Estates Manager

About this Role

Fixed term contract to 31 December 2027

Based at Congress House, London WC1B 3LS

Do you have experience of managing office relocation project and incorporating energy efficiency and environmentally friendly practice into building management?

Do you have excellent people management skills?

Do you have a sound knowledge of current statutory regulations and compliance relating to building management?

You will be working closely with our Director of Operations in the sale of Congress House and acquisition of our new London headquarters as well as overseeing day-to-day facilities management services at Congress House until the point of sale and will have responsibility for property management and health and safety across the estate.

In addition to having excellent interpersonal skills, the successful candidate will also need to demonstrate

• Ability to design and deliver training programmes
• Project management skills
• Knowledge of listed building regulations
• A strong commitment to trade union values

If this is you, then take a look at our job description and person specification.

Further information

We welcome applications from any candidate but are particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, who are underrepresented at this grade in the TUC. Therefore, if you’re BME and are interested in the post, we invite you to join an online briefing at 13:00 on Thursday 16 October 2025 2025 about the post, to hear about the TUC and ask questions of the recruiting manager. If you’d like to attend the briefing, please email [email protected]by 17:00 on Monday 13 October 2024. You don’t need to attend the briefing session to apply.

If you’d like to find out more about this post, please contact Helen Bilton, Director of Operations, at [email protected]

The closing date for completed applications for this post is 12:00 on Thursday 23 October 2025. First stage interviews will be held on Thursday 6 November 2025 with second stage interviews on the morning of Thursday 13 November 2025.

The TUC operates an anonymised recruitment process and names are not included during shortlisting. We don’t ask for details of educational institutions attended.