Associate Director Of Estates & Facilities

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

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 high‑quality environments for patients, visitors, volunteers and colleagues.

Severn Hospice is now seeking an experienced Associate Director of Estates & Facilities to take day‑to‑day 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 Hospice's 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.

• Operational leadership of Estates & Facilities across hospice and retail sites
• Health & Safety, environmental health, food hygiene and infection control compliance
• Budget management, forecasting and value‑for‑money 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

You will be a senior estates or facilities leader with proven experience managing complex, safety‑critical environments and large multidisciplinary teams.

You will be calm, practical, organised and solutions‑focused, 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.

• Opportunity to play a key role in a highly respected hospice
• Work that has genuine purpose and impact
• Supportive, values‑led 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

Severn Hospice is working in partnership with Seymour John on this appointment.

For a confidential discussion and full candidate information pack, please contact:

• John Lavictoire
• Phil Topper

All applications will be managed through Seymour John. Any CVs sent directly to Severn Hospice will be forwarded accordingly.

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