Lead Estates Manager - Southwark College

Lead Estates Manager
- Southwark College

London

Greater London

GB

EC2V 8

Permanent

NCG Corporation

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Lead Estates Manager to join our Estates leadership team and play a pivotal role in shaping, developing, and maintaining a large and complex educational estate. This is an outstanding opportunity for an accomplished estates or facilities management professional who thrives on leading high-performing teams, driving change, managing large-scale contracts, and delivering excellent customer-focused services across a multi-site environment.

As Lead Estates Manager, you will lead the operational delivery of estates services while helping to shape long-term estate development plans that support our organisational ambitions and student experience.

Working closely with the Assistant Director of Estates and senior stakeholders, you will:

• Lead the delivery of estates and facilities services across multiple sites.
• Manage and oversee Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) contracts, ensuring exceptional service standards, KPI performance and statutory compliance.
• Support the development and implementation of the Estates Strategy, including capital projects, refurbishments, acquisitions and estate improvements.
• Drive service excellence across maintenance, cleaning, security, grounds maintenance, waste management and caretaking functions.
• Provide leadership to estates teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Manage revenue and capital budgets, ensuring effective financial control and value for money.
• Champion health, safety, compliance and sustainability initiatives across the estate.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, contractors and external partners.

NCG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. All roles are subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check with a check of the children's barred list, where applicable.

At NCG, we're more than a group of colleges - we're a community of educators and professionals working together to make a difference. We're proud to be rated 'Good' by Ofsted, reflecting our commitment to high-quality teaching, learner support, and continuous improvement. We invest in our people, our facilities, and our communities - and we're proud to offer a supportive, inclusive environment where you can thrive.

• Generous Annual Leave
• Flexible Working
• Student Discount
• Government Pension Schemes
• Cycle to Work
• Employee Assistance Programme

Our values are not just about what we do, but also how we do things. Shaped by our colleagues, customers and learners, they set the standard of how we should behave, how we work together and give us the opportunity to make the right decisions based on the values we all share. Being both inclusive and diverse, trusting and respecting our communities, taking ownership whilst working collaboratively, inspiring excellence and curiosity.

For further detail about our Values and Strategy, please visit our website
- Values and Strategy