HRUC - Director of Estates and Facilities

HRUC is one of the largest FE colleges in the UK with an ambition of becoming an outstanding provider of education across the group. The group is high performing, transformational, innovative, dynamic and aims to be recognised as a sector leader both nationally and internationally.

We are looking for a Director of Estates and Facilities to lead our estates service both strategically and operationally. In this senior role, you will oversee the maintenance, development, and sustainability of our facilities, ensuring regulatory compliance, cost efficiency, and optimal functionality. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, a proven track record in large-scale multiple site facilities management, and experience in project management, capital and planned maintenance. You will be a decisive strategic thinker who can see the long-term picture while being close to operational arrangements that ensure our environments are safe, functional and fit for purpose.

We have appointed FE Associates to support us with this important appointment. Contact our lead consultant, Suzanne.Thurlow@fea.co.uk, to find out more about this exciting opportunity before applying.

Dear colleague,

Director of Estates and Facilities

Many thanks for your interest in the role of Director of Estates and Facilities with Harrow, Richmond and Uxbridge Colleges (HRUC). HRUC is the newest college group in London, and one of the country’s largest and most vibrant college groups with an annual income of around £70m. Our operations span the communities of West and Southwest London with our main campuses in Harrow, Richmond and Uxbridge. Our values, culture and ways of working are rooted in high performance and high expectations, and everything we do is firmly centred on the needs of our learners, communities and the businesses we serve. Boasting five 'Outstanding' and three 'Good' assessments in our last Ofsted inspection, we have our sights on realising our shared ambition of becoming an outstanding provider of education across the group.

Our 2030 strategic vision is to be the college group of choice. A college that celebrates equality and diversity in its learners and staff and is a thriving place to work. Most recently, in a pioneering development for the Further Education (FE) sector, HRUC have joined the Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), creating new opportunities for our learners by providing access to MIT’s renowned researchers who are widely recognised to be among the best in the world.

In this senior role, the postholder will oversee the maintenance, development, and sustainability of our facilities, ensuring regulatory compliance, cost efficiency, and optimal functionality.

The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, a proven track record in large-scale multiple site facilities management along with experience in project management, capital and planned maintenance. You will be a decisive strategic thinker who is able to see the long-term picture whilst being close to operational arrangements that ensure our environments are safe, functional and fit for purpose.

We have appointed FE Associates to support us with this appointment. Interested parties are advised to arrange an initial conversation with our lead consultant, by emailing Suzanne.Thurlow@fea.co.uk, to discuss the role before the closing date.

Best regards

Keith Smith
Chief Executive, HRUC

If you have the very special qualities and the passion to make a real a difference to the future of our students and business, then we would like to hear from you.

Please complete the registration form below to access the candidate information pack, application form and the equality and diversity form.

NB: Please ensure you complete all fields and click on both the Terms and Conditions check box as well as the Consent check box to enable access to the documents.

We have appointed FE Associates to help us find the right person. Prior to submitting an application, interested parties are advised to arrange an initial conversation with our FE Associates lead consultant, by emailing Suzanne.Thurlow@fea.co.uk to discuss the role before the closing date.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 25 November 2024

Interview date: Friday 13 December 2024

Stage 1 of 2: Complete the form below

Stage 2 of 2: Submitting Your Application

Prior to submitting an application, interested parties are advised to arrange an initial conversation with our FE Associates lead consultant, by emailing Suzanne.Thurlow@fea.co.uk, to discuss the role before the closing date.

Once you have obtained the full information and had an informal discussion with Suzanne Thurlow, you must email your application to recruitment@fea.co.uk by the closing date deadline. Applications received after this time will not be considered.

Please read the 'Submitting Your Application' Section in the Candidate Information Pack for full instructions on how to submit your application.

Your application must include the following 2 documents:

A fully completed Application Form (located above). Please do not include your CV as part of, or substitute for, the application form.
The Equality and Diversity Form (located above).

Key Dates for Submitting Your Application:

Closing date: 9am on Monday 25 November 2024

Interview date: Friday 13 December 2024

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