Advertised from 13 June 2025

Role

Are you an experienced property professional? We are looking for an experienced individual who understands our goals, to join our dynamic team of professionals.

At CHAS, we provide unwavering care across homes, hospices, and hospitals for children who may die young. We create moments of joy and support families at every step on this hardest of journeys. 

The role

Children's Hospices Across Scotland is seeking an experienced Property Professional to ensure the smooth functioning of our property portfolio across the organisation. In this critical role, you will work closely with our Operations Managers (Hard and Soft FM), as well as external consultants and contractors, while ensuring compliance with legal, statutory, and Health and Safety requirements. 

You will work with the Head of Facilities and Projects overseeing the property portfolio, work with our Retail Team in the upgrading of our existing retail units and have an overview of the current and future office requirements. This role will be involved in planned work at both hospices and all associated consultation and engagement to ensure the portfolio meets high industry standards for CHAS. You will procure and lead on agreed projects working closely with our internal teams across the directorates, including clinical and non-clinical staff, fundraisers and volunteers to ensure the needs of children, families, staff, volunteers and visitors are met.

Key Responsibilities

• Overview of the property portfolio working with key stakeholders, and developing a record and plan for upgrading and maintaining each property.
• Review of all leased premises.
• Planning and delivery of assigned capital works projects (typically up to £300K). 
• Prepare briefs, business cases and scope of works. 
• Budget preparation and report responsibilities.
• Work closely with the Operational teams to ensure compliance with statutory requirements, Health and Safety and Sustainability requirements. 
• Work with the Head of Facilities & Projects in the implementation, review and development of the Property Strategy and associated capital investment plan.

Requirements

• Degree/HNC/HND in a Property or Building Services discipline or substantial relevant experience in a similar role. 
• RICS or equivalent qualification
• Proactive with a positive attitude and excellent planning and prioritisation skills.
• Highly developed communication and collaboration skills with the ability to simplify technical information.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, including the ability to make decisions under pressure.
• Knowledgeable in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Wide and detailed knowledge commercial property.
• Experience in managing multi-site estates with both owned and leased premises.
• Budget management skills and experience.
• Ability to travel to each of our sites across Scotland.
• Driving Licence and access to a car are essential for this role due to frequent travel requirement. 

Why CHAS?

At CHAS, we care for dying children and their families. However, we also care about you. Some of the benefits of a career at CHAS include:

• Development opportunities for your career and leadership progression, and the time to prioritise your personal development.
• A supportive and collaborative work environment.
• Opportunity to make a real impact on the community by delivering best-in-class services.
• Working across different parts of Scotland with diverse stakeholders.
• Flexible and hybrid working available.
• The opportunity to continue paying into existing NHS pension schemes (subject to eligibility), or membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Including generous annual leave and pension, incremental salary progression, access to Blue Light discounts, and health and wellbeing support.

Further Information 

CHAS support families across the whole of Scotland. Our Head Office is based in Edinburgh, and we have two hospices: Rachel House in Kinross and Robin House in Balloch. We also have our fundraising office in Glasgow, dedicated bases in Aberdeen and Inverness, Shops in Dunfermline and Kinross and an exclusive event venue overlooking Loch Lomond.

As a team we work flexibly and are happy to discuss how we can meet business needs while accommodating individual working patterns and requirements. 

This post is subject to a Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check.

Application notes

Interested? If this sounds like you, then we would love you to apply.

Follow the link: https://chas.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/3872280 for a full job description and benefits.  

If you would like an informal and confidential discussion about the role and/or a tour of one of our hospices, please contact our Head of Facilities and Projects at veronicamccourt@chas.org.uk 

For any queries regarding the recruitment process, please contact our HR Team by emailing careers@chas.org.uk.

We expect interviews to take place in July 2025.