Head of Workplace

Odgers Berndston; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Odgers Berndston is seeking a Head of Workplace to lead the workplace, facilities, estates, and related functions from the London office. The role requires strategic oversight of outsourced contracts and a focus on hybrid working, sustainability, and changing workforce needs.

The successful candidate will bring extensive leadership in large corporate environments, strong stakeholder management, and deep expertise in health & safety, security, and estate strategy.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading workplace, estates and facilities in large corporate environments.
• Experience managing outsourced facilities providers.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Responsabilités

• Provide strategic leadership for the workplace and estate agenda across the directorate.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team to deliver services and improvements.
• Oversee outsourced facilities management contracts to drive service excellence and value for money.
• Shape workplace strategy to support hybrid working, sustainability, and evolving workforce needs.

Connaissances

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Health & safety

Facilities management

Workplace strategy

Outsourced contracts

Description du poste

The client regulates the conduct of around 42,000 businesses in the UK to support well-functioning financial markets. The client is undergoing transformation and, with a new five-year strategy focused on deepening trust, rebalancing risk, supporting growth, and becoming a smarter regulator, is seeking leaders to help deliver that direction.

The client is hiring a Head of Workplace role within the Finance & Corporate Services Directorate, reporting to the Director of Finance. The position leads workplace, facilities, estates, corporate security, and health & safety functions across The client’s national office portfolio and is based in the London office. Responsibilities include providing strategic leadership for the workplace and estate agenda; leading a multidisciplinary team; overseeing significant outsourced contracts to drive service excellence, operational performance, value for money, and continuous improvement; and shaping workplace strategy to support hybrid working, organisational growth, sustainability objectives, and changing workforce needs.

The successful candidate will bring a strong track record leading workplace, estates, and facilities functions in large, complex corporate environments, along with significant experience managing outsourced facilities management providers and complex stakeholder relationships. The role also requires outstanding leadership and stakeholder management skills, and expertise across health & safety, physical security, workplace planning, and estate strategy. The client operates a hybrid working model, with employees expected to spend a minimum of 50% of working time in the office, and senior leaders expected to be in the office for at least 60% of each month; The client also welcomes applications that support greater diversity across all levels.