Estates Manager

Wigan and Leigh Hospice; Wigan; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established charity is looking for an Estates Manager to lead the management and development of their estates. You will ensure compliance, oversee a small estates team, and maintain safe and efficient operations. This role includes supporting strategic objectives and presenting a culture of continuous improvement. The position is office-based with a 37-hour work week, and includes several employee benefits like subsidised lunches and a pension scheme.

Benefits

A warm and welcoming working environment

35 days annual leave

Salary sacrifice pension scheme

Free car parking

Subsidised lunches

Cycle to Work Scheme

Shopping, leisure and holiday discounts

On-demand GP

Westfield Health – Health Cash Plan

Life Assurance

A range of Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Expertise in estates compliance, health and safety, and risk management.
• Ability to deliver complex projects and motivate teams.
• Proven leadership experience in a facilities management role.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for estate management.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory obligations.
• Lead and develop the estates team and oversee supplier contracts.

Skills

Estates compliance

Health and safety

Risk management

Project delivery

Leadership

Job description

As Estates Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for the management, maintenance, and development of all Wigan & Leigh Hospice estates, including clinical, administrative, retail, and warehouse sites. You will ensure the estate remains safe, sustainable, compliant, and efficient, consistently meeting statutory and regulatory obligations while supporting the Hospices wider strategic objectives. This role requires a skilled facilities professional with expertise in estates compliance, health and safety, risk management, and the delivery of complex projects. You will lead, develop, and motivate a small estates team, oversee key supplier contracts, and act as the hospices Competent Person under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Your leadership will be central to embedding a culture of compliance, safety, and continuous improvement, while building strong relationships across internal teams and external stakeholders.

Working hours: 37 hours per week. Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm (Friday finish at 4pm). Flexibility with working pattern will be considered. The role is office based. The postholder will be required to participate in the out-of-hours ‘on-call’ rota to address emergency facilities concerns. The role may require occasional late‑night or weekend work when there is a specific business need or, in some instances, to deal with an emergency. Advanced notice will be provided wherever feasible, and time‑off in lieu will be provided.

Wigan and Leigh Hospice is a well‑established charity which has been operating since 1983. We provide a wide range of palliative care services to people with advancing life‑limiting illnesses of any diagnosis and to those people important to them. The support we offer is tailored to meet individuals’ physical, social, spiritual and emotional needs. All our teams are all part of the Hospice team: working together to make the Hospice the best it can be. We have achieved Outstanding in the last CQC inspection. Our values: Compassion, Accessibility, Respect, Excellence, are at the heart of everything we do. Please note this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post. We are committed to protect the privacy and security of your personal information. To see how we do this please visit our website and read our Role Applicants Data Protection Compliance Statement (Privacy Notice).

Benefits

• A warm and welcoming working environment
• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Free car parking
• Subsidised lunches
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Shopping, leisure and holiday discounts
• On‑demand GP
• Westfield Health – Health Cash Plan
• Life Assurance
• A range of Wellbeing initiatives

Existing membership of the NHS pension scheme may be transferable to this post, if contributions have been made within the last 12 months.