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About the Role

This role will lead the team, oversee our contracts, and ensure the FCA is getting maximum value from its estate. The building and services are key to our staff and our employment offer and maintaining a high level of excellence is key. There are also opportunities to evolve the offering as hybrid working practices become clearer, technologies advance and our ways of working change.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team with overall responsibility for Estates, Facilities, Corporate Security and Health & Safety.
• Set overall direction, objectives and measure performance and key trends for the team.
• Oversee front of house, security, cleaning, gym, and staff restaurant facilities.
• Manage relationships with both our superior landlord and a significant tenant.
• Oversee key suppliers to ensure compliance, value, and high-quality service delivery.
• Ensure the estate is resilient, has adequate contingency plans, and manage disaster recovery responses.
• Ensure the organization has the right space design and planning to meet objectives.
• Ensure the estate delivers against sustainability goals.
• Develop and deliver a long-term strategy for the department, aligning with broader organizational strategies.
• Lead on performance, capability, and culture within the department with a focus on operational excellence.
• Build a strong and inclusive directorate that attracts and develops diverse talent.

Requirements

• Strong experience of managing a facilities, estates, and infrastructure team.
• Strong leadership capabilities and ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams through change.
• Extensive experience of managing outsourced Facilities Management supplier contracts.
• Experience of estate planning, space planning, and running projects.
• Extensive experience of managing a facilities operation in a corporate workplace.
• Experience of managing relationships with both landlord and significant tenants.
• Strong experience of health & safety management.
• Strong experience of physical security risk assessment and management.
• Responsibility for keeping leased buildings in operation and maintaining their condition.
• Ability to get the best out of suppliers and work in partnership with others.
• Confident, assertive, and able to influence and challenge stakeholders.
• Operating in a high-rise, high-quality office estate (desirable).
• Experience with estate transactions (desirable).
• All applicants must declare any potential conflict of interest.
• Successful candidates will be required to obtain and retain SC Clearance.

Skills

• Facilities Management
• Estates Management
• Infrastructure Management
• Leadership
• Contract Management
• Project Management
• Space Planning
• Health & Safety Management
• Physical Security Risk Assessment
• Supplier Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Sustainability

Location

• London

Work Type

• Hybrid Working
• Minimum 50% of working time in the office from September 2026
• Executive Director and Directors expected to be in a minimum of 60% per month

Experience Level

• Minimum 5 years experience

Education Level

• NEBOSH qualification (desirable)

Salary/Compensations

• £130,000 - £150,000

Benefits

• 30 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare with Bupa
• Non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of basic salary (increasing with age)
• Life assurance of eight times basic salary
• Income protection
• Personalised benefits package

About the Company

• The FCA is creating a fair and more resilient financial system.
• They are establishing more transparent relationships between financial services and customers, building trust in financial markets and protecting vulnerable consumers.
• The FCA is undergoing significant transformation in digital enablement, business intelligence, market data, and information management.
• The FCA launched a new 5-year strategy in March 2025 focusing on being a smarter regulator, supporting economic growth, helping consumers, and fighting financial crime.
• The FCA has a workforce of 5,500 spread across London, Edinburgh, and Leeds.

Equal Opportunity

• The FCA is a Disability Confident Employer.
• They are committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation.
• They particularly welcome applications from women, disabled, and minority ethnic candidates.
• As an inclusive employer, they are open to considering flexible working arrangements, including job shares.