Regional Facilities Lead
Location: Location: Hybrid with regular regional travel (Head Office: Welwyn Garden City)
Full Time, Permanent
Join a team where your expertise protects what matters most — children, staff, and safe learning spaces.
At Family First Nurseries, we’re on a journey to build a best-in-class Facilities and Health & Safety function. As our new Regional Facilities Lead, you’ll lead the way in delivering a high-performing, proactive facilities service across your region.
You’ll work closely with nursery teams, contractors, and the central helpdesk to manage reactive and planned maintenance, minor works, and ensure compliance — creating safe, inspiring environments for children and staff.
Why Join Us?
* £45k-£48k plus £5k car allowance
* 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
* Celebrate your birthday with a day off on us!
* Hybrid working with flexibility
* Autonomy and trust in a role with purpose
* A supportive, values-driven culture with room to grow
* Discounted nursery fees for all our teams.
* Access to a discount/perks platform.
* Exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.
* Engaging team days and exciting company events.
Bring your knowledge, your energy, and your solutions. Let’s build something better, together.
What We’re Looking For:
Essential:
* Experience in hard facilities or estates management across multiple sites.
* Strong working knowledge of statutory PPM and building compliance
* Experience managing contractors and project delivery
* Excellent organisation and communication skills
* Confident using digital platforms (e.g., CAFM, Monday.com)
Desirable:
* IOSH or NEBOSH qualification
* Project management experience or accreditation
* Experience in education, childcare, or regulated settings
Take the next step and explore a role that makes a positive impact on children’s lives. Apply today and let our friendly recruitment team support you every step of the way. We can’t wait to welcome you to the Family First community!
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.
The Family First Group take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.