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
About Severn Hospice
Severn Hospice delivers exceptional care and support to patients and families across its hospice sites, retail estate and community services. Estates and Facilities play avital enabling rolein ensuring safe, welcoming and high-quality environments for patients, visitors, volunteers and colleagues.
The Opportunity
Severn Hospice is now seeking an experiencedAssociate Director of Estates & Facilitiesto takeday-to-day operational responsibilityfor its estates, facilities and hospitality services.
Reporting to theDirector of Finance, IT & Estates, this role is critical to maintaining and enhancing the Hospices 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.
Key Areas of Responsibility
* 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
About You
You will be asenior estates or facilities leaderwith 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.
Why Join Severn Hospice?
* 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
How to Apply
Severn Hospice is working in partnership withSeymour Johnon 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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