CAFM Manager

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is a charity that provides a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service, seasonal lifeguards, and water safety education and initiatives. Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards need a dedicated, professional and talented team behind them, and that is where you come in. This is your chance to join that team and help save lives every day.

In 2025 we started our implementation of Concerto, we are looking for a CAFM Manager to join the Estates team to play a crucial role in managing that CAFM system, shaping future enhancements in support the wider Estates strategy. Reporting to the Head of Estates, this role will be pivotal in ensuring that RNLI buildings and land are compliant, safe to operate, and available to support our 24/7 lifesaving activity, so that we can save every one.

• Salary - £49,492 to £58,226 (dependent on experience)
• Flexible working
• 26 days' annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Outstanding pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Health and dental cashplan

As our new CAFM Manager, you will

• Be responsible for defining, developing, and delivering processes and configurations that optimise the RNLI's building and land assets
• Work closely with stakeholders, suppliers, RNLI IT, and end-users to ensure we meet the needs of the organisation and the communities we serve, developing roadmaps that provide the RNLI and its lifesaving and fundraising teams the capabilities that they need to deliver on our strategy and plans
• Be key in driving the adoption, optimisation and continuous improvement of the Estates Management System
• Be close to our Legal and Finance teams, understanding how they interact with the solution and the opportunities to improve their effectiveness, making it easy to undertake their roles for the RNLI

Our ideal candidate for the role of CAFM Manager will have an in-depth understanding of Estates processes and systems, be comfortable undertaking investigations, act as the key liaison between functional stakeholders and technical teams, and manage reporting to provide compliance assurance.

To be considered as our new Estates Process and System Owner you will need:

• Familiarity with Estates compliance supported by CAFM systems
• Previous experience of managing a CAFM system
• Ability to work cross-functionally with technical (including Estates and IT) and non-technical teams
• Ability to develop and embed processes to improve the delivery of services
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• It is also desirable that you have:
• Familiarity with application architecture, UX principles, and CAFM industry best practices
• Experience of using or managing the Concerto product

If this sounds like you, and you are someone who believes in working in close collaboration with stakeholders and end users to continuously improve and seamlessly support applications and services, always has a learning mindset and wants to work in an organisation driven by the desire to ensure that no-one should lose their life to drowning, apply today!