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This Head of Maintenance role leads all maintenance operations, managing outsourced contractors, maintenance budgets, statutory compliance, and the performance of critical building and engineering systems. It is a senior leadership position focused on ensuring a safe, compliant, efficient estate while driving service improvements. \n Client Details \n This organisation is a respected and well-established entity operating in the heart of London looking to grow its estates team. \n Description \n\n • Lead maintenance and engineering operations.\n, • Manage outsourced Hard FM and maintenance contractors.\n, • Ensure statutory compliance across all buildings and engineering systems.\n, • Oversee planned and reactive maintenance programmes.\n, • Manage maintenance budgets, contracts, KPIs and SLAs.\n, • Monitor asset performance, condition surveys and lifecycle maintenance plans.\n, • Lead health & safety, risk management and contractor control processes.\n, • Support capital projects and ensure successful handover into operation.\n, • Drive service improvements, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction.\n, • Work closely with leadership, stakeholders and external consultants.\n\n \n Profile \n A successful Head of Maintenance would have: \n\n • Experience in leading maintenance, estates, or engineering.\n, • Strong knowledge of building services, compliance, and health & safety.\n, • Good technical understanding of Hard FM.\n, • Proven ability to manage outsourced contractors and maintenance budgets.\n, • Skilled stakeholder manager, able to work across environments.\n, • Strong people leader who drives performance, efficiency, and continuous improvement.\n\n \n Job Offer \n The role of Head of Maintenance benefits from: \n\n • Competitive salary ranging from £63,000 to £70,000 per annum.\n, • 30 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and 4 Closure Days at Christmas\n, • Access to a generous pension scheme\n, • Opportunity to work in a well-regarded organisation in London.\n

Your new company An executive non-departmental public body and independent regulator that promotes transparency and integrity in business. Your new roleOur client is a respected, highly regulated organisation seeking an experienced Head of Estates, Security & Resilience to provide strategic leadership across cyber security, information security, business continuity, physical security, facilities resilience and operational risk management. This is a senior leadership opportunity for an individual who can balance strategic thinking with operational delivery while protecting critical business services, assets, people and infrastructure.Key Priorities \n\n • Lead the remediation and improvement of the London office HVAC system.\n, • Complete office occupancy and facilities agreement renewals for the Birmingham location.\n, • Review and strengthen Fire Marshal and First Aider arrangements.\n, • Refresh and modernise the Business Continuity Strategy.\n, • Deliver workplace improvement projects, including office redesign and installation of soundproof working pods.\n, • Review and improve self-service booking processes for catering, meeting rooms and venues.\n\n Broader Responsibilities \n\n • Lead the organisation's Security, Resilience and Facilities Management agenda.\n, • Drive business continuity, disaster recovery and resilience planning.\n, • Manage enterprise risk, compliance and governance frameworks.\n, • Oversee facilities management, contractor performance and statutory compliance.\n, • Provide executive-level reporting and stakeholder engagement.\n, • Lead response activities during major incidents and operational disruptions.\n\n What you'll need to succeed \n\n • Senior leadership experience across resilience, security, facilities or corporate services.\n, • Strong knowledge of business continuity and operational resilience.\n, • Experience managing estates and facilities within a complex environment.\n, • Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with Executive and Board-level audiences.\n, • Ability to deliver change quickly in an interim capacity.\n\n What you'll get in returnThis is a fantastic opportunity to join a respected organisation and make a visible impact across workplace services, resilience and operational performance from day one. What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. \n Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

Maintenance Manager – 2-3 months interim - @ £42.5K pro rata \n Experienced Maintenance Manager required to join a busy educational site, leading a small in-house maintenance team and ensuring the safe, efficient operation of buildings, plant and facilities. \n Reporting to the Head of Facilities & Estates, you will oversee planned and reactive maintenance, manage contractors, monitor compliance records, support budget management and ensure the estate remains safe, compliant and fit for purpose. You will also lead a team of three maintenance engineers and play a key role in developing maintenance procedures and standards. \n We are keen to hear from candidates with experience as a: \n\n • Maintenance Manager\n, • Facilities Manager\n, • Estates Manager\n, • Building Services Manager\n, • Facilities Maintenance Manager\n, • Site Services Manager\n, • Property Maintenance Manager\n\n Key requirements: \n\n • Proven experience managing building maintenance operations and contractors\n, • Strong knowledge of building systems, compliance and health & safety\n, • Experience leading maintenance or engineering teams\n, • Budget management and supplier management experience\n, • Good IT skills and experience using CAFM systems desirable\n\n Nice-to-have qualifications: \n\n • IOSH Managing Safely\n, • NEBOSH General Certificate\n, • Legionella Awareness/Responsible Person training\n, • Emergency Lighting inspection/testing certification\n, • Asbestos Awareness\n, • First Aid at Work\n, • Relevant electrical, mechanical or building services qualifications\n\n Experience within a school, college, healthcare or other multi-building environment would be advantageous. \n Candidates will need to pass rigorous safeguarding checks for keeping children safe in education including recent professional references and an enhanced DBS check.

Head of DevOps and Platform Automation \n London – Hybrid \n £100,000 – £120,000 + Bonus \n VIQU are partnering with a leading financial services organisation undergoing a major transformation across its cloud and infrastructure landscape. They are seeking a Head of DevOps and Platform Automation to take ownership of a critical DevOps and tooling function that underpins the delivery of strategic change across a complex, enterprise-scale environment. This is a high-impact leadership role, responsible for driving DevOps maturity, CI/CD excellence, and automation strategy across multi-tenant cloud platforms, while leading geographically dispersed teams and ensuring robust operational performance, governance, and continuous improvement. \n Key Responsibilities of the Head of DevOps and Platform Automation: \n\n • Own and evolve the DevOps, CI/CD and automation strategy and roadmap across tooling and platform services\n, • Lead and develop a distributed DevOps and tooling team across UK and offshore locations, driving a culture of continuous improvement and engineering excellence\n, • Oversee end-to-end platform lifecycle management ensuring availability, resilience, security and compliance across all tooling environments\n, • Drive standardisation and optimisation of CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks and DevOps practices across the organisation\n, • Manage BAU performance, incident escalation and service reliability for critical DevOps platforms, including P1 management and stakeholder communications\n, • Oversee delivery of DevOps and tooling elements within major transformation programmes and cloud initiatives\n, • Act as a key stakeholder interface across IT, business and architecture teams to align tooling capability with strategic objectives\n, • Manage third-party vendors and suppliers, ensuring SLA adherence, performance optimisation and cost effectiveness\n, • Own budget management, resource planning and FinOps activity to ensure efficient platform and supplier spend\n, • Ensure compliance with governance, security and regulatory standards across all DevOps and tooling operations\n, • Champion automation, innovation and continuous improvement, including adoption of modern cloud and emerging technologies\n\n Key Experience Required of the Head of DevOps and Platform Automation: \n\n • Extensive experience (10+ years) within DevOps, infrastructure, platform engineering or tooling/automation leadership roles\n, • Strong background leading enterprise-scale DevOps or SRE teams within complex, global or regulated environments\n, • Deep expertise in CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitLab CI and strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)\n, • Strong experience working within Microsoft Azure cloud environments, ideally across hybrid or multi-cloud estates\n, • Proven track record of leading cloud-native engineering teams and driving DevOps maturity at scale\n, • Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders\n, • Strong vendor and supplier management experience, including SLA governance and performance management\n, • Experience managing operational budgets and driving cost optimisation, including FinOps practices\n, • Strong understanding of ITIL, service management, governance and secure cloud operating models\n, • Demonstrable experience working in matrix organisations and leading virtual, geographically dispersed teams\n, • Strong communication, leadership and decision-making skills in fast-paced, ambiguous environments\n, • Relevant cloud, DevOps or ITIL certifications highly desirable\n\n Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence, or reach out to Katie Dark via the VIQU IT website. \n Do you know someone great? We’ll thank you with up to £1,000 if your referral is successful (terms apply). For more exciting roles and opportunities like this, please follow us on LinkedIn @VIQU IT Recruitment. \n Head of DevOps and Platform Automation \n London – Hybrid \n £100,000 – £120,000 + Bonus

My prestigious, very well known Client is urgently looking for an experienced Head of Building Services to lead the maintenance, operation, and development of their estate. This senior role is responsible for ensuring our buildings are safe, compliant, sustainable, and provide an excellent experience for all users. \n You will oversee planned and reactive maintenance, capital projects, energy management, contractor performance, and sustainability initiatives, while leading a high-performing team and managing key supplier relationships. Key Responsibilities\n\n • Lead the maintenance, repair, and refurbishment of the estate.\n, • Manage planned preventative maintenance (PPM), asset replacement programmes, and emergency repairs.\n, • Oversee capital projects, ensuring delivery on time and within budget.\n, • Manage the Estates Helpdesk and Building Management System (BMS).\n, • Ensure compliance with health and safety, statutory requirements, and building regulations.\n, • Manage contractors, suppliers, and specialist service providers.\n, • Lead sustainability initiatives, including energy, carbon reduction, waste, recycling, and biodiversity programmes.\n, • Oversee ancillary services such as landscaping, gardening, and pest control.\n, • Build strong relationships with stakeholders and deliver an excellent customer experience.\nAbout You\n You will have: \n\n • Significant experience in estates, facilities, or building services management.\n, • A strong track record of managing maintenance programmes and capital projects.\n, • Experience managing budgets, contractors, and service contracts.\n, • Good knowledge of health and safety and statutory compliance.\n, • Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.\n, • A commitment to sustainability and continuous improvement.\n\n If you feel you have the skills and experience we are looking for, please send an up to date CV for an immediate response and more information on a fantastic opportunity with a truly great Client.

Location: LondonSalary: £63,606 - £65,509 + Excellent Benefits Full-time, PermanentAbout the RoleAn exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Head of Maintenance to join a leading London based university, overseeing the operational delivery of maintenance services across a large and complex campus.This role is responsible for managing hard FM services, ensuring statutory compliance, and driving high-quality maintenance delivery across a diverse estate including teaching facilities, laboratories, offices and student accommodation.You will play a key role in ensuring that all buildings and infrastructure are maintained safely, efficiently, and in line with regulatory standards while delivering a first-class service to stakeholders.Key Responsibilities • Lead the day to day delivery of maintenance operations across the campus estate, • Manage outsourced hard FM contracts, ensuring SLA and KPI performance, • Oversee both reactive and planned maintenance programmes, • Ensure full compliance with statutory regulations (including asbestos, L8, HV/LV, fire systems, electrical testing and more), • Manage maintenance budgets and provide regular financial reporting, • Monitor contractor performance, audits, and quality of service delivery, • Review and approve additional works outside contract scope, • Maintain and manage asset registers and condition surveys, • Lead on health & safety, risk assessments (RAMS) and safe systems of work, • Analyse building performance data to improve efficiency and reduce costs, • Act as a key stakeholder in lifecycle and capital projects, • Work collaboratively with internal teams, contractors, and external partners, including NHS stakeholders About YouTo be successful in this role, you will have: • Extensive experience in hard FM/estate maintenance leadership, • Proven track record managing outsourced maintenance contracts, • Strong understanding of statutory compliance and H&S legislation, • Experience managing complex estates or multi-site environments, • Demonstrable ability to manage budgets, contractors, and performance frameworks, • Strong stakeholder management skills in complex environments, • Technical knowledge across building services (HVAC, electrical, mechanical systems) Desirable: • Experience within higher education, healthcare, or laboratory environments, • Professional qualifications in engineering, building services, or estate management, • Membership of a relevant professional body Why Apply? • Join a highly respected organisation with a complex and interesting estate, • Play a key role in delivering operational excellence and compliance, • Opportunity to drive continuous improvement and service innovation, • Competitive salary and benefits package including generous annual leave and pension How to ApplyIf you're an experienced facilities or maintenance professional looking to take the next step into a senior leadership role, please apply now or get in touch for a confidential discussion. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

New City College is seeking to make the appointment to the role of Group Head of Maintenance. \n New City College is one of the biggest and most successful colleges in the country, made up of local campuses across East London and Essex. In addition, we have language schools in Bournemouth, Oxford and Canterbury – all central to the communities they serve. The campuses have come together through a series of college mergers, designed to increase strength, quality and resilience. The result? New City College is now a firm and influential leader in the further education sector. The estate consists of 10 main campuses / sites across East London and Essex, totalling 143,605m². \n Reporting to the Group Director of Estates, the Group Head of Maintenance will lead and develop the college’s maintenance and engineering functions, ensuring a safe, compliant and well-maintained estate. The post holder will manage the day-to-day maintenance team and contractors, oversee planned and reactive works. They will ensure statutory compliance, provide technical leadership, drive continuous improvement, and support a positive health and safety culture across all campuses. \n We are seeking an individual who is an experienced Maintenance Leader who can lead and manage a large maintenance team, ensure high performance, clear priorities and effective resource planning. You will be a member of or working towards membership of a relevant professional body such as the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) or Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and/or proven experience at a senior level. You will have demonstrable experience in overseeing reactive and planned preventative maintenance across a large public sector estate, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and best practice. You will also be highly astute in managing third-party contractors delivering maintenance, compliance and project services, ensuring KPIs and SLAs are met. \n \n For a confidential discussion contact our advisor at The Management Recruitment Group, Connor Humpage. \n Applications should consist of a CV and Cover Letter. \n Closing date for applications is 11:59pm on Sunday 26th July 2026.

Why Southwark? \n Southwark is one of London’s most diverse and innovative boroughs. The council delivers a wide range of services every day, and behind those services is a large and complex estate that needs to be safe, secure, well maintained and fit for purpose. \n Corporate Facilities Management plays a key role in making that happen. We support buildings across the council’s non-housing operational estate, including flagship sites such as Tooley Street and Queens Road, as well as a range of operational and public-facing buildings. \n We’re now looking for a Head of CFM Operations and Performance to help lead and strengthen and modernise how our services are delivered. This is a great career opportunity to take on a senior FM leadership role in a large London borough offering real scope to shape how operational FM services are delivered and improve performance. \n About the role \n This is a senior operational leadership role, reporting to the Assistant Director of Corporate Facilities Management. You’ll lead the performance, planning and the continuous improvement of FM operations across the council’s non-housing estate. \n The role covers a wide range of services, including statutory compliance, reactive maintenance, cleaning, security, front of house, post, room configuration and wider FM support to services across the borough. \n You’ll be responsible for ensuring the fundamentals are done well while improving how services are managed, and making sure the service has the right systems, data, contracts and performance measures in place. \n A big part of the role will be bringing together in-house teams, contractors and council services so that FM support feels joined up, responsive and reliable. You’ll also lead on performance, risk and assurance, making sure there’s a clear and consistent approach to how buildings and services are managed, monitored and improved. \n Key responsibilities include: \n\n • Leading operational FM services across a large and varied council estate\n, • Improving performance, service quality, compliance and value for money\n, • Managing risk and assurance across statutory, operational and contractual responsibilities\n, • Strengthening service level agreements and ensuring expectations are clear and properly managed\n, • Providing senior advice on FM performance, operational risk, compliance and service improvement.\n, • Supporting the continued development and modernisation of Corporate Facilities Management services\n\n What we're looking for \n We’re looking for someone with strong senior-level experience in facilities management, estates operations or a similar building services environment. \n This isn’t a back-office role. The service operates across a live estate, supporting staff, visitors, elected members and residents. You’ll need to be visible, responsive and comfortable working in an environment where priorities can change quickly and where good facilities management makes a real difference to how services operate. \n You’ll bring a practical, solutions-focused approach, with the confidence to work with senior managers, contractors, operational teams and service users. You’ll need to be able to step back and think strategically, but also get into the detail when needed. \n To be considered, please outline the following experience in your application: \n\n • Leading operational FM services across multiple sites or a complex estate\n, • Managing statutory compliance, health and safety, building operations and service risk\n, • Improving contract performance, service standards and customer experience\n, • Using data, reporting and service insight to identify issues and drive improvement\n, • Leading teams and working with contractors in a busy operational environment with a focus on collaboration, accountability and service excellence\n\n Additional Information \n Guaranteed Interview Scheme: \n As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria: \n • Members of the Armed Forces and veterans• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition \n We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council. \n Benefits and more information: \n In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page. \n Attachments \n\n • Head of CFM Operations - Job Description & Person Specification.pdf\n

A fantastic opportunity has emerged for a specialist Generic Housing Officer to join one of Adecco Public Sector's most improved housing clients in a permanent post. The salary is paying £42,000 per annum, and it's a non car driving role. In addition, office attendance will be hybrid (2 days each week).The post holder will be hybrid working (our client's head office is near King's Cross station in Central London) and expected to own a patch of only 300 units around the areas of Bexley, Brent, Haringey, Croydon, Surbiton and some areas of Kent (14 miles south east of Central London but still within the M25) which will include leasehold but mainly general needs homes. You will be expected to seek out solutions for all customers whatever their needs and will need to be able to think independently and creatively. You will work closely with residents, colleagues, external agencies and contractors to maintain high standards of service delivery and sustainment of tenancies.Reporting directly into the Head of Housing, this is a full time post (35 hours per week, Monday to Friday) and is a key role within our client's small business. The successful candidate will be expected to have knowledge of/experience in: Providing a professional and knowledgeable estate and facilities service to residents in a range of tenures and resolve issues efficiently and effectively. Estate Inspections: Inspecting and grading communal areas and estates, raising and following up on appropriate corrective actions to customer resolution. Estate and facilities management: Providing a responsive and efficient estate, block and facilities management service to ensure residents' communal areas and neighbourhoods are pleasant, well-maintained and safe places to live. Service Charges: Understanding all services and charges provided to estates, properties and communal areas and checking the quality of services provided to ensure these represent value for money. Rent Arrears: Chasing residents for any arrears, and attending court if necessary. ASB: Tackling and reducing the effects of anti-social behaviour on estates and in communal areas. Ensuring agents comply with contractual obligations and monitor the quality of work. Housing sector knowledge: including knowledge around property management, service charges, health and safety, personal safety and working with vulnerable people.* Monitoring the financial costs of managing properties and scrutinise service charges (desirable). \n Previous experience of working in housing management in a regulated social housing environment, as well as a good understanding of housing legislation and regulation, tenancy rights and landlord responsibilities would be highly desirable. \n Only applicants who feel they meet the above criteria, and can start on short notice (1 month's notice period maximum) need apply for this role as the client is keen to fill this vacancy as soon as possible and conduct interviews in early/mid July 2026.

FM Helpdesk Coordinator \n Central London \n \n The Role: \n One of London's prestigious private estates, managing over 1 million sq ft of commercial and residential property in the heart of London is looking for a FM helpdesk coordinator. With nearly a century of history, the estate is renowned for creating vibrant, characterful spaces that blend heritage with modern design. \n Key Responsibilities\n To be responsible for the operation and administration of the FM Helpdesk, ensuring all external (tenant) and internal queries are acknowledged, assigned and resolved in a timely manner. To ensure that all PPM/Reactive and quoted works are scheduled and completed with all subsequent documentation provided. \n \n\n • To co-ordinate and manage the FM helpdesk function across the portfolio.\n, • To respond and communicate in an effective and timely manner to all issues/queries or task raised by tenants, wider FM Team, contractors/suppliers, Asset Managers or senior management.\n, • Advise and guide the Maintenance and Facilities team on the raising and closing of reactive, PPM and scheduled job requests within the FM Helpdesk department. Responding appropriately to emergencies, or urgent issues, as they arise.\n, • Ability to assess risk and escalate if deemed necessary\n, • Assist the Facilities team in raising purchase orders and the subsequent processing of the associated invoices at Head Office.\n, • Assist the FM admin manager to collate information to produce quarterly reports across various lines.\n, • Ability to build strong working relationships across various internal and external teams and departments.\n, • Assist Facilities Portfolio Managers in delivering proactive and solution-focused approach for FM services to sites.\n, • Any other ad-hoc tasks assigned by the Facilities Admin Manager including assisting with delivery of departmental projects.\n, • Ensure Maintenance team and service providers follow Company Health & Safety standards and adhere to legislation, minimising risks to staff, contractors and our properties.\n, • Ensure supplier details for Facilities and Health and Safety are maintained effectively, including filing of all associated service provider and compliance documentation.\n, • Ensure all RAMS and Work permits have been submitted before works commence.\n

This Interim Head of Payroll role (6 -12 month FTC - opportunity to go perm) leads the end-to-end payroll and benefits function for a complex, UK multi-entity organisation, ensuring accurate, compliant delivery while partnering closely with Finance and HR. It also drives strategic review and transformation of payroll systems and processes, including Workday optimisation, operating model improvements, and potential benefits platform implementation. \n Client Details \n This organisation is a leading player in the UK property and real estate space, managing large, high-profile developments and mixed-use estates across a well-known portfolio. They've built a strong reputation for delivering landmark projects and creating long-term value, supported by significant investment, a diverse workforce, and a consistent focus on growth, innovation, and continuous improvement. \n Description \n\n • Lead and develop the Payroll (4 staff) and Benefits (2 staff) teams, driving a high-performing and supportive culture\n, • Oversee the accurate and timely delivery of multiple monthly payrolls, including both salaried and shift-based employees\n, • Ensure full compliance across payroll, pensions, and benefits in line with UK statutory requirements\n, • Partner closely with HR to ensure seamless end-to-end processes across the employee lifecycle\n, • Optimise Workday usage, enhancing controls, automation, and reporting capabilities\n, • Review current payroll and benefits processes, identifying opportunities for improvement and transformation\n, • Assess and support potential changes to the operating model, including outsourcing considerations\n, • Lead the evaluation and potential implementation of a new benefits platform\n, • Support the delivery of Group bonus, LTIP, and salary review processes in collaboration with senior stakeholders\n, • Provide Finance with accurate payroll and pensions data, including BACS and liability reporting\n, • Oversee production of pay gap reporting and other key business metrics\n, • Act as a senior point of contact for Finance and HR, supporting on ad hoc queries and projects\n\n Profile \n\n • MUST HAVE - workday payroll experience (candidates without this will not be considered)\n, • Extensive experience leading payroll and benefits within a complex, multi-entity or multi-payroll environment\n, • Proven leadership capability, with experience managing teams through managers and driving a high-performance culture\n, • Strong expertise in Workday, with a focus on optimisation, controls, and reporting improvements\n, • Demonstrated track record in payroll transformation and process improvement initiatives\n, • Strong understanding of UK payroll legislation, compliance, and statutory requirements\n, • Experience partnering closely with HR in integrated people and payroll environments\n, • Experience assessing or implementing benefits platforms (desirable)\n, • Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to manage and analyse complex data sets\n\n \n Job Offer \n\n • Competitive salary ranging from £80,000 to £100,000 GBP.\n, • Hybrid role - 4 days in the office 1 day from home\n, • Opportunity to work within a respected organisation in the property industry.\n, • Fixed-term contract offering valuable experience in a senior leadership role.\n, • Chance to make a significant impact on payroll and pensions operations.\n\n If you are ready to bring your expertise in payroll and pensions to this exciting interim opportunity, we encourage you to apply today

?About Us\n At Harris Girls Academy Bromley we have built a school community where we hold character and academic excellence in equally high regard. \n Progress 8 for the school was in the top 100 in the country last year, and we were the only school from this group with a student body that has above average disadvantage, and below average EAL. Learning, curriculum, and pedagogy is exemplary here. Although we believe that these results lead to a tangible improvement in the opportunities of our young people we are equally proud of the way we see our students conduct themselves in our classrooms and corridors on the day to day. In the commitment they demonstrate in the library and the drama studio, or in the resilience they demonstrate in the sports hall and the textiles room. It is a privilege to teach students at Bromley. \n We believe that we have built something special here through a leadership at all levels philosophy of constant improvement, and listening to our students, staff, and wider community. Leadership at HGABR means constantly reviewing and reinventing our approach, as we respond to the new opportunities and challenges of our young people present and seek to improve the education they receive. Leadership at HGABR considers that the academy exists as an important community organisation that has an impact on a significant number of lives, and we believe that stewarding this organisation is a responsibility that requires dedication and excellence from us.At Harris Girls Academy Bromley we have built a school community where we hold character and academic excellence in equally high regard. Progress 8 for the school was in the top 100 in the country last year, and we were the only school from this group with a student body that has above average disadvantage, and below average EAL. Learning, curriculum, and pedagogy is exemplary here. Although we believe that these results lead to a tangible improvement in the opportunities of our young people we are equally proud of the way we see our students conduct themselves in our classrooms and corridors on the day to day. In the commitment they demonstrate in the library and the drama studio, or in the resilience they demonstrate in the sports hall and the textiles room. It is a privilege to teach students at Bromley. We believe that we have built something special here through a leadership at all levels philosophy of constant improvement, and listening to our students, staff, and wider community. Leadership at HGABR means constantly reviewing and reinventing our approach, as we respond to the new opportunities and challenges of our young people present and seek to improve the education they receive. Leadership at HGABR considers that the academy exists as an important community organisation that has an impact on a significant number of lives, and we believe that stewarding this organisation is a responsibility that requires dedication and excellence from us. \n ?Summary\n Are you looking to support your local academy? We are looking for a Premises Manager to manage the Premises Team responsible for the upkeep, care, maintenance, health and safety and facilities management of Harris Girls' Academy Bromley and the Harris Teaching School with the direction and leadership of the Estates Manager and the Head of Academy. \n ?Main Areas of Responsibility\n Your responsibilities will include: \n\n • All people management aspects of the premises team, including recruitment, performance management and training, and scheduling, prioritising and supervising their work\n, • Supervising all work completed by outside agencies on the premises and grounds\n, • Building and refurbishing areas of the academy as required, and maintaining, decorating and repairing the premises within the team's capabilities, including contributing personally to these activities\n, • Ensuring academy vehicles are maintained, serviced and cleaned\n, • Providing technical and craft support to teaching staff within the capability of the team\n, • Inspecting internal and external fabric of the buildings, initiating reparation of defects and prioritising necessary repairs\n, • Liaising with relevant staff on all matters of security during the academy day and out of hours\n, • Overseeing deliveries to the site as appropriate\n, • Overseeing the production and delivery of a planned programme of maintenance and repair of buildings\n, • Ensuring that all facilities for teaching and learning are as high quality as possible\n, • Managing community use and bookings of the premises, ensuring that a caretaking and facilities management service is provided to customers\n, • Ensuring that sites and building comply with highest levels of security with regard to safeguarding at all times\n, • Ensuring site and buildings related health and safety systems and processes are of high quality and reporting on these to relevant staff\n, • Inspecting the condition and quality of premises, taking action to address any issues\n, • Managing the security and opening/closing of the building, including security systems\nQualifications & Experience\n We would like to hear from you if you have: \n\n • Relevant degree or equivalent qualifications/experience\n, • Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and requirements\n, • Training in relevant Health and Safety requirements\n, • Sound training in one or more of plumbing, general and ground maintenance, electrical/building maintenance, heating systems (or sound experience of same)\n, • Knowledge of the operation of heating, ventilating systems and common causes of malfunctions.\n, • Knowledge of maintenance and security systems and procedures\n, • Knowledge of procurement procedures for service level agreements\n, • Knowledge of supervisory skills\n, • Understanding of appropriate cleaning methods and standards\n, • Demonstrable experience of working in an inner city school or educational establishment with children and young people\n, • Considerable general maintenance experience\n, • Considerable experience in dealing with external contractors\n, • Successful experience of managing a team of premises staff\n, • Experience in obtaining best value for money when managing budgets\n, • Experience in manag...\n

Schemes Manager Please Note: This is a hybrid role with the requirement for attendance to the office 2 days per week. \n Schemes Manager To support the Parking Design and Improvement Manager and Head of Parking in securing continuous development, improvement, efficiency, and success of the department with focus on Housing Estate parking issues. \n Schemes Manager To support through effective leadership, budget management, strategic direction, planning, management, and governance. Leading the delivery, to time and budget, of parking projects – identifying and managing funding streams, governance arrangements, and complex inter-dependent project plans. Working with internal and external partners in particular the parking design contractor and relevant consultants. \n Schemes Manager Interpreting and assessing progress made against an evolving programme or improvements. Reporting the progress made against the service projects, the design of new projects ensuring that projects are successfully closed on time and evaluating the success of projects. \n Schemes Manager This role has direct line management responsibility for a team of approximately 5 - 6 staff, including Senior Parking Assistants and Parking Assistants. \n Schemes Manager The post holder will be responsible for providing day-to-day leadership, supervision, and support, ensuring effective performance management, staff development, and adherence to organisational policies and procedures. \n The role reports directly to the Parking Design and Improvement Manager and Head of Parking and contributes to the efficient delivery of parking operations across Royal Borough of Greenwich estates.

Legal Secretary / Administrator – Private Client \n Location: Central London (Euston) \n Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum \n Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent \n Working Pattern: Office-based with 1 day WFH after probation \n Join a Top Tier Legal 500-recognised Central London law firm! \n Overview A long-established central London law firm is seeking a Legal Secretary/Administrator to join its busy Private Client department. This role provides full secretarial and administrative support to fee-earners and the department head Partner. You will manage documents, client communication, file administration and general office support. Full training is provided on the firm’s OMS case management system. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Preparing, formatting and managing legal documents and correspondence\n, • Opening, closing and archiving client files\n, • Updating internal databases and case management systems\n, • Assisting with financial administration and diary management\n, • Acting as first point of contact for new enquiries\n, • Liaising with clients and arranging meetings\n, • Supporting business development activities and team meetings\n, • Assisting with marketing events and internal initiatives\n\n Experience Required \n\n • Previous experience as a Legal Secretary or Legal Administrator\n, • Interest in Private Client work (Wills, Probate, LPAs, Estates)\n, • Strong typing and document-production skills\n, • Confident communicating with clients at all levels\n, • Professional, organised and proactive approach\n, • Strong interpersonal skills and a calm, friendly manner\n, • Understanding of confidentiality and data protection\n\n Not Suitable For \n\n • Law graduates\n, • Paralegals\n, • Candidates seeking a training contract or route to qualification\n\n This is a dedicated support role ideal for someone who enjoys secretarial and administrative work within a legal environment. \n Benefits \n\n • Salary up to £35,000\n, • One day working from home after 6-month probation\n, • 25 days annual leave, increasing with service\n, • Additional Christmas leave (only 2 days of annual leave required to cover closure)\n, • Company pension scheme\n, • Annual eye test and contribution towards glasses\n, • Access to confidential counselling support\n, • Paid sick leave (10 days per year at full pay)\n, • Friendly, collaborative and supportive team\n\n Friendly, collaborative and supportive working environment

Head of Maintenance – Estates & Facilities \n Location: South London \n Salary: £63,606 – £65,509 + excellent benefits (annual leave and pension) \n Contract: Permanent \n A leading London university is seeking an experienced Head of Maintenance to take ownership of operational estates delivery across a complex, multi-use campus. \n The Role \n You will lead the delivery of all hard FM and engineering services, managing an outsourced maintenance contractor to ensure high-quality, compliant, and efficient estate operations. This is a hands-on leadership role combining technical expertise, contractor management, and strategic oversight. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead day-to-day maintenance operations across a large, complex estate\n, • Manage outsourced hard FM contracts, ensuring KPI/SLA performance\n, • Ensure full statutory compliance across all plant, systems, and infrastructure\n, • Oversee planned and reactive maintenance programmes\n, • Act as Responsible/Authorised Person across key disciplines (e.g. HV/LV, L8, ventilation, etc.)\n, • Monitor budgets, approve additional works, and drive value for money\n, • Lead on health & safety, RAMS, audits, and contractor control processes\n, • Use data and performance insights to drive service improvements and efficiency\n, • Collaborate with senior stakeholders across estates, capital projects, and compliance\n\n About You \n\n • Degree-qualified in Building Services, Engineering, Surveying, or similar\n, • Extensive experience managing complex estates (ideally healthcare, lab, or similar environments)\n, • Strong track record of managing outsourced maintenance contracts\n, • In-depth knowledge of statutory compliance, H&S, and building services systems\n, • Experience leading technical teams and driving performance\n, • Commercially aware with strong budget management skills\n, • Confident stakeholder manager with excellent communication skills\n\n What’s on Offer \n\n • Competitive salary + excellent pension scheme\n, • 30 days annual leave + additional closure days\n, • Access to training, development, and modern facilities\n, • Opportunity to lead within a high-profile, technically complex estate\n\n

Head of Security & Resilience\n Location: London (Hybrid)Contract: Initial 6-Month Contract (Rolling)Rate: £500–£650 per day Lead Security, Resilience and Facilities Strategy\n We are seeking an experienced Head of Security & Resilience to lead our cyber security, information security, business continuity, physical security, facilities management, estates, and organisational resilience functions. \n This senior leadership role is responsible for protecting our people, assets, data, systems, and workplaces while ensuring the organisation remains resilient, compliant, and able to deliver critical services without disruption. The Role\n Reporting to the Director of IT & Business Services, you will develop and deliver an integrated security, resilience and facilities strategy aligned to organisational objectives and risk appetite. \n You will provide strategic oversight across cyber security, business continuity, disaster recovery, physical security, facilities management and estates, ensuring robust governance, compliance and operational excellence. You will also lead enterprise risk management, incident response, crisis management and resilience planning across the organisation. Key Responsibilities\n\n • Lead the organisation's Security, Resilience and Facilities Management strategy.\n, • Oversee cyber security, information security, physical security, business continuity and disaster recovery.\n, • Manage estates and facilities services, including statutory compliance, planned preventative maintenance and contractor performance.\n, • Drive enterprise risk assessment, threat management and control assurance activities.\n, • Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, regulatory requirements and recognised security standards.\n, • Lead crisis management, incident response and resilience testing exercises.\n, • Manage key suppliers and third-party assurance arrangements.\n, • Provide strategic advice and reporting to senior leadership and governance forums.\n, • Develop high-performing teams and foster a culture of security, resilience and continuous improvement.\nAbout You\n You will be a proven leader with significant experience across security, resilience and risk management within a complex organisation. \n You will bring: \n\n • Extensive cyber security leadership experience.\n, • Strong knowledge of ISO 27001, NIST or equivalent frameworks.\n, • Experience of business continuity, disaster recovery and organisational resilience planning.\n, • Knowledge of Facilities Management and Estates, including statutory compliance and contractor management.\n, • Expertise in enterprise risk management, incident response and regulatory compliance.\n, • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at Executive and Board level.\n, • Experience leading teams, managing suppliers and driving organisational change.\n, • The credibility and confidence to lead during major incidents and crisis situations.\nWhat's on Offer?\n\n, • Opportunity to shape and lead a critical organisational function\n, • High-profile role with significant exposure to senior leadership\n, • Chance to make a lasting impact on organisational security, resilience and operational excellence\n\n If you're an accomplished security and resilience leader looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

Opportunity for a Private Client Partner to join a well-established law firm with a respected PrivateClient practice. \n The firm \n Our client is a respected law firm, recognised by both Chambers' High Net Worth Guide and the Legal 500 for its Private Client expertise. \n The department advises on a broad range of Private Client matters, including capital tax planning, Wills, estate administration, trusts, Court of Protection work and powers of attorney. \n The firm places a strong emphasis on building long-term client relationships, delivering a responsive and personal service, and maintaining technical excellence. \n The opportunity \n The firm is seeking an experienced Private Client Partner to join its established team, with a particular focus on expanding its presence in London. They will also consider Senior Associates operating at Partner level, looking for day-one partnership. \n Working closely with the Head of Department and wider team, the new hire will handle a high-quality caseload with a particular emphasis on high net worth individuals, business owners, and clients with complex, multi-jurisdictional estates. \n Duties will include: \n\n • Advising on Wills, estate planning and succession matters for high net worth individuals\n, • Providing tax planning advice and handling complex probate matters\n, • Advising on trusts, including creation and administration\n, • Handling lasting powers of attorney and elderly client matters\n, • Playing a key role in business development, networking and growth of the department\n\n Required \n\n • UK qualified Solicitor with 8+ years' PQE\n, • Strong experience across Private Client matters including Wills, tax planning, probate, trusts and LPAs\n, • Particular expertise in high value estate planning and advising high net worth clients\n, • Established client following and/or strong referral network in London and surrounding areas\n\n Reasons to apply \n\n • Competitive salary and benefits package\n, • Opportunity to take on a senior, strategic role within a growing London team\n, • Hybrid working\n, • Collaborative and supportive team culture\n, • Strong platform for long-term career development\n\n To apply for this Private Client Partner opportunity, contact Lauren Steff at Birchrose Associates for a confidential discussion. \n Birchrose Associates, trading name of Huntress Search Ltd, acts as a Recruitment Agency in relation to all Permanent roles and as a Recruitment Business in relation to all Temporary roles. \n We practice a diverse and inclusive recruitment process that ensures equal opportunity for all we work with, irrespective of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. As an organisation, we encourage applications from all backgrounds and will ensure measures are met when required, to allow a fair process throughout. \n PLEASE NOTE: We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Head of BSR Service Management to work for our client within the UK public sector. \n This is initially a 6 month contract with good potential to extend and will be a remote role. The role will support a major organisational transition, overseeing corporate service delivery. Our client is seeking a senior leader to provide strategic oversight of a newly established Service Management function. This role is critical to ensuring corporate services are delivered effectively during a high-profile transition period. \n Responsibilities: \n \n\n • Provide strategic leadership to the Service Management function, ensuring end-to-end delivery assurance of corporate services\n, • Oversee service performance against agreed frameworks, service levels and governance structures\n, • Act as a senior escalation point for critical delivery issues and broker resolutions across organisations\n, • Build and maintain strong senior stakeholder relationships\n, • Represent the function in senior governance forums and provide insight on performance, risk and planning\n, • Chair senior performance review meetings and drive resolution of key issues\n, • Provide oversight of financial and resource planning to ensure value for money and alignment with priorities\nAbout You\n\n, • Significant experience leading a Service Management function or equivalent in a complex organisation\n, • Deep understanding of corporate services including HR, Finance, Estates, Procurement, Customer Services and IT/Digital\n, • Proven experience managing senior stakeholder relationships and influencing decision making\n, • Strong strategic leadership capability with the ability to operate in complex, multi-stakeholder environments\n, • Highly developed communication, influencing and interpersonal skills\n, • Ability to operate at pace while balancing strategic priorities and delivery needs\n, • Experience working across organisational boundaries and managing risk in high-profile environments\nAbout Us\n FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK ‘Best Employer’. \n Diversity and Inclusion \n FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws. \n Why join us \n\n • Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career\n, • Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad\n, • Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field\n, • Annual leave and work-place pension\n\n

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Head of Maintenance to join a leading London-based organisation, overseeing the maintenance and operational performance of a large, complex estate. \n \n Reporting into the senior estates leadership team, you'll lead the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance through outsourced Hard FM providers, ensuring statutory compliance, contractor performance and high service standards across a diverse property portfolio. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance services.\n, • Manage outsourced Hard FM contracts, ensuring KPIs and SLAs are achieved.\n, • Oversee statutory compliance across building services, including fire safety, Legionella, asbestos, electrical systems and mechanical plant.\n, • Manage maintenance budgets, contractor performance and service improvements.\n, • Provide technical advice on maintenance, engineering and building services.\n, • Ensure compliance with Health & Safety legislation, permit-to-work systems and safe systems of work.\n, • Produce reports and performance data to support operational decision-making.\n, • Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, contractors and external partners.\n\n \n About You \n\n • Significant experience leading maintenance operations across a large and complex estate.\n, • Strong background managing outsourced Hard FM contracts and contractor performance.\n, • Excellent knowledge of statutory compliance, building services and Health & Safety legislation.\n, • Experience managing maintenance budgets, KPIs and service delivery.\n, • Strong leadership, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.\n, • Degree or equivalent qualification in Building Services, Engineering, Building Surveying or a related discipline is desirable.\n\n \n What's on Offer \n\n • Permanent full-time position.\n, • Opportunity to lead maintenance operations across a high-profile estate.\n, • Excellent pension and annual leave package.\n, • Ongoing professional development.\n, • Supportive and collaborative working environment.\n\n

Commercial Property Solicitor (In-House) - 7+ PQE \n North London (3+ days in office | On-site parking available) \n \n Our client, a privately owned property management group with a substantial London and South East portfolio, is looking to hire a Commercial Property Solicitor to join their established in-house legal team on a full-time basis. \n \n The company manages a diverse portfolio of 800+ properties valued at over £500 million, including retail units, office blocks, and industrial estates. With a team of 50+ covering legal, property, asset management, surveyors, and finance, the legal team plays a central role in supporting the group's commercial property operations. \n \n This is a key hire, replacing a long-serving team member, and you will join a small, specialist legal team of three solicitors. You will work closely with the Head of Legal and the wider property management team, taking primary responsibility for the group's commercial leasing activity across its portfolio. \n \n Your role \n You will manage and advise on a broad range of commercial property transactional matters for the group's own portfolio, including: \n\n • Negotiating, drafting, and completing commercial leases across retail, office, and industrial estate premises\n, • Managing business lease renewals under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954\n, • Handling land and title queries arising across the portfolio\n, • Advising the commercial property management team on day-to-day landlord matters\n, • Working closely with internal asset management, property, and finance colleagues\n, • Operating largely unsupervised, taking ownership of your caseload and providing practical, commercially focused advice\n\n \n Your profile \n\n • Qualified solicitor (England & Wales) with a minimum of 7 years' PQE in commercial property (transactional)\n, • Strong, hands-on experience of commercial leasing across a variety of property types - retail, office, and industrial\n, • Solid knowledge of 1954 Act business lease renewals\n, • Comfortable handling land and title queries independently\n, • Able to manage a busy caseload with a high degree of autonomy\n, • Commercially minded and pragmatic, with the ability to build strong working relationships with non-legal colleagues\n, • Candidates based in North London or the North Home Counties are strongly encouraged to apply given the office location\n

Head of Design \n \n About the role \n Are you an experienced Senior Designer looking for the next challenge and to step up in your career? \n We are looking for an exceptional designer to define and champion our creative vision and oversee the delivery of outstanding residential projects across Prime Central London. This is a senior role for someone who combines creative instincts with strategic thinking, commercial awareness and strong people leadership. \n As the Head of Design, you will be responsible for shaping the creative direction, ensuring every project reflects the highest standards of design excellence. You will lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams across Interior Design, Interior Architecture, and FF&E, fostering a collaborative culture where creativity thrives, and exceptional design outcomes are consistently delivered. \n \n Residence One \n Established over a decade ago, Residence One are a Prime Central London developer, interior design studio and construction company, delivering some of the most recognised properties across London. As well as our own developments, we provide services to private clients, London estates and other property developers. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n • Lead the design direction from concept through to completion, ensuring every project demonstrates originality, quality, and attention to detail. \n • Mentor and develop the design team and identify opportunities for professional growth within the team. \n • Inspire innovative thinking and encourage the exploration of new materials, technologies, and design approaches. \n • Provide strategic oversight across multiple projects, ensuring consistency, quality, and design integrity, alongside managing and delivering your own projects. \n • Encourage close collaboration between Interior Design, Interior Architecture, and FF&E to create cohesive and highly considered environments. \n • Oversee resource planning and team development to ensure projects are appropriately staffed and supported. \n • Represent the studio as a creative leader, demonstrating expertise and leadership within the industry. \n • Support business development activities, pitches, and proposals by contributing creative direction and strategic insight. \n \n Skills & Experience \n • Significant experience in a senior interior design role within a respected design practice. \n • Outstanding portfolio demonstrating exceptional creative direction across high-end residential projects, as well as technical understanding. \n • Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams across Interior Design, Interior Architecture, and FF&E. \n • Exceptional design sensibility with strong knowledge of spatial planning, materials, detailing, finishes, furniture, lighting, and styling. \n • Strong understanding of the complete design process from concept through construction and project completion. \n • Excellent commercial awareness and the ability to balance creative ambition with strong budget control. \n • Experience using AutoCAD, Adobe Suite & EstiPC. \n \n Salary is dependent on experience.

Our client is a large London-based educational institution currently transforming the way Facilities Management services are delivered across a substantial and diverse estate. \n \n An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Head of Facilities Management to lead the delivery of Total Facilities Management services within a newly evolving operating model that combines strategic outsourced partnerships with retained in-house expertise. \n \n Reporting into the senior Estates leadership team, this role will provide strategic direction across Facilities Management, ensuring the delivery of safe, compliant, customer-focused and efficient services across multiple sites. \n \n This appointment will play a central role in developing a modern FM function capable of supporting ambitious organisational objectives for many years to come. \n \n Responsibilities \n\n • Lead all Facilities Management operations across a complex estate.\n, • Manage strategic outsourced FM partnerships and contract performance.\n, • Lead retained in-house teams including Security, Portering and associated operational services.\n, • Ensure statutory compliance across all areas of Facilities Management.\n, • Drive continuous improvement, service excellence and operational performance.\n, • Develop robust governance, KPIs and contractor management frameworks.\n, • Manage operational budgets and contribute to long-term Estates strategy.\n, • Build strong relationships across the wider organisation and provide expert Facilities advice to senior stakeholders.\n\n \n About You \n You will be an experienced Facilities Management professional who combines strong operational knowledge with strategic leadership capability. \n \n We're looking for someone with: \n\n • Significant senior Facilities Management experience.\n, • Strong knowledge of hard FM and outsourced service delivery.\n, • Excellent contract management skills.\n, • Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.\n, • Sound understanding of health & safety and statutory compliance.\n, • Strong commercial awareness.\n, • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.\n, • Experience within Higher Education or similarly complex estates would be advantageous but is by no means essential.\n\n \n This represents an excellent opportunity to influence the future direction of Facilities Management within a major organisation undertaking significant organisational change.

New City College is seeking to appoint a Group Head of Security. \n \n New City College is one of the largest and most successful colleges in the country, with a network of campuses across East London and Essex In addition, we have language schools in Bournemouth, Oxford and Canterbury – all central to the communities they serve. Formed through a series of mergers to strengthen provision and resilience, the College is now a leading force in further education. The estate spans 10 main campuses and more than 143,605m². \n \n Reporting to the Deputy Group Director of Estates, the Group Head of Security will provide strategic leadership and professional oversight of security across the College. Acting as the principal security adviser, you will be responsible for shaping and delivering the College’s security strategy, ensuring a safe, secure and resilient environment for students, staff and visitors. \n \n The role will encompass leadership of security risk management, emergency planning and business continuity, alongside the development of robust policies, standards and systems. You will provide assurance on the effectiveness of security arrangements, oversee security operations across multiple sites, and drive continuous improvement through the analysis of performance and incident trends. \n \n You will also hold strategic oversight of security infrastructure, including CCTV, access control and alarm systems, ensuring these are compliant, fit for purpose and aligned to risk. Working closely with internal stakeholders and external partners such as police and local authorities, you will champion a coordinated and proactive approach to safety and security across the College. \n \n We are seeking an experienced security leader with a strong track record in a senior security or risk management role. You will have demonstrable experience in developing and implementing security strategies, managing complex incidents and leading investigations. You will be confident operating at both strategic and operational levels, with a strong understanding of security risk, legislation and best practice. \n \n You will bring excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and build effective partnerships. Calm, credible and solutions-focused, you will be able to lead and support teams across a multi-site organisation, driving high standards and a culture of continuous improvement. \n \n The candidate brochure can be viewed by clicking here. \n \n For a confidential discussion contact our advisor at The Management Recruitment Group, Rob Cullum (rob.cullum@mrgglobal.com). \n \n Applications should consist of a CV and Cover Letter and should be sent to rob.cullum@mrgglobal.com \n \n Closing date for applications is 11:59pm on Sunday 26th July 2026.

Head of Operational Excellence - Europe \n London Hybrid \n £80,000 - £100,000 plus bonus and excellent benefits \n \n Some operational leadership roles keep the business running. \n This one helps shape where the business goes next. \n \n We're working exclusively with a global premium QSR brand that is expanding across Europe. Already recognised as one of the world's most exciting QSR brands, they are now investing heavily in their European leadership team. \n \n This is a rare opportunity to join the leadership team, working directly with the Managing Director to build the operational foundations that will support the next stage of growth. \n \n This is not a traditional Head of Operations role. \n You will not be running Area Managers or Regional Directors. \n Instead, you will own the systems, standards, training, new restaurant openings, operational excellence and strategic projects that allow operations to perform at their very best. \n \n If you enjoy solving complex operational challenges, building scalable frameworks and influencing senior leaders, this could be one of the most exciting roles in the market. \n \n The opportunity \n You will lead the Operational Services function across Europe, bringing together operational training, new restaurant openings, operational standards, continuous improvement and cross functional projects. \n You'll work alongside senior leaders across Operations, People, Supply Chain and Culinary, helping shape how the business grows over the next several years. \n This is a genuine leadership position with significant visibility and influence. \n \n What you'll be responsible for \n\n • Creating and delivering the operational training strategy across Europe\n, • Building scalable programmes that develop restaurant teams from frontline through to General Manager\n, • Leading operational excellence initiatives that improve consistency, guest experience and commercial performance\n, • Driving new restaurant opening readiness and supporting rapid expansion\n, • Leading strategic cross functional projects across Operations, Supply Chain, Culinary and People\n, • Building operational standards, systems and processes that can scale with growth\n, • Leading and developing a growing Operational Services team\n\n \n Who we're looking for \n We're interested in senior operational leaders who have built operational capability inside large branded hospitality businesses. \n \n This is for someone who enjoys joining the dots. Someone who can bring together Operations, People, Culinary, Supply Chain and senior leadership to solve problems, improve performance and build scalable ways of working. You'll likely already be leading Operational Excellence, Central Operations, Operations Services or Operational Training within a large multi site hospitality business, with experience influencing across functions rather than simply managing within one. \n \n You'll probably come from branded QSR, restaurants, coffee, casual dining or wider hospitality, ideally within an international or multi country business. \n You'll understand how operational training, new restaurant openings, operational standards and continuous improvement all connect to create outstanding execution across large multi site estates. \n \n Most importantly, you'll be someone who enjoys influencing rather than directing. Someone who can bring people together, challenge constructively and build solutions that last. \n \n What you'll need \n\n • Significant leadership experience within branded hospitality or QSR\n, • Experience leading operational excellence, training or central operations functions\n, • Strong background in new restaurant openings and operational readiness\n, • Experience working across multiple countries or international markets\n, • Excellent stakeholder management and cross functional leadership skills\n, • A strategic mindset supported by strong commercial thinking and operational data\n\n \n Location \n This is a hybrid leadership role based in London, with regular time spent at the European Head Office and restaurants across the UK and Europe. \n Applicants should be based in London or the surrounding areas. \n \n Package \n\n • Up to £100,000 salary\n, • Bonus\n, • Comprehensive benefits\n, • Hybrid working\n, • A genuine opportunity to shape the future of one of the world's fastest growing premium QSR brands\n\n \n If you're ready to move from improving operations to defining how an entire business operates, we'd love to have a confidential conversation.

\n Global Head of Group Operations Technology\n London, United Kingdom Job Description\n We are seeking a senior technology leader to define and deliver the strategic direction of our Group Operations Technology platform, supporting both public and private market business lines. \n This role will drive the evolution of critical capabilities that underpin core operational processes, adopting a platform-centric architecture approach to enable scalable, standardised, and resilient outcomes across the organisation. \n Working at the intersection of business and technology, with dual accountability across both domains, you will lead a process-driven strategy that ensures consistent and efficient delivery. \n This will be underpinned by an integrated data and AI strategy, with Snowflake as the firm’s strategic data platform, enabling scalable data products, robust governance, and advanced analytics, alongside AI-driven process automation, intelligent workflows, and enhanced decision-making. \n At the heart of the platform, Aladdin will serve as the firm’s core Portfolio Management infrastructure, anchoring front-to-back investment lifecycle capabilities across public and private markets. You will ensure its effective integration within the broader platform architecture, aligning data, processes, and services to enhance transparency, efficiency, and operational control, while continuing to leverage emerging technologies such as DLT and blockchain. The team\n The Group Operations Technology team sits at the heart of our Global Operating Platform, which underpins the firm’s client and investment lifecycle across public and private markets. It forms part of the Asset Management Platform (AMP), Schroders’ technology organisation responsible for delivering the platforms that enable our business. Within this model, the team provides the core operational technology capabilities that drive scalable, efficient, and consistent outcomes. \n This role has a dual reporting line to the COO of the Global Operating Platform and the CTO of the Asset Management Platform, reflecting its joint accountability for business outcomes and technology strategy. What you’ll do\n Define and own the strategic direction of the Group Operations Technology platform, ensuring alignment to business priorities across public and private market business lines \n Drive a cohesive strategy to align business and technology, placing data and AI at the core of the platform to enable convergence, simplify operating models, and deliver scalable, value-driven outcomes across Group Operations \n Lead the evolution of a platform-centric architecture underpinned by Aladdin as the core Portfolio Management infrastructure, driving standardisation, reuse, and simplification across core capabilities to improve scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency \n Establish and embed a process-driven operating model, ensuring consistent, well-governed delivery across the full lifecycle—from design through to build, run, and continuous optimisation \n Deliver measurable business outcomes, enabling efficient, scalable operational processes and improving end-to-end performance across Group Operations \n Partner with senior business stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor to shape demand, prioritise investment, and ensure technology delivery is fully aligned to business strategy \n Drive disciplined platform governance, including adherence to Global Technology policies and standards (e.g. SDLC, architecture governance), as well as investment prioritisation, risk management, and delivery assurance across a complex application landscape \n Own and manage a significant technology budget of circa £30m, ensuring effective allocation of investment, strong financial governance, and clear linkage between spend and business value \n Lead, develop, and provide strategic oversight to a large, platform-aligned organisation of circa 200 technology professionals, fostering a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement \n Leverage data, AI, and emerging technologies (including DLT and blockchain) to unlock new capabilities, enhance transparency, and improve decision-making Qualifications\n Extensive senior leadership experience within technology in a global asset management or financial services environment, with a proven track record of delivering complex, business-critical platforms \n Demonstrable experience defining and executing platform strategies, including the adoption of platform-centric architecture approaches to drive standardisation, simplification, and scalability across large technology estates \n Strong understanding of end-to‑end operational processes, with experience embedding process-driven operating models that deliver consistent, well‑governed outcomes across design, delivery, and run \n Experience driving business and technology alignment at scale, using data underpinned by SnowFlake and AI as core enablers to support decision‑making, operational efficiency, and transformation outcomes \n Deep knowledge of modern architecture principles and enterprise platforms, including cloud‑native architectures, API and event‑driven design, data platforms, and integration patterns \n Experience working with Aladdin, with an understanding of its role in enabling the convergence of public and private market operating models and supporting end‑to‑end investment lifecycle capabilities \n Proven experience leading large, globally distributed technology organisations, including organisational design, leadership team development, and scaling high‑performing teams \n Strong financial and commercial acumen, with experience managing significant technology budgets, investment prioritisation, and delivering measurable value from spend \n Experience operating within mature governance frameworks, including adherence to SDLC disciplines, architecture governance, and risk management practices across complex environments \n Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage, challenge, and align senior business and technology leaders, including COO‑level stakeholders \n Experience leveraging emerging technologies, including SnowFlake as the firms enterprise data platform, AI, and ideally DLT/blockchain, to drive innovation and improve operational outcomes What you’ll be like\n You are a strategic, outcome‑driven technology leader who thrives in complex environments and is passionate about aligning business and technology to deliver meaningful impact. \n You bring a strong platform and architectural mindset, coupled with a disciplined, process‑driven approach to execution. \n You are confident operating at senior levels, able to influence, challenge, and build trusted relationships across business and technology. \n As a leader, you take ownership, set clear direction, and build high‑performing teams, while actively fostering a supportive and inclusive culture that develops and nurtures the workforce of the future across a combined technology and operations environment, driving accountability, simplicity, and continuous improvement. We're looking for the best, whoever they are\n Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio‑economic background, or any other protected characteristics. Job Info\n \n • Job Identification 1658\n, • Job Category Technology\n, • Posting Date 06/19/2026, 12:36 PM\n, • Job Schedule Full time\n, • Locations 1 London Wall Place, London, EC2Y 5AU, GB\n \n #J-18808-Ljbffr

New City College is seeking to make the appointment to the role of Group Head of Maintenance. \n \n New City College is one of the biggest and most successful colleges in the country, made up of local campuses across East London and Essex. In addition, we have language schools in Bournemouth, Oxford and Canterbury – all central to the communities they serve. The campuses have come together through a series of college mergers, designed to increase strength, quality and resilience. The result? New City College is now a firm and influential leader in the further education sector. The estate consists of 10 main campuses / sites across East London and Essex, totalling 143,605m². \n \n Reporting to the Group Director of Estates, the Group Head of Maintenance will lead and develop the college’s maintenance and engineering functions, ensuring a safe, compliant and well‑maintained estate. The post holder will manage the day‑to‑day maintenance team and contractors, oversee planned and reactive works. They will ensure statutory compliance, provide technical leadership, drive continuous improvement, and support a positive health and safety culture across all campuses. \n \n We are seeking an individual who is an experienced Maintenance Leader who can lead and manage a large maintenance team, ensure high performance, clear priorities and effective resource planning. You will be a member of or working towards membership of a relevant professional body such as the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) or Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and/or proven experience at a senior level. You will have demonstrable experience in overseeing reactive and planned preventative maintenance across a large public sector estate, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and best practice. You will also be highly astute in managing third-party contractors delivering maintenance, compliance and project services, ensuring KPIs and SLAs are met. \n \n The candidate brochure can be viewed by clicking here. \n \n For a confidential discussion contact our advisor at The Management Recruitment Group, Connor Humpage (connor.humpage@mrgglobal.com). \n \n Applications should consist of a CV and Cover Letter and should be sent to connor.humpage@mrgglobal.com \n \n Closing date for applications is 11:59pm on Sunday 26th July 2026.

Estate & Campus Operations Manager \n The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama \n Swiss Cottage, North London \n £54,894 - £61,090 + Excellent Benefits \n \n You've mastered estate operations. Ready to help shape the future of a world-class creative campus? \n \n You've built a reputation as someone who gets things done. \n \n The person people trust to solve problems, lead teams and keep complex estates running smoothly. \n \n Maybe you're ready for something bigger. \n \n Not necessarily a Director role today, but an opportunity that gives you greater exposure to estate strategy, campus development and capital projects while continuing to lead from the front. \n \n That's exactly what Central offers. \n \n The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is one of the world's leading performing arts conservatoires and a member of the University of London. \n \n Working directly alongside the Director of Estate Developments & Operations, you'll gain valuable exposure to the strategic side of estates leadership while playing a key role in the day-to-day operation of a unique and highly specialised campus. \n \n Instead of another office block or traditional education estate, you'll support theatres, rehearsal studios, production workshops and performance spaces where creativity comes to life every day. \n \n What's in it for you? \n \n • Work directly alongside an experienced Director and gain exposure to strategic estate planning and development. \n • Build the experience that could position you for future Head of Estates or Director-level opportunities. \n • Enjoy the variety of supporting theatres, studios, workshops and performance spaces rather than another conventional estate. \n • Influence campus improvements, sustainability initiatives and capital projects. \n • Join an organisation where your work directly supports creativity, performance, education and student success. \n • Enjoy 35 days annual leave on top of bank holidays, a Local Government Pension Scheme with a 14.8% employer contribution, life assurance, professional development opportunities, wellbeing support, travel benefits and free access to student productions. \n \n What will you be doing? \n \n You'll lead the day-to-day operation of the estate, ensuring buildings, facilities and infrastructure remain safe, compliant and fit for purpose. Working closely with colleagues across the School, you'll oversee maintenance programmes, contractor performance, health and safety, compliance, cleaning, security and operational service delivery. \n \n You'll also support estate improvement projects, sustainability initiatives and capital developments while contributing to the wider strategic direction of the campus. \n \n What you'll bring \n \n You'll already have experience within Estates, Facilities Management, Campus Operations or a similar environment. You'll be comfortable managing contractors, compliance requirements, budgets and operational teams, while building strong relationships and delivering high standards across a complex organisation. \n \n Most importantly, you'll be looking for an opportunity to broaden your experience and play a bigger role in shaping the future of an estate. \n \n Interested? \n \n If you'd like to know more about the role or have any questions before applying, please contact our recruitment partner, Tom Morrison at Sielo Search, for a confidential conversation. \n \n tom@sielosearch.com \n 07537 162 323 \n \n How to Apply \n \n Click apply, or please submit your CV to tom@sielosearch.com by 12:00 midday on Thursday, 9th July. \n \n Interviews are currently being planned for the week commencing 13th July. \n \n Central is committed to creating an inclusive community where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage applications from disabled, neurodivergent, LGBTQ+ and Global Majority candidates who are currently underrepresented within our sector. As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee interviews to applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role.

Peters Fraser & Dunlop [PFD] is seeking a Royalties Assistant to join its busy Royalties team to assist with the timely and accurate processing of royalty payments to PFD authors worldwide. This role would particularly suit a motivated highly numerate graduate looking to forge a career in publishing at one of London’s leading and longest-established literary agencies. \n \n Location: Central London. Hybrid: 3 days in office and 2 days remote (optional), subject to review. \n \n Salary: £28,000 \n \n Deadline: 31 July 2026 \n \n About Us \n \n Peters Fraser & Dunlop represents a wide-ranging and prestigious list of clients across fiction, non-fiction, and broadcast. Our authors include global bestsellers and literary icons. \n The Royalties team is responsible for processing royalty receipts from publishers through PFD’s rights management system to ensure payments to authors and other agents are made accurately and on time \n \n About The Role \n \n Reporting to the Head of Royalties, the Royalty Assistant will play an integral role in supporting the Royalties team to ensure our authors and partners are properly remunerated and fully supported in their creative endeavors. \n \n Whilst the ability to process financial data accurately and efficiently is paramount, the role will also involve interpreting publishing contracts and corresponding confidently with agents, authors, and partners around the world. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n \n\n • Create and maintain author/contract records in PFD’s rights system [Bradbury Phillips (BP)\n, • Check the accuracy of incoming publisher royalty statements\n, • Extract data from publisher statements ready to load into BP\n, • Perform bank and data reconciliations\n, • Assist with the distribution of payment advices to authors/partners\n, • Prepare tax returns and supporting documentation\n, • Handle author queries professionally and in a timely manner\n, • Extract and present reports from BP to support management and agents\n, • Assist with ad hoc projects as requested\n\n \n About You \n \n\n • A numerate graduate with proven ability to manipulate data and advanced excel skills [v-look ups, pivot tables, power query] to be tested\n, • Accuracy and attention to detail\n, • Great communication and organizational skills\n, • Ideally some prior publishing or accounts payable experience\n, • Some prior knowledge of Bradbury Phillips or other rights/royalties software\n\n \n Why Join Us? \n \n At PFD, you’ll be part of a collaborative and passionate team, working from our Central London office three days a week, with flexibility to work remotely for the remaining two (subject to review). You’ll have the opportunity to work across some of the most esteemed estates in UK publishing and be able to contribute meaningfully to their legacies. \n \n To apply, please send your CV and a Cover Letter outlining your interest in this role to ptokely@pfd.co.uk. \n \n Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK in order to apply.

Parking Scheme Manager Location: South East London Contract: 6-Month Ongoing Contract Hours: Full Time Rate: £33.83 per hour Umbrella Working Pattern: Hybrid – 2 days per week in the office About the RoleWe are currently recruiting for an experienced Parking Scheme Manager to join a busy local authority in South East London. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the delivery of parking improvement projects across housing estates, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in line with strategic objectives. You'll play a key role in driving service improvements, managing budgets, overseeing contractors, and leading a dedicated parking team. Key Responsibilities Lead the delivery of parking projects across housing estates from inception through to completion. Support the Parking Design and Improvement Manager and Head of Parking in driving continuous service improvement. Manage project budgets, funding streams, governance arrangements, and project plans. Monitor project progress, identify risks, and ensure successful delivery within agreed timescales. Work closely with internal teams, parking design contractors, consultants, and external stakeholders. Produce reports on project performance, milestones, risks, and outcomes. Evaluate completed projects and identify opportunities for future improvements. Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, policies, and governance requirements. Provide strategic direction on housing estate parking schemes and improvement initiatives.Team ManagementThis role includes direct line management responsibility for a team of approximately 5–6 staff, including: Senior Parking Assistants Parking AssistantsYou will provide day-to-day leadership, performance management, coaching, and support, ensuring the team delivers an efficient, high-quality service while promoting continuous professional development. About You Experience managing parking, highways, or transport-related projects within a local authority or similar environment. Strong project management skills with experience delivering projects to time and budget. Experience managing budgets, governance processes, and funding streams. Proven ability to manage contractors, consultants, and multiple stakeholders. Experience leading and developing teams. Excellent communication, organisational, and problem-solving skills. Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Knowledge of parking legislation and local authority parking operations is highly desirable. If you're an experienced Parking professional looking for your next contract opportunity within local government, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today

Who We AreFixatex Ltd is a family-run electrical services provider built on trust, teamwork, and technical excellence. Established in 2000, we have proudly supported clients across London and the Southeast for over two decades. Operating from our head office, warehouse, and purpose-built training centre in Hertford, we deliver high-quality electrical services while continuously developing and supporting our people.The RoleThe Contract Manager Electrical Testing holds day-to-day operational, technical and commercial accountability for delivery of all Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) works falling under Lot 3 of the Peabody Term Programme including communal and domestic periodic inspection and testing, the associated rewiring and remedial works required to achieve compliance, and the issue of all certifications. Lot 3 is delivered under the Term Alliance Contract (TAC-1 2016. Reporting to the Head of Operations and working alongside the Peabody Maintenance Contracts Manager, the post-holder is Fixatexs Stage 1 counterpart to Peabodys Contract Manager and is accountable for KPI/ SLA performance, statutory compliance, P&L delivery and resident experience across the EICR scope in the awarded Area. The post holder leads a multi-disciplinary team of supervisors, administrators and engineersResponsibilities and AccountabilitiesManage end-to-end day-to-day delivery of all EICR works under Lot 3 of the Peabody Term Programme for the awarded Area communal EICR, domestic EICR, the rewiring works required to achieve compliance and remedial works.Act as Fixatexs Stage 1 counterpart to Peabodys Contract Manager on the EICR scope, resolving issues within the 5 Working Day contractual window and escalating to the Head of Operations only where required; co-ordinate seamlessly with the Peabody Maintenance Contracts Manager.Manage day-to-day performance against Peabodys agreed compliance, response, repair and certificate-turnaround SLAs.Plan, schedule and supervise the cyclical EICR programme against the contractual cycle, prioritising properties with expired or missing EICRs and managing access campaigns for hard-to-reach domestic properties.Lead, motivate and manage the dedicated EICR team (Supervisors, Approved Electricians, Inspection & Testing Engineers, Rewire Operatives, Domestic Access Co-ordinators, Resident Liaison, Administrators) including resource planning, training and DBS Basic Check compliance.Ensure 100% statutory compliance across the contract against the applicable standards and regulations, including company policies and procedures.Discharge supplier-side Principal Contractor duties under CDM 2015 for the rewiring and remedial scope, including site-specific Health & Safety Plans, RAMS, asbestos checks against the Peabody Asbestos Register and RIDDOR reporting within one Working Day.Issue all EICRs, Electrical Installation Certificates (EICs) and Minor Works Certificates in PDF to the Peabody Alliance Manager within 5 Working Days of inspection, with the £750 + VAT spot-repair authority applied at the time of test where possible to achieve a satisfactory certificate.Manage the EICR P&L, including budget tracking, monthly forecasting, NHF Schedule of Rates application, agreed spot-repair limits, quoting of variations above the threshold for Alliance Manager approval and annual CPI indexation.Direct line and people management of Supervisors and administrators. You will follow the People Manager guide to ensure that you build a high-performance team, create an accountable and values driven culture, and nurture the growth and development of team membersConduct regular performance reviews, provide coaching and mentoring, and support career development pathways.Drive resident experience for the domestic EICR programme 2 weeks notice via SMS + email, the three-stage appointment system with photo-evidenced calling cards, kept appointments, first-time fix and Stage 1 complaint resolution in line with Peabodys Housing Complaints & Compensation Procedure.Produce the monthly EICR input to the Activity Report by the agreed internal deadline so the Head of Operations can submit by 10:00 on the 5th Working Day of each month; co-ordinate with the Peabody Maintenance Contracts Manager so a single coherent Lot 3 report is presented to the Alliance Manager.Produce the monthly contract report (SLA performance, financials, risks, recommendations) for the Head of Operations by the agreed internal deadline.QualificationsRequired: Demonstrable track record managing a dedicated EICR / electrical inspection and testing contract on social housing, public-sector or other regulated residential estates, including high-volume domestic EICR campaigns.Required: Approved Electrician status, with City & Guilds 2391 (Initial and Periodic Inspection & Testing) and City & Guilds 2382 (BS 7671: 18th Edition) or recognised successor qualifications.Required: Detailed working knowledge of BS 7671 (current edition and amendments), the IET Guidance Notes (Guidance Note 3), Building Regulations Approved Document P and the EICR classification codes (C1, C2, C3, FI).Preferred: SMSTS and IOSH Managing Safely (or NEBOSH General/Construction Certificate); working knowledge of CDM 2015 Principal Contractor duties for rewiring and remedial works.Required: Experience managing an EICR contract of c. £1.5m+ annual turnover, with P&L accountability and direct line management of Approved Electricians, Testing Engineers, Supervisors, Administration Teams.Required: Strong domestic-access experience running notification campaigns, three-attempt appointment systems and no-access escalation processes within a G15 housing association environment.Preferred: Familiarity with TAC-1 (Term Alliance) or NEC4 forms of contract, and with G15 / housing association client environments.Required: Strong IT skills, including client portals, mobile workforce systems, certificate-management software (PDF upload with naming conventions) and Microsoft 365Required: Strong client-facing skills and ability to act as the day-to-day operational interface to a G15 housing association.Key Performance Indicators / AccountabilitiesEICR programme delivery 100% on-time completion of the annual EICR programme (communal + domestic); 100% of EICRs, EICs and Minor Works Certificates issued in PDF within 5 Working Days of inspection.Satisfactory rating rate =95% of EICRs issued with a satisfactory rating wherever possible, with C1/C2 inadequacies rectified at the time of test within the £750 + VAT spot-repair authority.KPI/SLA compliance meet or exceed Peabodys contractual response, Compliancy figures, repair and certificate-turnaround SLAs every month; no rolling-quarter SLA breach.Account P&L deliver gross margin within 2% of agreed annual budget; zero unapproved variances above the £750 + VAT spot-repair authority.Health & Safety zero RIDDOR-reportable incidents; 100% pass rate on internal and Peabody H&S audits; all RAMS and CDM documentation in place before site works commence; zero asbestos non-compliance events.Legislative & regulatory compliance ensure full compliance with all applicable statutory obligations, including Electrical Safety Standards Regulations, Building Safety requirements, Awaabs Law obligations and client-mandated compliance procedures.Domestic access performance three-attempt appointment system followed before non-access escalation; first-time fix above target; Stage 1 complaints resolved within the agreed timescale.Resident experience meet or exceed Peabodys resident-satisfaction targets.Team performance voluntary attrition below 12% per annum; 100% of operatives holding valid DBS, City & Guilds 2391 / 2382 / NVQ Level 3 (or successors and current competency records.What We OfferAt Fixatex, we believe great work deserves great rewards. You can expect:Competitive salary based on experiencePrivate healthcare contribution and life assuranceDiscretionary bonusCar allowance25 days annual leave plus bank holidaysSupportive sick pay and wellbeing policiesOngoing training and development in our purpose-built training centreA genuine team environment where everyones input mattersA supportive workplace that recognises the need for flexibilityRegular team events and celebrations£1000 employee referral schemeOur ValuesWere proud of the culture weve built and are looking for people who live by our values:Care like its familyOwnership at every levelOne team with integrityKeep raising the barWe are committed to ensuring our recruitment practices promote equal opportunities, embrace diversity, and prevent discrimination. Candidates are assessed fairly and consistently against the skills, experience, and competencies required for each role, ensuring that all appointments are made on merit.Beyond recruitment, we maintain an ongoing commitment to building a diverse workforce and fostering an inclusive working environment for all. We strive to create a culture where everyone feels respected and supported, can contribute fully, and is encouraged to reach their full potential.TPBN1_UKTJ

Senior Data Architect, Central LondonAn exciting Senior Data Architect role with a salary of £75,000 to £90,000 and career progression opportunities for a permanent role based full-time in our Marylebone, London office.We are offering a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Data Architect with an immediate start at a market leading, dynamic and renowned property, technology and innovative, technology-based car parking company. Euro Car Parks is a market leading, renowned UK business, established over 50 years ago. The company operates over 3500 sites across the UK and Ireland providing specialist services to a wide range of blue-chip clients.The roleWe are looking for a hands-on Senior Data Architect who is equally comfortable designing the target state for a multi-system SQL data estate, writing and tuning the T-SQL that delivers it, and standing up the security, monitoring and operational practices that keep it running. You will own data architecture across our reporting, ANPR, finance and operational domains, working alongside our Solutions Architect, Head of Business Solutions and Head of Development as part of a small, high-impact architecture cluster.This is not a paper-architect role. The successful candidate will pick up an in-flight, multi-year programme to decouple and replatform the ETL processes that sit behind every report and every operational data feed at ECP, continue the migration of our data warehouse and data lake to a modern dimensional model, finish the rollout of a principle-of-least-privilege security model across a multi-server SQL estate, and continue the migration of our reporting estate from SSRS to Power BI. You will set the technical direction for the data team and personally deliver the most architecturally significant pieces of work.Main ResponsibilitiesDuties will include:Setting and personally delivering target architecture for the ECP data estate the data warehouse, data hub, data lake, raw/ODS layers, dimensional model, audit and schema-change tracking, and the load schedules that tie them together.Hands-on T-SQL, stored procedure, ETL framework and PowerShell development at expert level partition design and partition-aligned indexing, clustered/nonclustered index strategy, deduplication, parallel-run cutovers, schema migration, performance tuning of high-impact production queries.Driving the in-flight ETL replatform replacing legacy SSIS jobs with a table-driven, parallel-run E-L-T framework, removing Linked Server dependencies, eliminating the BI-server database-restore dependency, and adding monthly partitioning to support retention and archival.Owning the SQL estate end-to-end as the senior practitioner security model design and rollout (EntraID groups for Azure SQL, Active Directory groups for SQL on VM, role-based access controls, elimination of shared/admin accounts), backup and restore strategy, retention and archival, replication, monitoring (Redgate Monitor and equivalents), licensing, performance triage, and incident response.Acting as design authority for the wider data team coaching the SQL Developers on Power BI authorship, dimensional modelling, query optimisation and report development; reviewing data-related changes from across IT Dev; and providing data-architecture input on cross-team initiatives (mobile, finance, AI, Amdaris partnership).Owning the Power BI / SSRS reporting platform technically driving the SSRS-to-Power BI migration, designing the dataset and refresh strategy, and stewarding the report glossary, naming convention and underlying SQL views.Owning the canonical data dictionary and data domain definitions keeping types, domains, lineage and load schedules current as the source of truth for engineering decisions across IT Dev.Triaging and resolving the data-related ticket tail from the application support service desk ETL job failures, ad-hoc data corrections for blue-chip clients (e.g.visit deduplication, cross-system reconciliations), permissions requests, performance investigations, replication failures.Active participation in all team ceremonies daily stand-up, sprint planning, retros, sprint reviews, story-mapping, and architecture review helping the entire delivery team be the best that they can be.Contributing to forward planning for the SQL estate direction Azure SQL adoption, on-prem retirement, tooling roadmap (e.g.dbt, Redgate), and integration with new business systems (e.g.Workday integration currently in flight).Essential Skills:Expert-level T-SQL and SQL Server internals (5+ years), including partitioning, indexing strategy, query plan analysis, dynamic SQL, and stored procedure design at scale.Experience with Redgate tooling (Monitor, SQL Prompt, SQL Source Control).Hands-on data warehouse design and build Kimball-style dimensional modelling (fact/dim schemas), incremental and full-load patterns, slowly changing dimensions, ETL/ELT framework design.Production ETL development SSIS for understanding/decommissioning legacy work, plus modern alternatives (custom T-SQL frameworks, ADF, dbt, or equivalent) for new build.Operational SQL Server experience as the senior responsible person backups, restore, security, monitoring, performance triage, replication. Multi-instance estate experience is essential not a single-database background.Azure SQL (database, managed instance, or both) including security model (EntraID groups), PaaS limitations, and migration patterns from on-prem.Power BI / SSRS authorship and architecture dataset design, semantic model authoring, refresh and gateway strategy, DAX, M, and report-developer-coaching experience.Data security model design role-based access controls, principle of least privilege, AD/EntraID group design, schema-level permissions, and elimination of shared/admin account patterns.PowerShell for SQL administration, ETL orchestration glue, and operational scripting.Working in an agile environment using JIRA and Confluence including using Confluence as the canonical home for data dictionary, schema documentation and lineage.Affinity with AI-driven development tooling for SQL development, code generation, code review and operational automation. We expect the successful candidate to have a view on which tools add value where, and to bring that view to the role.Desirable Skills:Experience with dbt or comparable analytics-engineering frameworks.Experience working with legacy SSRS estates and migrating reporting workloads to Power BI.Experience with on-prem SQL Server on VM as well as Azure SQL multi-environment estates with different operational characteristics.Experience with SQL replication (transactional and merge), and the operational realities of running it in production.CDC and change tracking experience for incremental load patterns.Experience working in a data-centric organisation with significant volumes of operational data and a heavy reporting consumption pattern.Domain experience in vehicle/ANPR/parking, transport, retail or financial-services data high-volume transactional data with complex temporal characteristics.Azure DevOps experience YAML pipelines, infrastructure-as-code awareness (Terraform).Familiarity with ISO 27001 controls relevant to data systems.Experience designing or maintaining operational data dictionaries and data lineage documentation in Confluence or comparable wikis.Interested?If you feel you have the skills and qualities to undertake this role, please click apply.We are an equal opportunities employer.TPBN1_UKTJ

Hours: 30 hours per week to join our caretaking team, working alongside our Senior Caretaker and our existing 30-hour team member. The team provides cover Monday to Sunday between 11:00 am and 10:00 pm, and flexibility is required.Salary: £21,000-£22,500 per annum (Actual).This reflects an FTE of up to £30,000 for a 40-hour week, depending on experience.Introduction The Whiteley Homes Trust visionEvery employee is here to sustain a thriving community, with outstanding accommodation for older people of limited means and to develop and share our success, so older people can live happy and fulfilling lives.Your job is to make Whiteley the best place to age in Britain.Role OverviewThe Whiteley Homes Trust, the Trust, is a charity that manages Whiteley Village in Surrey. The purpose of the charity is to provide homes for older people of limited means from all over the country. Founded over a hundred years ago in Walton on Thames, Surrey, the Village is located in 225 acres of beautiful grounds and is a very special place to live and work.Established in 1917, the village has many Grade 2 listed buildings and provides housing for nearly 400 older people of limited means. There are 265 Almshouses and 51 extra care apartments, and the Village also has a church, activity centre, pool, village hall, shop and community café. There is also a small number of market rent properties within the village.The Caretakers play a vital role in ensuring the Village remains safe, well-maintained and welcoming for all who live, work and visit here. Reporting into the Senior Caretaker, the team is made up of suitably qualified and experienced individuals who are able to work autonomously with competence, care and sound judgement. They work collaboratively with colleagues across all Trust teams to provide a co-ordinated, responsive and supportive service. As visible and approachable figures within the Village, Caretakers naturally attract attention from Villagers and visitors, and therefore must demonstrate exceptional people skills, strong customer care, and confidence in engaging with older people in a respectful and reassuring manner.Benefits:We value our employees and offer a generous package of benefits including:33 days annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing by one day after each year of service up to a maximum of 36 days (pro-rata for part-time employees)Extra day of leave each year (Trust Day) for William Whiteley's birthdayOpportunity to buy and sell annual leaveGenerous Company Pension schemeHealthcare Cash PlanCompany Sick PayBlue Light Card DiscountsLife AssuranceEmployee Assistance ProgrammeFree car parking on siteKey Responsibilities:Be a highly visible presence in the Village through security patrols, communications in Village Publications and attendance at key meetings relevant to the role.Be vigilant, responding quickly and correctly in a crisis, ensuring the appropriate support is in place to maintain Village safety and the safety of Villagers, visitors and employees.To be responsible for maintaining the security of buildings and contents of charity buildings and personal dwellings within the Village, as directed.Be responsible for CCTV in the village, including maintenance and monitoring, provide access to contractors out of hours, including audit, downloading and communication as required.Observe, monitor and report any incidents of concern in relation to security of people and property, Health and Safety or fire regulations. Record observations, assisting with identifying trends and proactively offering solutions within the remit of the role, seeking advice on best practice where appropriate.Carry out security patrols across the village daily. Work with onsite contractors and (other stakeholders as required) to ensure security processes are aligned and communicated with employees and residents as necessary.Transportation of residentsLocking and unlocking of West Gate and all trust buildings as required.Manage parking in the village to ensure vehicles are parked appropriately and safely.Responsible for cash transfers across the village to the accounts department.Act as the fishing bailiffLiaising with Surrey Police and the local Council when required to maintain security in the village.To assist with all events, including venue preparation, clean up after the event ensuring the building is secure.Undertaking light maintenance and building checks on buildings and equipment as directed by the Head of Property and Head of Estates to support the team in delivering high-quality and timely services that support the Village.Maintaining the swimming pool in accordance with the manufacturers instructions.Training will be provided for the above task.Fire Marshall duties, including facilitating fire drills.Flexibility is required as you will be required to work weekends and bank holidaysWork with the Estates team to ensure gritting is carried out across the Village ahead of expected cold weatherGeneralIt is the duty of all employees to ensure that a safe working environment and safe working practices are always maintained. It is also the responsibility of the management team to ensure full compliance.Undertake any other duties which may be reasonably deemed to come within the scope of the post, relating to the activities of the departmentFoster a positive work environment by treating colleagues, clients, and stakeholders with respect and understandingEstablish and maintain clear professional boundaries while ensuring effective communication and collaborationDemonstrate integrity, accountability, and consistency in all tasks and interactionsWork effectively as part of a team, while also being self-motivated and capable of independent work.Ensures full compliance with all the Trusts Policies and ProceduresTo complete mandatory and job-related training as requiredYou will be responsible for the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all data which you have access to in the course of your work. You must not disclose any information of a confidential or sensitive nature about the Trust, any or our service users or any of our employees. There is an exception if you need to share this information as part of your job or if you are required to by law.Note: No Job description can cover every issue that may arise within the duties of the post at various times. The post holder will be expected to carry out any other duties from time to time that are broadly consistent with those in this document.Person specificationSkills & KnowledgeRequired:Personable and approachable style.Ability to make and communicate difficult decisions as required.Excellent verbal and written communication.Maintaining accurate records.Resourcefulness and the ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team that spans several areas of the Trusts operations.A good understanding of Security issues demonstrable through work experience.Practical skills in order to provide a caretaking function.Desirable:The ability to use IT, including CCTV.An awareness of the law surrounding data protection.An understanding of H&S and fire regulations.A knowledge of pool maintenance and safety.ExperienceRequired:Experience in the provision of Security and or Caretaking Services.A good understanding and empathy with older people.QualificationsRequired:Full Driver's licenseFirst Aid Certificate (or willingness to work towards).Fire marshal training (or willingness to work towards).DesirableA relevant QCF to Level 3 in Security and/or Property Maintenance (or Willing to work towards)SIA license (or Willing to work towards)Pool Plant Operator Certificate(or Willing to work towards)TWHT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its employees and older people. We expect all our employees to be aware of their responsibility to protect employees and residents from abuse or harm. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check and provide proof of their right to work in the UKTPBN1_UKTJ

Schemes Manager (Estates) Location: South east London (Hybrid Working) Rate: £33.83 per hour (Umbrella) Contract: 7 Months Hours: 35 Hours per Week (Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm) About the Role An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Schemes Manager (Estates) to join a busy Local Authority team in Central London. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced project manager with a background in parking, housing, estates, regeneration or the public sector to lead the successful delivery of housing estate parking improvement projects. Working closely with the Parking Design and Improvement Manager and Head of Service, you will be responsible for delivering projects from inception through to completion, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget and to a high standard. This is a hybrid role requiring attendance in the office 2 days per week. Key Responsibilities Lead the delivery of parking and estate improvement projects from planning through to completion. Manage project plans, governance arrangements and funding streams. Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and meet agreed objectives. Build strong relationships with internal departments, contractors, consultants and external stakeholders. Monitor project progress and produce regular performance and progress reports. Evaluate project outcomes and identify opportunities for continuous service improvement. Support the strategic development of parking services across housing estates. Manage, motivate and develop a team of approximately 5-6 staff. Carry out performance management, supervision and staff development. Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, policies and best practice. About You We're looking for someone who has: Proven experience managing complex projects from inception to completion. Previous experience within Parking, Housing, Estates, Regeneration or Local Government. Experience leading and developing teams. Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build effective working relationships. Experience managing budgets, project risks and competing priorities. Excellent organisational and communication skills. The ability to work independently while managing multiple projects simultaneously. A proactive approach with a strong focus on delivering excellent customer outcomes. Why Apply? Hybrid working (2 days in the office) Competitive Umbrella rate of £33.83 per hour 7-month contract with the potential to gain valuable Local Authority experience Opportunity to lead high-profile improvement projects Join a collaborative and supportive team environment Apply Now If you have the relevant experience and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd love to hear from you. Please send your updated CV today. Early applications are encouraged as interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified. Linsco is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

X3 Electrical Contracts Managers (Compliance & Maintenance) Location: North London Hybrid - 3 days in the office Salary: Up to £65k + Car Allowance / Company Car + Discretionary Bonus + Private healthcare contribution, life assurance, and supportive sick pay/wellbeing policies. + 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. + Continuous training and development in our purpose-built academy, a genuine "family-first" team environment where everyones input matters, and regular team events/celebrations. Who We Are We are a family-run electrical services provider built on trust, teamwork, and technical excellence. Established for over two decades, we proudly support major social housing and public-sector clients across London and the Southeast. Operating from our head office and purpose-built training centre, we deliver high-quality compliance and maintenance services while continuously developing and supporting our people. Due to sustained contract wins and portfolio growth, we are seeking (X3) high-calibre Contracts Managers to join our management team. The Roles As one of our Contracts Managers, you will hold day-to-day operational, technical, and commercial accountability for a high-profile portfolio of electrical compliance, planned maintenance, or reactive works. ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT: Extensive experience operating within the Social Housing / Housing Association (G15) sector is strictly required for all three positions. You must have a proven track record of managing delivery, access campaigns, and resident expectations within regulated residential estates. Depending on your specific area of expertise, you will be aligned to one of three structured portfolios: Contracts Manager Electrical Testing (EICR): Dedicated to high-volume domestic and communal inspection programmes, compliance certification, and immediate remedial rewires. Contracts Manager Planned Compliance: Focused on multi-disciplinary maintenance regimes including Emergency Lighting, Lightning Protection, PAT, Height Safety, and Solar PV systems. Contracts Manager Maintenance & Reactive: Managing a consolidated portfolio of planned emergency lighting, PAT, and fast-paced reactive maintenance frameworks across multiple housing association accounts. Reporting to the Head of Operations, you will act as the primary counterpart to our clients' contract management staff, leading a dedicated team of supervisors, engineers, and administrators. Contracts Managers Key Responsibilities Contract & Delivery Management: Oversee the end-to-end operational delivery of electrical contracts, ensuring 100% statutory compliance against social housing standards, regulations, and KPIs. Commercial Accountability: Full P&L responsibility for your portfolio (ranging from £1m to £1.5m+ annual turnover), including budget tracking, forecasting, and NHF Schedule of Rates application. Team Leadership: Direct line management of Supervisors and Administrators. You will champion a high-performance culture, conducting regular reviews, coaching, and supporting career development pathways. Client & Resident Experience: Serve as the primary operational interface for major G15 housing associations, managing communications, domestic access campaigns, and resolving Stage 1 complaints effectively in line with housing procedures. Health & Safety: Discharge Principal Contractor duties under CDM 2015, ensuring robust RAMS, site-specific safety plans, and a zero-incident culture. What We Are Looking For Social Housing Expertise (Mandatory): A demonstrable track record managing dedicated electrical compliance (EICR), emergency lighting, or multi-disciplinary maintenance contracts within a social housing or public-sector environment. Commercial Acumen: Strong experience managing contract P&Ls of £1m+ using Schedule of Rates pricing structures. Technical Foundation: Ideally an Approved Electrician background or a comparable hands-on M&E foundation, holding City & Guilds 2391 (Inspection & Testing) and 2382 (18th Edition). SMSTS/IOSH qualifications are highly preferred. Client Facing Skills: Excellent relationship-building skills with prior experience navigating G15 housing association environments and systems. Tech-Savvy: Proficient with client portals, mobile workforce management software, and Microsoft 365. Ready to spark your next career move? Apply with your latest CV and I will be in touch via email or call to discuss the next steps of your application. Dom @ Utilise Recruitment .co .uk TPBN1_UKTJ

Our client is a respected, highly regulated organisation seeking an experienced Head of Estates, Security & Resilience to provide strategic leadership across cyber security, information security, business continuity, physical security, facilities resilience and operational risk management. Lead

Top 50, award winning, UK Law firm with over 700 lawyers nationally wishes to recruit a Trust Executive that is able to provide effective leadership of a team of Trust and Executor Tax Executives, and successfully manage key client relationships and to help develop the firms Trust and Executor Tax offering. This person will be responsible for the day-to-day management, operational oversight and supervision of Trusts and Estates Tax Team (comprising four team members). This includes managing of a portfolio of high-net worth Trusts and driving the strategic development of our Trusts and Estates Tax business. Key responsibilities include:- • Conducting KPI and SRA matter reviews., • Line management responsibilities including quarterly appraisals and team development., • Day to day responsibility for financials of Trusts and Estates Tax Team., • Assistance with development of internal processes, policies and procedures., • Leading of initiatives of Trusts and Estates Tax work internally and externally., • Providing trust administration and tax compliance services for a diverse client portfolio of trusts and estates., • Regular reporting to and collaboration with the Partner head regarding all of the above., • Supporting the development and expansion of our Trust Corporation offering., • Assisting with technical trust and tax advisory queries from the rest of the firm., • Assisting with FATCA, TRS and CRS reporting for the firm’s clients., • Maintaining high standards of technical accuracy and quality control within the team. Our ideal candidate will be someone who:- • is an experienced Trusts and Estates tax advisor;, • is experienced in all forms of trust tax/trust administration and management;, • Is familiar with the preparation of trust accounts;, • has strong organisational and leadership skills;, • enjoys collaborative working and takes initiative;, • has had experience of developing and managing more junior colleagues;, • has had experience with Trust Corporations;, • is keen to help develop our Trusts and Estates Tax offering; Benefits • 30 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays, • Long Service holiday award – 1 extra week every 10 years continuous service, • Private Healthcare with BUPA (offered after probation is passed), • Scottish Widows Pension Scheme (5% employer / 5% Employee), • Staff Profit Share and Individual Performance Bonus Scheme, • Salary sacrifice (Pensions, Staff Profit Share), • Life Assurance - 4 x salary / Permanent Health Insurance, • Paid CSR Day, • Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave, • Subsidised gym membership, • Electric car scheme, • Agile/Hybrid Working Policy

We’re recruiting on behalf of a well-established Housing provider for a Third Party Management Officer to support the oversight of third-party managed homeownership schemes. This role plays a key part in protecting residents’ interests, ensuring contractual compliance, and driving high service standards across managed estates. This is a temp - perm role however please apply if you have the experience and are looking for permanent only. They offer flexible working hours, a 9 day fortnight and hybrid working (2 days from the office per week). Please note the location of the office will change and be more centrally based. What You’ll Be Doing: • Overseeing third-party agreements, head leases and managing agents, • Scrutinising service charge demands, accounts and formal notices, • Monitoring contractor performance against KPIs and SLAs, • Investigating and escalating disputes or non-compliance, • Supporting financial and building safety compliance monitoring, • Acting as a key liaison between residents, managing agents and internal teams, • Supporting delivery of leasehold and property management services What They Look For: • Experience of building relationships with third-party managing agents, • Knowledge of leases, service level agreements and service charges, • Ability to analyse financial inform...

As the Head of Estates, you will lead the management, development and optimisation of a diverse property portfolio. This is a high-profile leadership role with responsibility for ensuring our estate is safe, compliant, sustainable and fit for the future. You will drive the estates strategy, oversee maintenance and capital projects, manage significant budgets, and lead a multidisciplinary team to deliver outstanding estate services across the organisation. The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James's Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park. We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with tens of millions of visits every year. About Us The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James's Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.

About the role: Procurement Manager (FM & Group Services). Reporting to the Head of Procurement, the Procurement Manager is responsible for delivering value, governance and commercial control across the Woodard independent school group third-party spend, with a particular focus on estates and ex

Risk, Governance & Estates Compliance Manager Department: Operations and Estate Reports to: Head of Operations Responsible for: No direct line management (with strong cross-organisational coordination) Salary: £45,000 per annum Contract: Full time, permanent Location: On site at RADA We are seeking a highly organised and proactive Risk, Governance & Estates Compliance Manager to join our Operations and Estates team. This is a pivotal role responsible for coordinating RADA’s approach to risk, governance, and compliance, alongside estates related health and safety. You will help ensure that systems, processes and records are robust, consistent and effective, providing a clear framework for organisational assurance. Working closely with senior leaders and colleagues across the organisation, you will play a key role in ensuring compliance activity is well managed, visible and delivered, while driving continuous improvement and best practice. About us Founded in 1904, RADA has an unparalleled record of success in training some of the world’s most renowned actors and technical specialists. Ours is an impressive history on which we are building an innovative future. RADA training is not only informed by the industry but also produces graduates who take their place at the vanguard of their profession working at the cutting edge of t...

Schemes Manager (Estates) Location: Southeast London (Hybrid Working) Rate: £33.83 per hour (Umbrella) Contract: 7 Months Hours: 35 Hours per Week (Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm) About the Role An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Schemes Manager (Estates) to join a busy Local Authority team in Central London. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced project manager with a background in parking, housing, estates, regeneration or the public sector to lead the successful delivery of housing estate parking improvement projects. Working closely with the Parking Design and Improvement Manager and Head of Service, you will be responsible for delivering projects from inception through to completion, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget and to a high standard. This is a hybrid role requiring attendance in the office 2 days per week. Key Responsibilities • Lead t...

Your new role Our client is a respected, highly regulated organisation seeking an experienced Head of Estates, Security & Resilience to provide strategic leadership across cyber security, information security, business continuity, physical security, facilities resilience and operational risk manag

Reporting to the Deputy Group Director of Estates, the Group Head of Security will provide strategic leadership and professional oversight of security across the College. The role will encompass leadership of security risk management, emergency planning and business continuity, alongside the develop

I am working in partnership with a large, national, values-driven organisation to appoint a Head of Estates. This is a senior leadership role responsible for managing a diverse, mixed-use property portfolio across a defined geographical region. You will be covering Northeast England and Yorkshire & Humber, based in this region. This position offers the opportunity to combine strategic leadership, technical estates expertise, and stakeholder engagement to deliver a high-performing, compliant, and sustainable estate that supports vital community-focused services. As Head of Estates, you will act as the primary relationship lead between the central Property function and key operational stakeholders across your region. You will take full responsibility for estate performance, maintenance delivery, compliance, capital planning, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring properties remain safe, fit for purpose, and aligned to organisational priorities. Key Responsibilities Estates & Maintenance Delivery • Lead the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance programmes across a varied property portfolio, • Ensure performance against KPIs, SLAs, and operational standards, • Oversee building fabric and M&E works across multiple sites Compliance & Safety • Ensure full compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements, including H&S, CDM, and Building Regulations, • Promote a strong culture of safety across staff, contractors, and service users Stakeholder & Relationship Management • Act as the lead estates contact for a wide range of stakeholders, • Provide expert advice at senior forums and operational boards, • Build trusted relationships and ensure alignment between property and operational priorities Financial & Asset Management • Lead annual and cyclical property planning and budgeting, • Manage delivery of maintenance and capital programmes (c. £7m annual budget), • Drive value for money, prioritisation, and cost efficiency Leadership • Lead a multi-disciplinary, multi-site estates team, • Operate within a matrix structure, bringing together specialist expertise, • Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and high performance Qualifications • Professional membership (e.g. MRICS, MCIOB or equivalent) Additional Requirements • Full UK driving licence

Head of DevOps and Platform Automation London - Hybrid £100,000 - £120,000 + Bonus VIQU are partnering with a leading financial services organisation undergoing a major transformation across its cloud and infrastructure landscape. They are seeking a Head of DevOps and Platform Automation to take ownership of a critical DevOps and tooling function that underpins the delivery of strategic change across a complex, enterprise-scale environment. This is a high‑impact leadership role, responsible for driving DevOps maturity, CI/CD excellence, and automation strategy across multi‑tenant cloud platforms, while leading geographically dispersed teams and ensuring robust operational performance, governance, and continuous improvement. • Own and evolve the DevOps, CI/CD and automation strategy and roadmap across tooling and platform services, • Lead and develop a distributed DevOps and tooling team across UK and offshore locations, driving a culture of continuous improvement and engineering excellence, • Oversee end‑to‑end platform lifecycle management ensuring availability, resilience, security and compliance across all tooling environments, • Drive standardisation and optimisation of CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks and DevOps practices across the organisation, • Manage BAU performance, incident escalation and service reliability for critical DevOps platforms, including P1 management and stakeholder communications, • Oversee delivery of DevOps and tooling elements within major transformation programmes and cloud initiatives, • Act as a key stakeholder interface across IT, business and architecture teams to align tooling capability with strategic objectives, • Manage third‑party vendors and suppliers, ensuring SLA adherence, performance optimisation and cost effectiveness, • Own budget management, resource planning and FinOps activity to ensure efficient platform and supplier spend, • Ensure compliance with governance, security and regulatory standards across all DevOps and tooling operations, • Champion automation, innovation and continuous improvement, including adoption of modern cloud and emerging technologies, • Extensive experience (10+ years) within DevOps, infrastructure, platform engineering or tooling/automation leadership roles, • Strong background leading enterprise‑scale DevOps or SRE teams within complex, global or regulated environments, • Deep expertise in CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitLab CI and strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar), • Strong experience working within Microsoft Azure cloud environments, ideally across hybrid or multi‑cloud estates, • Proven track record of leading cloud‑native engineering teams and driving DevOps maturity at scale, • Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders, • Strong vendor and supplier management experience, including SLA governance and performance management, • Experience managing operational budgets and driving cost optimisation, including FinOps practices, • Strong understanding of ITIL, service management, governance and secure cloud operating models, • Demonstrable experience working in matrix organisations and leading virtual, geographically dispersed teams, • Strong communication, leadership and decision‑making skills in fast‑paced, ambiguous environments, • Relevant cloud, DevOps or ITIL certifications highly desirable Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence, or reach out to Katie Da #J-18808-Ljbffr

Job Details: Salary range: £56,436 - £59,574 per annumWork location: Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8 RFHours per week: 36Contract type: 3x PermanentVetting requirements: Basic DBS Check Closing date: 28 July 2026This post will be managed as a rolling advert, and applications may be reviewed on an ongoing basis prior to the closing date. Please note that previous applicants need not reapply. Contact details for Informal discussion: Declan Teague, Head of Neighbourhoods and Communities on or via email on About the role Do you believe that excellent neighbourhood services can truly transform lives? Are you a confident housing leader who thrives on responsibility, accountability, pace and purpose? Hammersmith & Fulham Council is seeking an ambitious, values‑driven Neighbourhoods and Communities Manager to lead a newly formed team delivering high‑quality, resident‑focused housing services. Created following a major restructure, this role offers a rare opportunity to modernise neighbourhood management, drive innovation and make a visible difference to the lives of approximately 2,000 residents. Reporting to the Head of Neighbourhoods and Communities, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to Neighbourhood and Community Officers, supported by a Coordinator. You will oversee the delivery of frontline tenancy and neighbourhood services and ensure your team consistently provides excellent support to residents. You will lead and inspire a high‑performing team committed to outstanding tenancy and neighbourhood management. You will embed a resident‑first culture focused on safety, satisfaction and sustainable communities. You will drive service improvement, encourage innovation, support digital transformation, champion modern ways of working and ensure compliance with regulatory standards, contributing to the Council’s ambition to achieve a C1 rating. Your remit will include overseeing antisocial behaviour casework, estate management, fire safety actions and complex tenancy issues. By using data, insight and resident feedback, you will drive continuous improvement in performance and outcomes. You will build strong partnerships across the Council and work collaboratively with residents, community groups and external agencies. This is a highly visible, hands‑on leadership position requiring operational grip, clear decision‑making and a strong leadership presence. Hammersmith & Fulham manages around 12,000 council homes, and neighbourhood services play a vital role in daily resident experiences. In this role, you will help keep residents safe, create cleaner and greener estates, respond to antisocial behaviour quickly and compassionately, support vulnerable households and improve satisfaction, trust and engagement with Council services. The impact of your work will be felt every day by residents, colleagues and partners. The ideal candidate will be an experienced housing professional and confident people leader with expert knowledge of housing, tenancy and neighbourhood management. You should be comfortable working at both strategic and operational levels, with a strong track record in performance management and service improvement. You will lead with empathy, energy and accountability, and enjoy delivering change and bringing people with you. Experience within a local authority or social housing environment is highly desirable. This role offers significant influence and autonomy, along with the chance to shape a new service and leave a lasting legacy. The Council is committed to learning, development and wellbeing, and is proud to be an inclusive, values‑driven organisation that puts residents first. Hammersmith & Fulham welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and guarantees an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. Flexible working is actively encouraged. If you are ready to lead with purpose, improve neighbourhoods and deliver services residents can be proud of, the Council would be delighted to hear from you. Please refer to the Role Profile for more information. Role Specific Qualifications: You’ll be educated to degree level (or equivalent experience) and either hold, or be willing to work towards, a Level 4 housing qualification. Our People Values: How we act defines who we are. At the heart of our organisation is a common approach to defining ‘who we are’. We are looking for people who can build this into everything they do. We are fair We treat everyone with compassion, dignity and fairness. We value the views and opinion of others, and promote benefits and opportunities for all. We are caring We care about our borough and doing things well. We focus on standards and continuous improvement; learning from our mistakes and celebrating success. We are collaborators We work together for a better society. We work with our residents, businesses, schools, third sector and others for better outcomes for everyone. We are driven We will only settle for the very best. We seek to continually improve and put our residents, customers and businesses at the heart of everything we do. Our commitment to you: At H&F you will have access to a comprehensive total reward package as well as joining a flexible working employer and as such all staff can request flexible working Click HERE to find out more. We believe an inclusive workplace is about the visibility and representation of our local diverse community - it is about open and transparent decision making co-produced with staff and residents. It is about respect for diversity and a shared identity that seeks to encourage fair and transparent recruitment, retention, and career progression. We take a proactive approach to equity, diversity, and inclusion so that it is part of the fabric of the Council with a shared understanding of the role all colleagues play in realising the inclusivity of the workplace. At H&F, our workplace ensures that everybody has equitable access to opportunities. In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equitable access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of their age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. To explore more about the work we do towards being an inclusive employer and our commitments to achieve this please click HERE. Asking for Adjustments We are committed to removing barriers in the workplace and this includes adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you would like to discuss any adjustments or request the application form in a different format, please contact us at or by post to The Town Hall, King Street, Hammersmith W6 9 JU Hammersmith & Fulham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. Corporate Equalities Employment Policy: In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies. We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible. Job Segment: Compliance, Equity, Manager, Law, Legal, Finance, Management

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Head of Finance to lead financial management, control and commercial finance for RFLPS, guiding financial strategy and governance across the NHS estates and facilities services.You will partner with the MD, directors and customers, delivering plann

We’re recruiting on behalf of a well-established Housing provider for a Third Party Management Officer to support the oversight of third-party managed homeownership schemes. This role plays a key part in protecting residents’ interests, ensuring contractual compliance, and driving high service standards across managed estates. This is a temp - perm role however please apply if you have the experience and are looking for permanent only. They offer flexible working hours, a 9 day fortnight and hybrid working (2 days from the office per week). Please note the location of the office will change and be more centrally based. What You’ll Be Doing: Overseeing third-party agreements, head leases and managing agents Scrutinising service charge demands, accounts and formal notices Monitoring contractor performance against KPIs and SLAs Investigating and escalating disputes or non-compliance Supporting financial and building safety compliance monitoring Acting as a key liaison between residents, managing agents and internal teams Supporting delivery of leasehold and property management services What They Look For: Experience of building relationships with third-party managing agents Knowledge of leases, service level agreements and service charges Ability to analyse financial information and performance data Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills Confident challenging underperformance and driving improvements Ability to handle stage 1 complaints If you’re proactive, commercially aware and passionate about delivering high-quality services to residents, we’d love to hear from you