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Vacancy Notice - Estates Manager - HSEP, West Midland Reserve Forces & Cadets Association, Harborne, Birmingham.
Job Overview
The salary is £37,720, plus excellent benefits
A vacancy has arisen for an Estates Health, Safety and Environmental Protection Manager within the Estates Department at the West Midland Reserve Forces & Cadets Association (RFCA). The post is based at the Association’s Headquarters in Harborne, Birmingham.
The West Midland Reserve Forces & Cadets Association (RFCA) is an independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting the 2,500 tri-service Reservists and 11,500 Cadets across the six counties of the West Midlands (West Midland, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire) as well as providing support and assistance to the employers of Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers. Part of our role is management and development of the Reserve and Cadet estate across the region.
The RFCA Estates Manager (HSEP) plays a significant role in leading and supporting the management and assurance of HSEP across all RFCA activities including the Volunteer Estate (VE)
Reporting to the Senior Estate Manager, the Estates HSEP Manager will work with senior colleagues, industry partners and other stakeholders to deliver safe activities across estates and non-estate ensuring we meet legal, technical and quality standards.
As a subject matter expert with experience developed in the following sectors:
- Estates
- Property
- Hard Facilities Management
- Client side construction
- Corporate Employee safety
- Event safety
You will provide professional advice, training and support to the RFCA. You will also develop our suppliers through a process of coaching, education and professional challenge to robustly defend our requirements.
The Estates HSEP Manager will work closely with the CRFCA Head of HSEP to progress strategic and operational HSEP.
Annual leave, excluding public holidays, is 25 days per annum rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service. Previous service in the public sector will count towards qualifying years’ service. The successful applicant will be eligible to elect to join the Council of RFCAs Pension Scheme. This is a Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE) Scheme.
A full job description and person specification is available to download:
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Applications should be received no later than Monday 6th July 2026 – Noon. They may be sent by mail to West Midland RFCA, Tennal Grange, Tennal Road, Harborne, Birmingham B32 2HX, or by e-mail to [email protected], and should be marked PERSONAL for Head of Support Services. The shortlist of applicants called for interview will be notified as soon as possible after that date.
The date for interviews is to be confirmed but will be held at Tennal Grange, Tennal road, Birmingham B322HX
Applications should comprise:
- A current CV of no more than two pages.
- A short covering letter demonstrating how they meet the essential requirements of this job and why they consider themselves suitable for the position, indicating their interest and motivation to assume this role.
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