Title

BUSINESS

Head of Facilities Management

HEAD OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Employer: Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service

Salary: Up to £50k + benefits.

Closing Date: 26 September, 2011.

Eastleigh, Hampshire. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service exists to keep the communities of Hampshire and those who visit us safe. The Service has a proud tradition of effectively and professionally achieving this aim. Moving forward, our goal is to be the best Service in the country. You will play a key role in helping us to achieve this ambition.

You will lead and manage the performance of the vehicle fleet, property, procurement and environmental review functions and services. It will be down to you to ensure the efficient co-ordination and delivery of this diverse range of corporate support services. You will make sure that they are customer-focused and delivered cost-effectively.

As a member of the Service Management Team, you'll also play an active role in the corporate leadership of the Service. You will take personal responsibility for developing medium-term strategies and business plans for the management of our physical assets. You will seek out opportunities to work with external partners with the aim of sharing services and generating income.

To succeed in this role, you'll need considerable experience of managing physical assets (property and/or vehicle fleet) in a large, multi-site, organisation in either the public or private sector. But, beyond managing our physical assets in an innovative way, we're looking for someone who can influence organisation-wide corporate objectives.

You will have a professional qualification and membership of a relevant professional body. Sound knowledge of modern procurement processes is desirable, together with experience of generating income from physical assets.

To find out more, please visit us at our website

Closing date: Monday 26th September. Interview date: Wednesday 2nd November.

 

BUSINESS

Legal threat looms as counties oppose Whitehall LGR ruling

By Paul Marinko | 02 April 2026

Disgruntled county councils could slow down local government reorganisation with legal challenges to Whitehall’s verdict.

BUSINESS

The perfect Re:fit

By Tony Lawson | 02 April 2026

Tony Lawson looks at the forthcoming Re:fit 5 National Energy and Carbon Performance Contracting Framework

BUSINESS

Counting the cost of the wrong hire

By Ben Parsonage | 02 April 2026

The value of finding the right people within local government has never been higher and when it comes to the executive search process, getting that wrong doe...

BUSINESS

How to reap the diversity dividend

By Simon Fanshawe | 01 April 2026

Diversity policies must drop performative gestures and provide evidence of change to the lives of staff and residents if they are to be supported by local pe...