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About The Role

Estates and Facilities Manager

Salary: £51,075-£57,653 (inc. London Weighting)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time – 35 hours per week
Location: Friends House, London NW1 2BJ. 
Closing date: 8am Wednesday 1 April 2026  
Interviews: Held in person on 14 April 2026

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Quakers in Britain are seeking a proactive and experienced Estates & Facilities Manager to lead our multi-site facilities operations. You will be responsible for ensuring our buildings are safe, compliant, well-maintained, sustainable, and welcoming, while providing leadership to cleaning, security, and facilities teams. This role involves managing statutory compliance, maintenance, budgets, contractors, and projects, and supporting long-term estate planning. You will also play a key part in sustainability initiatives and delivering excellent customer service to staff, tenants, and visitors.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and manage estates and facilities services across multiple BYM sites.
Ensure statutory compliance, health & safety, and fire safety.
Plan and manage maintenance schedules and refurbishment projects.
Lead and supervise cleaning, security, and facilities teams.
Manage budgets, procurement, and contracts efficiently.
Support environmental sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives.
Maintain strong communication with stakeholders and building users.

About You

Proven experience managing estates or facilities operations, ideally across multiple sites.
Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Knowledge of health & safety, fire regulations, and compliance standards.
Experience in budgeting, procurement, and project management.
Committed to Quaker values, equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Working Conditions

Predominantly on-site at Friends House, with occasional travel to other sites.
Participation in duty manager rotas including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
Some on-call responsibility for emergency response and building access.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

Central London location opposite Euston Station
Lots of overtime available
Chance to work for a genuine, values based organisation
Generous holiday allowance
Staff discount in the café and bookshop
Personal development and wellbeing programmes
Friendly, inclusive, values-led environment
Real teamwork, real variety, and real job satisfaction

further details

For details of how to apply, go to www.quaker.org.uk/jobs.

Quakers are committed to equality and welcome applicants from all identities and backgrounds. Selection is based solely on skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. We aim to prevent age, belief, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, neurodivergence, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or social class from being a barrier to employment. As a Quaker organisation we expect all applicants and employees to uphold our values. We aim for an equitable, user-friendly application process, and reasonable adjustments can be made if needed.

We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All candidates will undergo pre-employment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment guidelines.

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