HRUC – Director of Estates, Facilities and Health & Safety

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, Facilities and Health & Safety 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.

Dear colleague,

Director of Estates, Facilities and Health & Safety

Many thanks for your interest in the role of Director of Estates, Facilities and Health & Safety 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, health and safety and 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 [email protected], to discuss the role before the closing date.

Best regards

Keith Smith
Chief Executive, HRUC