Estates Manager (HSEP)
A vacancy has arisen for an Estate Manager (Health, Safety & Environmental Protection) to work within the Estates team at our offices in York. This is a Crown Servant Grade C2 full-time position at a salary of £39,050, reporting to the Senior Estate Manager.
The successful applicant will be primarily responsible for all compliance aspects of the RFCA YH estate and will deliver support, advice and guidance on all safety, health, environmental, fire and compliance matters. In addition they will provide facilities management (FM) across specific sites within the RFCA YH regional estate. You’ll have access to a pool car, as the role involves travelling to sites across Yorkshire and the Humber.
Essential Criteria includes:
- Hold, a NEBOSH or equivalent Health and Safety qualification.
- Experience in health and safety and environmental risk management, including a sound understanding of relevant legislation and compliance auditing.
- Be conversant with health and safety legislation, regulation and codes of practice.
- Capable of prioritising workloads to meet deadlines during periods of significant change.
- Good working knowledge of all Microsoft Office Applications.
- Experience of developing and implementing health and safety management systems in the hard facilities management sector
- Accomplished communicator capable of preparing and delivering business cases, both written and oral.
- Experience working with Risk Assessments and Risk Registers
- Experience of working with a variety of Stakeholders and able to build strong working relationships with industry partners.
- Current and full driving licence.
About the RFCA
At the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Yorkshire and the Humber (RFCA YH) we champion the reserve and cadet forces across our region, through community and corporate engagement, estate management, and recruitment support to local reserve units and cadet detachments.
We have been the voice for Yorkshire and the Humber’s Navy, Army and Air Force reservists and cadets since 1908.
The RFCA YH offices are based just a short walk out of York city centre within a historic former residential home. As well as having free parking we also have a beautiful garden to look out on or enjoy a lunch break in, making it a very special and unique workspace. Our weekly hours are 37 worked between 08:30 and 16:30.
Holiday entitlement and pension scheme
The annual holiday entitlement is 25 days, which increases to 30 days after five years. Previous service in the Armed Forces or any Government Body also qualifies the employee to 30 days on entry. This is in addition to the eight statutory Bank Holidays.
We offer a defined benefit Career Average Revalued Earnings Scheme. Your contribution is 5% of your pensionable salary and the Employer contributes 13%. Pension is accrued at the rate of 2.32% of your pensionable salary in each Scheme Year. As a member of the Scheme you qualify for a Death in Service provision of 2 x salary, with the lump sum payable to your Beneficiary.
Application process
Should you wish to discuss the vacancy, please contact Ellie Jones by emailing
[email protected] where your enquiry can be responded to or redirected.
Applicants should send a completed application form to [email protected] with a covering letter detailing why you would be suitable for this position.
Download the job description, person specification and application form below:
The closing date for applications is 30th November 2026, and successful candidates will be invited to interview by Wednesday 2nd December 2026.
Face to face interviews will be held at our offices in York on Wednesday 9th December 2026.
Estates Admin Officer
A vacancy has arisen for an Admin Officer (data control) to work within the Estates team at our offices in York. This is a Crown Servant Grade E1, permanent position, working 37.5 hours between Monday and Friday, reporting to the Estate Officer.
Salary: £28,850 per annum.
The successful applicant will take on the responsibilities of collating, validating and filing data and reports provided by our industry partner, as well as providing administrative support to the Estate Officer, Head of Estate and Estate Department.
Essential Criteria includes:
- Experience working in administration or data entry
- Previous experience managing workloads and prioritising tasks
- Able to interact productively to build strong working relationships
- Experience organising information and maintaining databases
- Problem solving approach to day to day issues
- Detail focused and able to work accurately
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written
- Competent in all Microsoft applications
- Able to work flexibly
About the RFCA
At the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association for Yorkshire and the Humber (RFCA YH) we champion the reserve and cadet forces across our region, through community and corporate engagement, estate management, and recruitment support to local reserve units and cadet detachments.
We have been the voice for Yorkshire and the Humber’s Navy, Army and Air Force reservists and cadets since 1908.
The RFCA YH offices are based just a short walk out of York city centre within a historic former residential home. As well as having free parking we also have a beautiful garden to look out on or enjoy a lunch break in, making it a very special and unique workspace. In this role the hours worked will be 08:30 – 16:30 Monday to Thursday and 08:30 – 16:00 on Friday. We offer a hybrid working policy, giving flexibility to work from home for two days out of five.
As the role is within a small team, some flexibility in hours will be needed to provide assistance at meetings or cover when colleagues are on leave.
Holiday entitlement and pension
The annual holiday entitlement is 25 days, which increases to 30 days after five years. Previous service in the Armed Forces also qualifies the employee to 30 days on entry. This is in addition to the eight statutory Bank Holidays and one additional privilege day.
We offer a defined benefit Career Average Revalued Earnings Scheme. Your contribution is 5% of your pensionable salary and the Employer contributes 13%. Pension is accrued at the rate of 2.32% of your pensionable salary in each Scheme Year. As a member of the Scheme you qualify for a Death in Service provision of 2 x salary, with the lump sum payable to your Beneficiary.
Application process
Should you wish to discuss the vacancy, please contact Ellie Jones by emailing
[email protected] where your enquiry can be responded to or redirected.
Applicants should send a completed application form to [email protected] with a covering letter detailing why you would be suitable for this position.
Download the job description, person specification and application form below:
The closing date for applications is 30th November 2026 and successful candidates will be invited to interview by Wednesday 2nd December 2026.
Face to face interviews will be held at our offices in York on Monday 7th December 2026.