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Estates & Facilities Manager (maternity cover), Crystal Palace Park Trust

  •  London
  •  Â£30k-40k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes July 7, 2025
  •  Jobs@crystalpalaceparktrust.org
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Job Summary

The Estates & Facilities Manager (maternity cover) will serve as the primary lead for the built environment of Crystal Palace Park, including all buildings, facilities and heritage assets ensuring trees are healthy, wildflower meadows are buzzing, and public toilets are squeaky.

Job Description

You'll be joining a growing and energetic Park Management team as we make sure trees are healthy, wildflower meadows are buzzing, and public toilets are squeaky clean in Crystal Palace Park.

Under the direction of the Director of Parks Management, the Estates & Facilities Manager (maternity cover) will serve as the primary lead for the built environment of Crystal Palace Park, including all buildings, facilities and heritage assets, and for delivering other duties as outlined below.

Park buildings and facilities include but are not limited to, toilets, playground, cafe, disused toilet block, Museum, Skatepark, Concert Platform, car parks, hard (fully bound) and unbound surfaces, fences, railings, walls, bridges and all other structures in the park.

Park heritage assets include, but are not limited to, the park in its entirety, the Upper and Lower Terraces, Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, Crystal Palace Subway, multiple statues, multiple lakes, and numerous other listed and unlisted heritage items within the park.

Job Requirements

Strong understanding of relevant legislation, regulations, health and safety requirements, risk management and other requirements in the maintenance of buildings and facilities

Knowledge of, and willingness to learn, best practices in the management of facilities, buildings, and heritage assets

Strong writing and communication skills, including the writing of concise reports

Strong interpersonal skills, including stakeholder management, influencing, negotiation, and an ability to handle tension and de-escalate conflict

Flexibility and ability to respond quickly to after-hours issues when assigned and act as duty manager for the site

Problem-solving and decision-making capabilities

Good IT skills. Experience with AutoCAD and GIS is desirable.

Job Responsibilities

Take the lead in ensuring that the park's heritage features - both listed and unlisted - are protected, their condition regularly assessed, and appropriately maintained and repaired in accordance with maintenance and other relevant specifications

Undertake active risk management and mitigation and regularly produce and update risk registers and assessments as relevant

Devise and implement a facilities and buildings monitoring and management plan and budget, that ensures that the park's assets are maintained to a state of good repair consistent with maintenance and compliance requirements and lessee obligations

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