Residential Estates Manager

brand-new role to strengthen and expand our Estates and Compliance function. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced estates professional to make their mark while helping to create safe, welcoming and nurturing homes where children and young people can thrive. You'll play a key role in ensuring our homes provide safe, high-quality living environments, driving improvements across the estate and helping to create places where children and young people feel safe, supported and able to achieve their full potential. About the Role Love solving problems, improving properties and making a real difference? As our Residential Estates Manager, you'll be at the heart of ensuring our children's homes are safe, compliant and well maintained. You'll take ownership of a diverse residential property portfolio, leading estate inspections, managing maintenance and improvement projects, overseeing contractors and driving compliance across our homes. No two days are the same. One day you'll be planning a major refurbishment, the next you'll be working with operational teams to deliver improvements that directly enhance the lives of children and young people. This is a highly visible role where you'll build strong relationships, influence change and help shape the future of our estate. If you're someone who spots issues before they become problems, thrives on variety and gets genuine satisfaction from seeing projects through to completion, you'll fit right in. Simply put, you'll play a key role in creating safe, high-quality homes where children and young people can flourish.,

• Lead estate inspections and condition reviews across the residential property portfolio
• Manage maintenance, repairs and property improvement projects
• Oversee contractors and suppliers to ensure quality outcomes
• Drive property compliance across children's homes
• Plan and support refurbishment and improvement projects
• Work closely with Registered Managers and operational teams to identify and deliver property improvements
• Support capital projects from planning through to delivery
  
  We're looking for a proactive, hands-on estates professional who thrives on solving problems and making a difference. You'll bring strong property, maintenance and compliance experience, with the drive to keep our children's homes safe, welcoming and operating at their best.
You'll be organised, solutions-focused and confident building relationships, managing projects and driving improvements across multiple homes. Most importantly, you'll be passionate about creating environments where children and young people feel safe, supported and able to thrive.,
• HNC, HND or degree in building studies, facilities management, construction or a related discipline
• IOSH Managing Safely
• Full UK driving licence
• NEBOSH General Certificate
• Fire risk assessment competency
• Asbestos awareness training
Beyond the Technical
• Multi-site estates management experience with the ability to balance priorities and drive high standards
• Confident carrying out property inspections and condition surveys, spotting issues before they become problems
• Proven experience managing maintenance, repairs and property improvement projects
• Experience within children's homes, supported living or residential care environments
• A trusted partner to Registered Managers and operational leaders, building strong working relationships
• Skilled in managing contractors and suppliers to deliver quality outcomes
• Experience supporting capital projects from planning through to delivery
• Comfortable working autonomously in a field-based role across a UK-wide portfolio
  
  Polaris Community is one of the UK's largest children's services providers, with roots in the UK's first independent fostering provider. Delivering fostering, residential care, specialist education, adoption, therapy and leaving care services across the length and breadth of the country, our community of 19 brands supports children and young people from Glasgow to Plymouth, Belfast to London.
  
  £2,000 Car Allowance
• 30 days' annual leave, increasing to 35 days with length of service, plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Life Insurance x 2
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Free on-site parking at all sites