Deputy Head of Establishment

Your new company
A government organisation within a highly regulated and security-conscious environment

Your new role
This is a rare opportunity to join a senior leadership team and take strategic responsibility for Estates, Facilities Management, Security, Health & Safety, and Fire compliance across a significant operational estate.The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping long-term estate strategy, leading multidisciplinary teams, managing major supplier relationships, and providing expert advice to executive leadership on security, resilience, facilities management and workplace safety.

ALL CANDIDATES MUST HOLD LIVE AND TRANSFERABLE SC CLEARANCE

This is a high-profile leadership position responsible for ensuring the organisation's estate, facilities and security arrangements support current and future operational requirements. Working closely with executive stakeholders, you will provide strategic direction, assurance and governance across a broad portfolio of responsibilities including:

Strategic estate planning and workplace development
Leadership of hard and soft Facilities Management services
Physical and personnel security programmes
Health, Safety and Fire compliance
Business resilience and incident management
Supplier and contract management
Risk management and assurance reporting
Team leadership and developmentYou will be responsible for leading a multidisciplinary team covering security, estates and health & safety functions while managing key outsourced service providers and ensuring value for money across a substantial budget portfolio.

What you'll need to succeed

Essential Experience

Significant leadership experience within Estates, Facilities Management, Security or a related operational environment.
Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and complex stakeholder relationships.
Strong commercial awareness and supplier management expertise.
Experience operating within regulated, compliance-led environments.
Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders.
Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities.
High levels of IT literacy across Microsoft Office applications.
Desirable Experience

Experience within government, defence, infrastructure, utilities or similarly regulated sectors.
Knowledge of security risk management frameworks.
Experience delivering estates or workplace transformation programmes.
Health & Safety qualifications such as NEBOSH.
Experience working with large-scale outsourced FM contracts.
Programme and project management experience.
What you'll get in return

Hybrid working available, competitive day rate on an initial interim period

What you need to do now
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