Head of Estates

At Everyturn Mental Health, we believe everyone deserves access to high-quality mental health support. We provide a range of services across the UK, supporting people in their communities, homes, and residential settings to improve their mental health and wellbeing.

We're looking for an experienced and strategic Head of Estates to lead and develop our national property portfolio. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of our estate, ensuring our environments are safe, sustainable, compliant, and fit for the needs of the people we support and the colleagues who deliver our services.

Reporting to the Director of Estates, Sustainability and Social Value, you'll provide leadership across our Estates and Facilities function, driving both operational excellence and long-term estate strategy.

This is a hybrid role, with a requirement to work from our Head Office in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, alongside travel to our services across the UK as required.

Please note: Due to the requirements of this role, it is essential that you hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship as is does not meet the requirements as set out by the UK Visa and Immigration Service

What you'll do:

As Head of Estates, you will:

• Lead the strategic and operational management of Everyturn's national estate.
• Provide expert advice to senior leaders on estate strategy, investment and risk.
• Ensure all properties remain safe, compliant and fit for purpose.
• Lead estates budgets, financial planning and investment programmes.
• Oversee capital projects, refurbishments and property developments.
• Manage relationships with landlords, contractors, suppliers and regulatory bodies.
• Support organisational growth through property acquisition and estate planning.
• Drive sustainability initiatives and contribute to our long-term environmental goals.

What we're looking for:

We would love to hear from you if you possess the following:

• Degree in relevant Estates subject
• Membership of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or equivalent
• Full UK driving licence
• Significant experience in estates, facilities or property management at a senior level.
• Significant experience of Net Zero and Sustainability principles
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, develop and motivate teams.
• Experience managing budgets, contracts, capital projects and property portfolios.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• A strong understanding of compliance, health and safety, and estate-related legislation.
• Experience working with external partners, contractors and professional advisers.
• A strategic mindset with the ability to balance long-term planning with operational delivery.
• A commitment to continuous improvement, sustainability and service excellence.
• Alignment with Everyturn's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Innovation.

What we offer in return

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years’ service) and the option to purchase or sell day
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream - ability to release earnings, giving you instant access to your pay
• Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme, including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and counselling sessions Shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.

In order to streamline our recruitment process, once we have received a sufficient number of applications, we reserve the right to expire vacancies, so please submit your application as soon as possible.