about your role

You'll lead a team of operatives to deliver high-quality estate services, focusing on best practices, innovation, efficiency, and value for money. Promoting and demonstrating a strong commitment to health and safety is key, including leading toolbox talks, team meetings, and ensuring a positive safety culture. You'll role model leadership, support team wellbeing, and help achieve business plans and KPIs. Budgetary controls and accurate financial forecasting will be your responsibility, ensuring good cash flow and profit margins. You'll manage service delivery teams, monitor internal and external contractors, and ensure performance standards are met. Maximizing internal resources, working with Finance on cost analysis, and developing billing schedules will be part of your role. You'll build strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, provide timely performance reports, and oversee expenditure validation and fraud detection. Finally, you'll ensure corporate initiatives and policies are communicated and implemented across the team.

The Essential Criteria for this role is listed below.

•  The post holder will have detailed technical knowledge of estate management services with an ability to articulate to all 
  stakeholders. A L3 or similar qualification in a relevant area would be evidence.
• Experienced in the leadership and management of technical and operational staff in the delivery of a first-class customer 
  focused, commercial service.
• Effective organisation and planning skills, with ability to create routes and rounds that support efficient and effective 
  working with a focus on improving efficiency and productivity.
• Excellent customer service skills including complaints handling and resolution.
• Clean driving licence and ability to drive as the role requires travelling to sites during the working day.

More about you

You'll need detailed technical knowledge of estate management services, with the ability to clearly communicate this to all stakeholders, supported by a Level 3 or similar qualification. You should have experience leading technical and operational teams to deliver customer-focused, commercial services. Strong organization and planning skills are essential, especially for creating efficient routes and rounds that improve productivity. Excellent customer service skills, including complaints handling, are crucial. A clean driving license is required for site visits. Preferred qualifications include experience in customer satisfaction initiatives, financial planning, budgeting, and cost centre management. Knowledge of Health and Safety regulations, IOSH standards, and IT systems like Microsoft Office and scheduling tools will be beneficial, along with experience in recruiting and developing people.

Benefits

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. 

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include: 

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly 

• Pension with matched contributions up to 7% 

• Excellent holiday package – up to 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays) with the option to buy or sell leave 

• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year 

• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2% 

• Training and development 

• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more 

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please email the recruitment team recruitment@placesforpeople.co.uk 

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. 

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on skillsemployment@placesforpeople.co.uk. 

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

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If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls.

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. 

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. 

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities