Head of Facilities and Asset Management

• Lead whole-of-life portfolio stewardship
• Not-for-profit, diverse services
• Safe, welcoming places for community

About the organisation

Our client is a not-for-profit organisation providing residential aged care, retirement living, affordable housing, disability services, community services and specialist education. Its property portfolio supports people with diverse needs across metropolitan and regional locations. The portfolio includes operational facilities, homes, community settings, grounds and corporate workplaces. For this organisation, the condition, safety, accessibility and presentation of its properties are central to customer experience, service quality, operational continuity and long-term sustainability. Its work is guided by a clear set of values centred on love, joy, hospitality and courage.

About the role

As a member of the Leadership Team, the Head of Facilities and Asset Management will be responsible for the whole-of-life stewardship, presentation, safety, compliance and commercial performance of the organisation's property portfolio. The Head will lead a customer-focused facilities and maintenance function, setting portfolio-wide standards while building local accountability and partnerships with operational leaders. This includes shaping a rolling 10-year asset management and renewal plan, establishing the property and asset management system as the single source of truth for asset, maintenance and compliance information, and managing facilities and asset service contracts. The Head will also oversee property operating and capital budgets and the renewal and minor capital works program. They will bring environmental performance and climate resilience into asset planning, and work with the Head of Development to commission major developments and transition them into ongoing facilities management.

About you

You are tertiary qualified in property, asset management, facilities management, engineering, construction management, commerce or a related discipline, or have equivalent substantial experience. You bring 10 or more years of senior leadership in facilities, maintenance or asset management across a large, geographically dispersed and operationally complex property portfolio. You have led high-volume maintenance operations and built accountable, service-oriented teams. You also bring strong commercial capability across operating and capital budgets, whole-of-life costing, business cases, procurement, and the negotiation and management of complex outsourced contracts. Your experience with an integrated property and asset management platform and your knowledge of building, essential services, workplace safety, accessibility and statutory compliance obligations will help you improve maintenance control, data quality and reporting.

How to apply

Click ‘Apply’ to submit your CV along with a covering letter. For more information prior to application, please contact Evan Willen at SHK via email at evan.willen@shk.com.au, quoting reference 3700977. Direct and third-party applications will be forwarded to SHK. Applications close Friday 27 November 11:59PM.