Head of Estates

Cheshire East Borough Council; England; On-site; GBP 73,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire East Borough Council is seeking a Head of Estates to lead asset management and facilities, supporting the council's transformation. This role includes refreshing strategies and optimizing assets for economic growth. Candidates should have strong asset management skills and ideally hold a RICS qualification.

Qualifications

• Strong professional understanding of asset management.
• Determined to achieve excellent outcomes.
• Desire to play a major role in transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and refresh asset strategies and management plans.
• Manage facilities and team for operational buildings.
• Work effectively with partners to deliver benefits.

Skills

Asset Management

Facilities Management

Stakeholder Management

Education

RICS qualification

Job description

Cheshire East Council

Head of Estates

Salary from £73,906 to £85,883

Delivering change in Cheshire East

Cheshire East is a big borough with huge potential. Home to 400,000 people and close to Greater Manchester and Merseyside, it is a place with fantastic assets, great places to live, good connectivity and serious economic clout. With a new Chief Executive, Leader and Deputy Leader appointed in 2024, the council is embarking on a major reset to ensure our financial sustainability and protect essential services - creating a council that is fit for the future and that can continue to deliver our ambitions for the borough.

A key part of our transformation will be the effective use of our asset base and we are currently seeking a new Head of Estates to lead this key service area. As you would expect for a large authority with a mixture of rural areas, towns and villages, we own a varied array of buildings as well as land – but we need to ensure they are used effectively and efficiently and that they support economic growth. We are therefore refreshing our asset strategies and our asset management plan to support our transformation, optimising the operational estate and promoting the disposal of land and property.

The role also covers facilities management and will manage a team of dedicated staff delivering an improved environment in our operational buildings, and we therefore seek candidates who can develop our corporate landlord model, work effectively with partners, refresh our asset management plan and deliver tangible benefits to communities and the economy. Candidates can come from any property related sector but we ideally want to attract people with a strong professional and technical understanding of asset management (including a suitable professional qualification such as RICS). In addition, you will have the determination and skills to achieve excellent outcomes as well as the desire to play a major role in Cheshire East’s overall transformation.

If you want to find out more please see the role details at https://starfishsearch.com/jobs/ho-estates-cec/ , or contact or Luke Judd ([e-mail] / 07435 270 659) or Emily Lockwood ([e-mail] / 0113 360 7612).

Closing date: 22 June 2025