Estate Manager - West Region (covering the Midlands area)
- Title
- Estate Manager - West Region (covering the Midlands area)
- Location
- Homeworker
- Salary
- £49,820 p.a. / 36 hours per week / Permanent
- Job type
- Permanent
- Ref
- 16468
Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage.
Heritage lives in places and people, memories and stories, artefacts and traditions. It can connect us all to the past, and to each other. It can make us happier, strengthen every community, and help shape society for the better. Everybody should be able to enjoy the benefits it brings.
That's why, as a charity, we care for over a million objects and hundreds of historic sites in every part of England, from international icons to local treasures. And it's why we open them up, share their stories and find new ways for everybody to enjoy, learn, play and create.
We are looking for an Estate Manager to join our team. The role is full time, you'll be on a permanent contract and will be working 36 hours per week.
This unique role brings together building and nature conservation, people and project management to provide a holistic estates management service to the Territory. The role will lead on some of the more complex planned maintenance and gives the opportunity to innovate and shape the way we work.
We offer flexible working arrangements where the role allows. This is a full time role, is home based and will mainly cover our sites in the Midlands area but on occasions will be required to provide support to some of our SW sites too.
Depending on where you are based there maybe an opportunity to hot desk at one of our local sites.
In this role, you will lead your team of up to 4 people - working across Building Conservation, Landscape Management and M+E services - to deliver a maintenance programme of cyclical works and small projects, with a budget of circa £2m.
Your main objective will be to ensure that our sites remain safe, accessible and operational for our visitors. You will have a strong Health & Safety ethos and lead your team to ensure Statutory Compliance and Safety Critical Reporting are diligently undertaken across your territory. You will also have a unique and exciting opportunity to influence, innovate and deliver carbon reduction, improved nature conservation and champion Sustainable Conservation.
The Benefits
- Salary from £49,820, depending on skills and experience.
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, pro rata, rising to 28 days after 3 years
- Matched pension contributions up to 10%
- Flexible hours
- The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector
- Subscriptions to professional bodies
- Free access to all English Heritage sites for you and up to six friends and family members
- 25% discount in our shops and cafes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity or shared parental leave
- Options to buy additional leave
- An inclusive working atmosphere everybody is supported from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs
- Opportunities to go to some of our great live music and history events
The Estates Management team has a strong leadership ambition. You will be working with the Senior Estate Manager to empower, develop, inspire and enable your team to be the very best they can be, collaborating closely with colleagues across the charity. You will also mentor and support your team in the effective management and administration of a suite of maintenance contracts to achieve agreed levels of conservation, maintenance and site presentation.
In addition to great leadership and a passion for the work undertaken by English Heritage, we also need your experience in project and program management to deliver work on budget, to time and of the right quality for the sites in our care, helping to secure them for future generations.
We strive to be an inclusive employer and are always looking for people who reflect the diversity of the country today, to help us make it more relevant to the diversity of the people, communities and places we serve. We continually look for new ways to promote the past in a way that is inclusive to all and that celebrates the cultural diversity of England's heritage.
From remote sites to inner city monuments, from regional teams to our Head Office, the diversity of our teams is critical to making sure our shared heritage is inclusive, exciting and accessible.
Essential experience should include;
- Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject - e.g. building surveying, engineering, project management or nature conservation and grounds maintenance and experience in maintaining buildings and grounds covering multiple sites.
- Experience of managing planned maintenance and minor works contracts.
- Experience of managing budgets and work programmes in the region of £1M to £2M.
- Experience and understanding of buildings and grounds maintenance in a historic environment.
- Experience of successfully leading and managing a team.
- Experience of using IT Facilities Management Systems
Interviews will be held on 15th July in our Bristol Office.
If you would like to talk to us e.g. about workplace adjustments or working patterns, please contact Martin Roscoe - Senior Estates Manager on
EstatesWest.Admin@english-heritage.org.uk
No agencies please.
Find out more about us and what we do: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/ You can also meet some of our people and hear about why they enjoy working with us: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers-with-us/
Everybody's welcome at English Heritage
Forget the stereotypes. It takes thousands of people from every background to care for England's heritage and open it up for everybody to enjoy. We're looking for every type of person with every kind of skill and experience, and we're committed to making sure that English Heritage is an equitable, diverse and inclusive place to work. You can connect with others through our EDI networks as a member or ally. These include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Equity, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Age, Disability and Gender Health and Wellbeing.
We take wellbeing seriously. We are committed to ensuring everyone feels safe at work and can carry out their role. To support this, we have a network of Mental Health First aiders, regular information and awareness events, unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Programme and work with our people to implement reasonable adjustments.
Closing date: 26/06/2026 23:59:59
You will need to refer to the following documents when completing your application.
