Head of Facilities Management

Maxwell Stephens Recruitment; Essex; On-site; GBP 63,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in Essex is seeking a Head of Facilities Management for a 6-month contract. This senior leadership position oversees multiple facilities services, ensuring compliance and quality delivery that supports the student experience. Responsibilities include strategic leadership, team management, and optimization of service contracts. This role has the potential for progression into a permanent position. The package includes a competitive salary of circa £63,000 plus a generous benefits package.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for the facilities function.
• Lead, motivate, and develop multi-disciplinary teams.
• Manage and optimize outsourced service contracts.

Job description

Job Description

Head of Facilities Management (6 Month Contract)

Circa £63,000 + Generous Package

Essex

Maxwell Stephens is partnering with an educational establishment to appoint a Head of Facilities Management for an initial 6 Month contract, a senior leadership role within a complex, multi-campus estate.

This position leads all facilities services, including outsourced soft services, catering, porterage and front-of-house operations, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and cost-effective delivery that directly supports the student experience.

You will take full ownership of performance, budgets, service improvement and stakeholder engagement, ensuring safe, compliant and well-maintained environments for students, staff and visitors.

This has every opportunity to progress into a long term permanent position.

Key responsibilities include :

• Providing strategic leadership for the facilities function, ensuring best practice, innovation and continuous improvement
• Leading, motivating and developing multi-disciplinary teams and senior managers
• Managing and optimising outsourced service contracts, including procurement, tendering and performance management

Developing and controlling significant operational budgets, includin...