Regional Property Manager

At Life Services, we take great pride in the care we provide to families across the UK. Our Dignity Funeral Operations division depends on safe, well-maintained, dignified spaces, whether funeral homes, care centres, crematoria, or other specialist facilities. We're now seeking a Regional Property Manager to oversee our estate across the North region and ensure every location reflects the high standards our clients and colleagues deserve.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated property professional to take ownership of a diverse, meaningful estate portfolio while driving improvements that directly support frontline funeral teams.

The Purpose of the Role

As Regional Property Manager, you will be the primary point of contact for all property-related activity across the South. You'll manage repairs, maintenance, statutory compliance, and refurbishment projects, ensuring each site remains safe, compliant, and operational at all times.

You'll balance reactive issues with well-planned maintenance programmes, scope and deliver refurbishment work (typically up to £500k), and act as a trusted advisor to Funeral Operations leaders across your region.

What You'll Be Doing:

+ Oversee maintenance and lifecycle planning across a large, multi-site funeral operations estate.
+ Scope, plan, and project manage refurbishment and improvement works, delivering on time, on budget, and to high quality standards.
+ Ensure absolute compliance with statutory requirements, Building Control, CDM regulations, and Health & Safety legislation.
+ Act as the main point of contact for reactive repairs, ensuring quick, safe, and effective resolution of issues that impact frontline funeral services.
+ Carry out regular property inspections, identifying risks, improvement opportunities, and investment needs.
+ Manage and monitor contractors, ensuring strong performance and adherence to Dignity standards.
+ Build and manage regional capital and revenue budgets, providing clear forecasting and financial reporting.
+ Produce regular updates for stakeholders including Heads of Region, Cluster Leaders, Care Centre Teams, and Central Operations.
+ Drive continuous improvement, embedding preventative maintenance culture, contractor reviews, and best practice.

What Success Looks Like

+ Maintenance, compliance, and PPM programmes delivered consistently across all sites.
+ High-quality project delivery with clear cost control and timely completion.
+ Strong contractor performance and value for money demonstrated regionwide.
+ Properties remain safe, compliant, and operational at all times.
+ Clear, proactive communication with Funeral Operations colleagues.

+ Has substantial experience in multi-site property management, maintenance, or refurbishment-ideally within a regulated or sensitive environment such as healthcare, care, or funeral services.
+ Is technically strong, comfortable interpreting drawings, specifications, and feasibility assessments.
+ Has successfully delivered refurbishment projects up to £500k, ideally with CDM responsibility.
+ Thrives in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
+ Communicates clearly, professionally, and confidently with stakeholders at all levels.
+ Brings financial discipline, with experience managing both capital and revenue budgets.
+ Can build positive relationships across operational teams, contractors, and central functions.

Knowledge Skills & Qualifications

+ Experience in property, estates, facilities, or construction management across dispersed portfolios.
+ Strong understanding of statutory compliance, risk assessments, and Health & Safety.
+ MRICS (or working towards), or equivalent practical professional experience.
+ Degree-level qualification in Property, Building Surveying, Construction Management, FM or similar (or strong equivalent experience).
+ IOSH/NEBOSH desirable.
+ Competent with Microsoft Office; experience with PPM systems or property audit software is an advantage.

Life Services Group exists to help every family in Britain navigate the hardest moments of life. We bring together trusted names across funeral services, crematoria and cemeteries, legal services, direct cremation and wills, including Dignity Funeral Directors, CMG, Simplicity Cremations, Dignity Legal Services and Farewill, so families can get more of the support they need in one place.

Our ambition is to support one in three families across the UK as they plan for, navigate and deal with death. We want to set a new standard for care, service and simplicity across the sector.

Death is part of life, and being there for families when it matters is what we do. That means making difficult moments feel more supported, more straightforward and more human.

We are building a modern group that supports families at every stage, from planning ahead with wills and funeral plans, to arranging a funeral, cremation or burial, and managing probate afterwards. This is a defining moment for our business. With stronger foundations, clearer strategy and real momentum, we can change end-of-life care for the better. We are modernising how we work, investing in our colleagues and technology, and helping more families than any one brand could alone.

Wherever you work in Life Services Group, in one of our local teams, specialist brands or group functions, you'll be part of work with meaningful purpose. You will help families through some of life's hardest and most important moments.

Across all our brands, we want colleagues to grow with us through better training, stronger support, modern tools and clearer opportunities to build skills and confidence. You'll be part of teams who care deeply about what they do, look out for each other and take pride in doing work that matters.

You will also help shape the future of end-of-life care. That means making support simpler, more connected and more human for families, while each brand keeps the identity, expertise and community connection people already know and trust.

+ Competitive annual salary
+ 25 days holiday + bank holidays
+ £4,500 car allowance
+ Up to 10% company bonus
+ X2 life assurance
+ BUPA private healthcare cover
+ 4% pension scheme matched