Head of Property & Estates

Oxfam GB is looking for a Head of Property & Estates to provide strategic leadership and management across our UK-wide estate, including over 500 shops, offices and warehouses. You will lead the development and delivery of our Property Strategy in support of Oxfam's Retail Transformation, ensuring our estate is cost-effective, compliant, sustainable, and fit for purpose. This role has significant responsibility for budgets (£30m+), property performance, and external partnerships, while influencing senior leadership and organisational strategy. What we are looking for: We're looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do., Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our are recruited to work for us. The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the . In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures. We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Do you have experience leading multi-site property or estates teams across a large and geographically dispersed portfolio? Do you have strong strategic leadership skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and deliver large-scale property strategies? Do you have proven experience managing complex budgets, property compliance, and delivering major projects across diverse organisations? If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.,

• Demonstrate strong strategic thinking, sound judgement, and the ability to influence at senior leadership level
• Bring significant experience leading multi-site property or estates functions across complex organisations
• Have a proven track record of managing high-performing teams and developing inclusive, diverse workplaces
• Possess strong commercial and financial acumen, including managing large budgets and delivering value
• Have experience delivering complex property projects and strategies across multiple stakeholders
• Show excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex information clearly and effectively
• Hold substantial knowledge of retail property and estates management (charity sector desirable)
• Be a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
  
  Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn't inevitable. It's an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women's right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won't stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.
is a member of of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. A thriving diverse Oxfam: It's people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we're committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today. To do that:
• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.
  
  We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits.
From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the-job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more. You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer . Flexfam: We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we're open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. We think this role would work particularly well as a hybrid role, with a combination of office-based (Oxford) and home working.