Estates Manager

RAF Museum; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The RAF Museum is seeking an Estates Manager to lead the London site’s buildings, infrastructure and facilities, ensuring safety, compliance, sustainability and reliable operation. You will manage a small estates team and oversee contractors to maintain high standards across the estate.

Reporting to the Head of Estates, you will drive energy efficiency, oversee budgets and professional projects, and ensure statutory compliance and timely reporting, supporting visitor experiences and the

Qualifications

• Experience in estates or facilities management, building maintenance and M&E services.
• Proven experience managing projects, budgets, contractors and direct reports.
• Strong knowledge of statutory compliance requirements and health and safety legislation.
• An effective communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Organised, proactive and solutions-focused, delivering high standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the maintenance and development of the Museum’s London estate, including buildings, infrastructure and building services.
• Manage a small estates team providing leadership, support and development.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant estates, building and health and safety legislation and statutory requirements.
• Manage contractors, consultants and service providers to deliver high-quality and cost-effective services.
• Specify, procure and deliver maintenance, refurbishment and minor capital projects.
• Manage delegated budgets and provide regular financial and performance reporting.
• Support strategic estates developments, exhibitions and wider Museum projects.
• Drive energy efficiency and sustainability initiatives through effective management of building systems and services.

Skills

Estates management

Facilities management

Leadership

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Energy management

Health and safety knowledge

Education

Building Services Engineering

Facilities Management

Surveying

Significant relevant experience

Job description

The Museum is looking for an Estates Manager.

Location: London

Employment Contract Type: Permanent - Full-time

Closing Date: 18/10/2026 11:59 pm

Interview Date: 27/10/2026

About the role

About Us
The Royal Air Force Museum is as a national museum, a Government non-departmental public body (NDPB) and a registered charity.

We have two public sites in the Midlands and London and a stored collection at Stafford. Our purpose is to share the RAF story – past, present and future – using the stories of its people and our collections to engage, inform and inspire.

Our vision is to inspire everyone with the RAF story – the people who shape it and its place in our lives.

Our museum commitments are the golden thread that run through everything that we do. These are:

• Health and Wellbeing
• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
• Sustainability

What We Are Looking For
Are you an experienced estates or facilities professional looking for an opportunity to make a real impact within a nationally significant cultural institution? The Royal Air Force Museum is looking for a proactive Estates Manager (London) to help ensure our buildings, infrastructure and facilities remain safe, compliant, sustainable and fit for the future.

Reporting to the Head of Estates, you will play a key role in ensuring the Museum’s London estate remains safe, compliant, sustainable and well maintained. Responsible for our buildings, infrastructure, building services and facilities, you will lead a small team and oversee contractors to deliver maintenance, statutory compliance, energy management and improvement projects across the site.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the maintenance and development of the Museum’s London estate, including buildings, infrastructure and building services.
• Manage a small estates team providing leadership, support and development.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant estates, building and health and safety legislation and statutory requirements.
• Manage contractors, consultants and service providers to deliver high-quality and cost-effective services.
• Specify, procure and deliver maintenance, refurbishment and minor capital projects.
• Manage delegated budgets and provide regular financial and performance reporting.
• Support strategic estates developments, exhibitions and wider Museum projects.
• Drive energy efficiency and sustainability initiatives through effective management of building systems and services.

About You

• Professionally qualified in a relevant discipline such as Building Services Engineering, Facilities Management, Surveying, or qualified through significant relevant experience.
• Experienced in estates or facilities management, building maintenance and M&E services.
• Proven experience managing projects, budgets, contractors and direct reports.
• Strong knowledge of statutory compliance requirements and health and safety legislation.
• An effective communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Organised, proactive and solutions-focused, with a commitment to delivering high standards.

Experience within the heritage, cultural, public sector or visitor attraction environment would be advantageous, as would an IOSH Managing Safely qualification or equivalent.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in maintaining and developing a unique and nationally important estate, supporting visitors, staff, volunteers and the Museum’s nationally significant collections.

For a confidential conversation about the role, please contact [e-mail]

The role will be based at our London site.

You can find more information about the application process, as well as the benefits of working for the museum at https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/about-us/job-vacancies.

The closing date for applications is: 18 October 2026

Interviews will take place on: 27 October 2026