Associate Director of Estates & Facilities
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Job Location:
Shropshire - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
13 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description
Associate Director of Estates & Facilities
Organisation: Severn Hospice
Location: Shrewsbury (with regular travel across hospice sites and retail estate)
Salary: Competitive 5% Matched Pension Generous Holiday Healthcare Plan 2x salary death in service
Closing date: Monday 23 February 2026
About Severn Hospice
Severn Hospice delivers exceptional care and support to patients and families across its hospice sites retail estate and community services. Estates and Facilities play a vital enabling role in ensuring safe welcoming and highquality environments for patients visitors volunteers and colleagues.
The Opportunity
Severn Hospice is now seeking an experienced Associate Director of Estates & Facilities to take daytoday operational responsibility for its estates facilities and hospitality services.
Reporting to the Director of Finance IT & Estates this role is critical to maintaining and enhancing the Hospices physical environments infrastructure safety and compliance - ensuring services operate to the highest possible standards.
You will lead large diverse teams across estates maintenance catering housekeeping reception and health & safety as well as managing contractors suppliers and capital projects.
Key Areas of Responsibility
- Operational leadership of Estates & Facilities across hospice and retail sites
- Health & Safety environmental health food hygiene and infection control compliance
- Budget management forecasting and valueformoney delivery
- Capital projects planned maintenance and contractor management
- Leadership development and performance management of large teams
- Strong stakeholder engagement with clinical retail and corporate colleagues
About You
You will be a senior estates or facilities leader with proven experience managing complex safetycritical environments and large multidisciplinary teams.
You will be calm practical organised and solutionsfocused with the confidence to make decisions manage risk and maintain high standards - even in pressurised situations.
Experience in healthcare hospice retail or similarly regulated environments will be particularly relevant.
Why Join Severn Hospice
- Opportunity to play a key role in a highly respected hospice
- Work that has genuine purpose and impact
- Supportive valuesled culture
- The chance to lead services that directly enable outstanding patient care
- Pension contribution matched up to 5%
- 27 days annual leave rising to 33 days with service plus bank holidays
- Healthcare plan (including dental and optical)
- 2x salary death in service
How to Apply
Severn Hospice is working in partnership with Seymour John on this appointment.
For a confidential discussion and full candidate information pack please contact:
All applications will be managed through Seymour John. Any CVs sent directly to Severn Hospice will be forwarded accordingly.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Crisis Management
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- Fundraising
- Media Relations
- Constant Contact
- Strategic Planning
- Social Media Management
- Team Management
- Public Speaking
- Wordpress
- Writing Skills
