Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£59,772 per annum

About the Role
Help us create safe, sustainable spaces where children and young people can thrive. Do you see yourself making a difference by ensuring our schools and children’s services buildings are safe, fit for purpose, and future-ready? Can you use your estates and asset management expertise to improve learning environments across Southwark? If yes, we have the perfect role for you! Our Children’s Services Transformation & Operations team is looking for a dedicated Children’s Services Estates & Asset Management Officer to join us and help deliver safe, sustainable and inspiring environments for our children and young people.

As the lead internal commissioner for estates and asset management within Children’s Services, you’ll:
- Oversee and commission asset management, compliance and capital works projects.
- Act as the key link between schools, children’s services, and wider council delivery teams.
- Manage the Children’s Services Capital & Asset Management Board.
- Ensure compliance with health, safety and statutory requirements across the children’s services estate.
- Report on capital programmes and allocations, ensuring effective use of resources to support sustainable education provision.

You will join our Transformation & Operations Service, part of Children’s and Adults’ Services. We bring together strategy, policy, business intelligence, programmes, and asset management to deliver positive change. We are passionate about creating safe, sustainable, and supportive environments for children and young people – and we’d love you to be part of it.

This post requires a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at Enhanced level.

In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough.

Experience
Strong experience in estates, facilities, or asset management.

About you
A customer-focused, solutions-driven approach.
The ability to build and maintain positive relationships with schools, services, and council teams.
Knowledge of compliance and health & safety requirements in a property management context.
Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage complex projects and competing priorities.

Qualifications
Please refer to the detailed job description and person specification for full qualifications and requirements.