Head of Estates and Facilities

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Company Description

Henshaws is a northern charity supporting people with sight loss and a wide range of additional needs to live independent and fulfilling lives. Our vision is a world where everyone with a visual impairment or disability can go beyond expectations. The environments we provide are central to achieving this mission. They must be safe, welcoming and designed with dignity and purpose.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for managing Henshaws' estates and facilities services across multiple sites. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, y ou will lead teams covering maintenance, catering, housekeeping and health and safety, ensuring safe, compliant and high-quality environments for disabled people, staff, students and visitors.

Position

Your work will directly contribute to Henshaws' mission by creating spaces that enable independence and wellbeing for those we support. You will also play a key role in longer term planning and contributing to strategic decision making, particularly around estates and compliance.

• Salary: £24.03 per hour/£47,483.28 per annum
• Hours per week: 38
• Weeks per year: 52
• Annual leave: 5 weeks plus 10 days bank holiday
• Contract: Permanent
• Location: Harrogate and Knaresborough
• Closing Date: 28th February 2026 - Noon

Requirements

Our Values

At Henshaws, we are ambitious about the quality and safety of our environments. In this role, you will demonstrate respect by listening to the needs of disabled people and staff and ensuring their voices shape our services. You will empower your teams to deliver excellent facilities management and health and safety standards, enabling others to thrive in safe and welcoming spaces.

Requirements

We are looking for someone with:

• Proven experience in a senior estates or facilities management role within a multi-site environment
• Strong leadership skills and experience managing cross-functional teams
• Knowledge of health and safety governance and compliance, ideally within regulated care or education settings
• Effective budget management and contractor negotiation skills
• Excellent organisational and communication abilities

You should hold relevant facilities or property management qualifications or equivalent experience. A strategic health and safety qualification such as NEBOSH Diploma is desirable.

This role requires flexibility to travel between sites and an enhanced DBS check including the child barring list. A commitment to Henshaws values and a proactive approach to supporting disabled people is essential.

Other information

Henshaws Society for Blind People aims to employ a diverse workforce and is committed to equality of employment and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Henshaws is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults. It is a criminal offence for people barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group e.g. vulnerable adults, children or both. An Enhanced DBS with barring and reference checks will be sought from the successful candidate.

Henshaws reserves the right to check social media accounts of all successful applicants.

Registered Charity No: 221888

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