Director of Property

Posted Date: August 24, 2026

Clare, National | full time, Permanent

About Resilience:

At Resilience Healthcare, we are building the best place to grow your career in disability services in Ireland. We deliver 5-star, person-centred care – and create an environment where you can be proud of the work you do every day. Here, the impact you make on people’s lives is matched by the impact they have on yours.

We encourage our employees to grow and develop through ongoing training and career progression opportunities. Everything we do is guided by our core values of compassion, respect, integrity, and excellence.

The Director of Property leads Resilience Healthcare’s property function: sourcing, appraising and securing the sites needed to deliver new properties to match our growth ambition, and overseeing their fit-out, compliance and ongoing maintenance. The role owns the commercial, cash forecasting and cost discipline behind that pipeline, building evidenced based business cases, controlling acquisition and fit-out costs against agreed budgets, and keeping Finance ahead of the cash requirements of the programme. The quality, pace and cost of the property pipeline sets the ceiling on how fast the company can grow, and the Director of Property is one of the most direct enablers of that growth.

Key Responsibilities

Property Sourcing & Acquisition

Build and maintain estate agent, landowner and developer relationships across target areas, and act as the company’s main point of contact for property opportunities.

Maintain a live property pipeline against growth targets, and assess sites against operational, accessibility, regulatory and budgetary criteria before progressing to a business case.

Lead negotiations on acquisition or lease, working with Legal and Finance to agree terms, and prepare business cases for CFO and Board approval, including cost assumptions, funding source and expected return against the company’s approved investment model.

Cost, Procurement & Delivery

Own the acquisition and fit-out budget for each house against cost-per-bed benchmarks, and report actuals against budget monthly, explaining variances.

Develop and maintain standardised house specifications and repeatable fit-out designs to control cost and speed up delivery.

Establish framework agreements and a preferred contractor and supplier panel to capture the benefit of scale on materials and contracted works, with clear tender thresholds and conflict of interest handling.

Manage the fit-out and refurbishment programme end to end, on time, within budget and to HIQA standard, and provide Finance with a rolling forecast of capex and cash draw (deposits, stage payments, completion) across the pipeline.

Lead the energy conservation and de-carbonisation programme across the portfolio, including renewable energy and efficiency upgrades, with targets and regular reporting.

Property Management & Compliance

Ensure all properties meet HIQA Standards and statutory requirements and lead the response to property-related HIQA findings.

Own the fire safety programme and a compliance calendar covering all statutory inspections.

Oversee the Facilities Management and maintenance contract to agreed cost and service levels and keep the property database and fixed asset register current, covering ownership, condition, floorspace, lease terms and valuation.

Risk Management

Maintain the property risk register and ensure adequate insurance cover is in place and maintained across the portfolio.

Ensure due diligence and governance in the appointment of contractors and FM providers, and develop emergency response plans for all properties, tested and reviewed regularly.

Leadership & People

Lead and develop the property team, with the capability and capacity to keep pace with the pipeline.

Provide performance management and development for all direct reports.

Work with leaders across the company so property needs are understood and delivered to plan and communicate clearly with stakeholders on property matters.

Education, Experience & Exposure

Education

Degree-level qualification in Property, Real Estate, Construction, Building Surveying, Engineering, Architecture, Facilities Management or a related discipline.
Chartered or professional membership of a relevant body, e.g. RIAI, Engineers Ireland, RICS, SCSI, CIOB (desirable).
A fire safety or fire engineering qualification, reflecting the importance of fire safety compliance across a residential and day-service care portfolio (desirable).

Experience

Extensive senior leadership background in property, real estate or facilities management, gained across a large-scale, multi-site portfolio spanning both purchased and leased properties.
Proven track record of building and maintaining estate agent relationships and using this network to source, appraise and secure properties or sites for acquisition or lease.
A track record of leading construction, fit-out, refurbishment or maintenance programmes from planning through to delivery, at scale.
Leading and developing a multidisciplinary property team, including project management, quantity surveying and architectural or technical functions.
Preparing and presenting business cases and capital investment proposals to a Board or senior leadership team.
Procuring and managing outsourced Facilities Management and Maintenance contracts and managing property budgets and controlling project costs.
Delivering environmental or sustainability improvements across a multi-site property portfolio, such as solar PV installation, energy efficiency upgrades or waste management programmes (desirable).
Operating in a regulated care, healthcare or social care environment, ideally within a Section 39 or HSE-funded company (desirable).
Strong knowledge of managing Irish planning and building control processes, including BCAR compliance, planning applications and conditions, Fire Safety Certificates (FSC), Disability Access Certificates (DAC), Building Regulations compliance and associated statutory approvals.
Experience in the delivery of PSDP role, including the preparation and management of Safety & Health Plans, design risk assessments and Safety Files, in accordance with relevant health and safety legislation.

Exposure

The local and national estate agent network and wider property market relevant to acquiring suitable residential and day-service properties, including landowners and developers.
Strong knowledge of Irish planning and property legislation, Building Regulations and compliance requirements, and health and safety legislation applicable to construction and property management.
Sustainability and decarbonisation best practice in property and building design, including renewable energy, solar PV, waste management and environmental compliance across multi-site portfolios.
Sustainability certification or accreditation frameworks, e.g. BREEAM, NZEB, ISO 14001 (desirable).
Procurement and contract management for construction, maintenance and facilities management suppliers.
A full clean driving licence