Interim Estates Lead

The Management Recruitment Group (MRG); Greater London; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 69,000; Part time

Job summary

The Management Recruitment Group (MRG) is supporting a well-known London-based cultural organisation in its search for an Interim Estates Lead. This hands-on leadership role will oversee a diverse estate, including a significant listed building, with a focus on safety, compliance and operational excellence.

You will lead an established team, embedding clear processes, driving a shift to planned maintenance and delivering high-quality reporting to senior leadership and the Board.

Qualifications

• Significant estates and facilities management leadership experience.
• Experience managing historic and/or listed buildings.
• Calm, measured and confident leadership style.
• Ability to embed process and improve operational standards.
• Track record of driving preventative maintenance strategies.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience producing and presenting Board-level reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead an established estates and facilities team and drive safety, compliance and effective operations.
• Shift maintenance from reactive to planned and preventative strategies, with clear processes.
• Provide high-quality reporting and updates to senior leadership and the Board.

Skills

Estates leadership

Facilities management

Listed buildings experience

Stakeholder management

Board reporting

Job description

Contract length: 3 months (in the first instance)

Hours: Part-time, 3 days per week, with flexibility regarding the days worked

We're supporting a well-known London-based cultural organisation in the search for an experienced Interim Estates Lead to provide leadership across a diverse estate which includes a significant listed building.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can quickly build credibility, bring structure and drive positive change across estates and facilities operations.

You'll lead an established team, ensuring the estate is safe, compliant and operating effectively, whilst helping to shift the focus from reactive maintenance towards a more planned and preventative approach. You'll also be responsible for embedding clear processes, improving ways of working and providing high-quality reporting and updates to senior leadership and the Board.

Operating within a creative, public-facing environment, you'll be comfortable balancing operational priorities with the needs of a busy arts, entertainment and charitable organisation. You'll be able to build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and understand the unique demands that come with supporting spaces used by artists, audiences, staff and volunteers.

We're keen to hear from individuals who offer:

• Significant estates and facilities management leadership experience
• Experience managing historic and/or listed buildings
• A calm, measured and confident leadership style
• The ability to embed process and improve operational standards
• A track record of driving preventative maintenance strategies
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience producing and presenting Board-level reports

This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a unique and highly regarded organisation.

The expectation is that the successful candidate will start early to mid-November, so you will need to be available at this time.