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Wigan and Leigh Hospice

Estates Manager

The closing date is 14 October 2025

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Job summary

Role: Estates Manager

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £47,810 - £52,410 per annum, depending on experience

Closing date: 14/10/2025 at 10:00am

Interviews: 24/10/2025

As Estates Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for the management, maintenance, and development of all Wigan & Leigh Hospice estates, including clinical, administrative, retail, and warehouse sites. You will ensure the estate remains safe, sustainable, compliant, and efficient, consistently meeting statutory and regulatory obligations while supporting the Hospices wider strategic objectives.

This role requires a skilled facilities professional with expertise in estates compliance, health and safety, risk management, and the delivery of complex projects. You will lead, develop, and motivate a small estates team, oversee key supplier contracts, and act as the hospices Competent Person under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999. Your leadership will be central to embedding a culture of compliance, safety, and continuous improvement, while building strong relationships across internal teams and external stakeholders.

Working hours: 37 hours per week. Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm (Friday finish at 4pm). Flexibility with working pattern will be considered. The role is office based.

The postholder will be required to participate in the out-of-hours 'on-call' rota to address emergency facilities concerns.

Main duties of the job

The role may require occasional late-night or weekend work when there is a specific business need or, in some instances, to deal with an emergency. Advanced notice will be provided wherever feasible, and time off in lieu will be provided.

The deadline for applications is Tuesday 14 October at 10am. Interviews will be held at Wigan and Leigh Hospice on Friday 24 October 2025.

If you have not heard from us within two weeks after the closing date, this will mean you have been unsuccessful this time.

Successful appointments will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services Check (DBS) check.

Applicants should submit an up-to-date CV with a supporting statement setting out how you meet the criteria for the role set out in the Person Specification in the attached Job Description.

We are proud to offer a wide range of benefits, including:

  • A warm and welcoming working environment,
  • 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays, increasing with length of service,
  • Salary sacrifice pension scheme,
  • Free car parking,
  • Subsidised lunches,
  • Cycle to Work Scheme,
  • Shopping, leisure and holiday discounts,
  • On demand GP,
  • Westfield Health - Health Cash Plan,
  • Life Assurance,
  • A range of Wellbeing initiatives.

Existing membership of the NHS pension scheme may be transferable to this post, if contributions have been made within the last 12 months.

About us

Wigan and Leigh Hospice is a well-established charity which has been operating since 1983. We provide a wide range of palliative care services to people with advancing life-limiting illnesses of any diagnosis and to those people important to them. The support we offer is tailored to meet individuals physical, social, spiritual and emotional needs.

All our teams are all part of the Hospice team: working together to make the Hospice the best it can be. We have achieved Outstanding in the last CQC inspection. Our values: Compassion, Accessibility, Respect, Excellence, are at the heart of everything we do.

Please note this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.

We are committed to protect the privacy and security of your personal information. To see how we do this please visit our website and read our Role Applicants Data Protection Compliance Statement (Privacy Notice).

Details

Date posted

26 September 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£47,810 to £52,410 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0309-25-0024

Job locations

Wigan & Leigh Hospice

Kildare Street

Hindley

Wigan

Greater Manchester

WN2 3HZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

** For details of the job description and person specification for this role please refer to the attached job description **

Job description

Job responsibilities

** For details of the job description and person specification for this role please refer to the attached job description **

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NEBOSH or equivalent Health & Safety qualification, or relevant experience with a strong commitment to achieve this qualification within an agreed timeframe.
  • Extensive knowledge of statutory estates compliance including H&S, COSHH, PUWER, Fire Safety, CDM, and RIDDOR
  • Proven track record in multi-site estates or facilities management, preferably within healthcare, social care, or the charity sector
  • Experience in policy development, compliance oversight, and quality assurance activities across diverse premises
  • Demonstrated success in leading, developing, and motivating high-performing teams and managing external contractors
  • Experience of managing estates projects from inception through delivery within budget and timescale

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, including negotiation and influence across organisational levels
  • Strong written and oral communication skills, capable of producing clear, concise reports and policies.
  • Skilled in embedding and applying risk management within operational planning and decision-making processes
  • Experience of budget management, contract administration, and procurement processes

Personal Qualities & Attributes

Essential

  • Resilient, adaptable, and constructive in responding to change and operational challenges, while demonstrating strong teamwork.
  • Full UK driving licence with willingness and ability to travel between hospice and retail sites.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NEBOSH or equivalent Health & Safety qualification, or relevant experience with a strong commitment to achieve this qualification within an agreed timeframe.
  • Extensive knowledge of statutory estates compliance including H&S, COSHH, PUWER, Fire Safety, CDM, and RIDDOR
  • Proven track record in multi-site estates or facilities management, preferably within healthcare, social care, or the charity sector
  • Experience in policy development, compliance oversight, and quality assurance activities across diverse premises
  • Demonstrated success in leading, developing, and motivating high-performing teams and managing external contractors
  • Experience of managing estates projects from inception through delivery within budget and timescale

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, including negotiation and influence across organisational levels
  • Strong written and oral communication skills, capable of producing clear, concise reports and policies.
  • Skilled in embedding and applying risk management within operational planning and decision-making processes
  • Experience of budget management, contract administration, and procurement processes

Personal Qualities & Attributes

Essential

  • Resilient, adaptable, and constructive in responding to change and operational challenges, while demonstrating strong teamwork.
  • Full UK driving licence with willingness and ability to travel between hospice and retail sites.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Wigan and Leigh Hospice

Address

Wigan & Leigh Hospice

Kildare Street

Hindley

Wigan

Greater Manchester

WN2 3HZ


Employer's website

https://www.wlh.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Wigan and Leigh Hospice

Address

Wigan & Leigh Hospice

Kildare Street

Hindley

Wigan

Greater Manchester

WN2 3HZ


Employer's website

https://www.wlh.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Human Resources

hr@wlh.org.uk

01942525566

Details

Date posted

26 September 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£47,810 to £52,410 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0309-25-0024

Job locations

Wigan & Leigh Hospice

Kildare Street

Hindley

Wigan

Greater Manchester

WN2 3HZ


Supporting documents

Privacy notice

Wigan and Leigh Hospice's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)