Building Estates Manager

At the Cardinal Hume Centre, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to live a full life, but we know that homelessness and poverty can wreck that potential. Too often homelessness at a young age is repeated and compounded in later years.  Our renewed vision is to increase our focus on young people, children and their families. To value every individual, nurture their potential and help people thrive.

Join the Cardinal Hume Centre and use your estates expertise to help create a safe, welcoming and well-managed environment for young people, children and families facing homelessness and poverty. This is a rare opportunity to lead both the long-term stewardship of a significant Central London site and the day-to-day delivery of facilities, compliance and improvement works that directly support life-changing services.

Working closely with the CEO, Head of HR and Operations and Board of Trustees, you will shape future plans for the Centre’s estate while ensuring the building remains safe, compliant, efficient and fit for purpose. If you are a strategic and practical estates professional who wants their work to make a tangible social impact, we would like to hear from you.

What you’ll do

• Lead long-term estate planning, capital works and building improvements – you’ll support our master planning for the site


• Oversee day-to-day maintenance, facilities management and contractor performance to keep the Centre running effectively


• Take organisational responsibility for health and safety, fire safety and statutory compliance


• Manage budgets, procurement and reporting, delivering value for money while supporting excellent services


• Support sustainability and environmental improvements that strengthen the Centre for the future

What we’re looking for

• A skilled estates, facilities or property professional with strong experience in building compliance, maintenance and project delivery


• A confident communicator who can work effectively with senior leaders, trustees, contractors and colleagues across the organisation


• Someone who can balance strategic thinking with hands-on operational oversight


• A values-led individual who is motivated by the opportunity to support a charity tackling youth and family homelessness

Please refer to the job description for further information. If you have any questions regarding the role please email [email protected]

In your cv and cover letter please outline how you meet the requirements of the role and why you would like to work for us. You must account for any gaps in your employment history.

The Centre is an equal opportunities employer.  We are always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us and help improve the lives of homeless young people, insecurely housed families and their children.  We particularly want to encourage people from under-represented groups in the not-for-profit sector to step forward and apply to work with us. We require our staff to recognise the valuable role that volunteers play in the work of the Centre and to welcome and support volunteers with whom they work.



We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We require job applicants, staff and volunteers to complete a criminal records self-declaration and undertake a basic DBS check.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor visas.

Benefits

• 26 days’ leave, rising to 28 days’ leave after two years’ service (pro rata for part time staff)


• Discretionary wellbeing and celebratory days


• Workplace pension scheme and we’ll match employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%


• Life assurance cover (after probation passed)


• Employee assistance programme


• Season ticket loan


• Training and development opportunities


• Access to Blue Light Card discounts  

How to apply

Send your cv and cover letter by email via the button below. To ensure fairness at all stages, please don’t send your application to any other email address at the Centre

Closing date for applications: 20 July 2026, 9am

Interview (likely): 29 July and/or w/c 3 August

If you’ve not heard from us three weeks after the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.