London - Onsite (with some flex working) - 40 Hour Week Are you a hands-on Facilities Manager who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment? We're working with a highly prestigious educational and creative institution that is in need of a customer service focused Facilities Manager to join their team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation where your work will have a real impact on staff, students and visitors alike. You'll will supervise a small facilities and manage the day to day operations of a large complex building, ensuring buildings, facilities and compliance standards are maintained to the highest level. The Role Reporting into senior leadership, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the estate, ensuring a safe, compliant and welcoming environment across multiple facilities. Key responsibilities include:
- Managing a small Facilities team, so supervisory experience is a must!
- Ensuring statutory compliance across the building
- Overseeing the day to day operations and running of the building including maintenance and repairs.
- Leading health & safety and risk management activities
- Monitoring budgets and controlling expenditure
- Supporting refurbishment and improvement projects
- Ensuring exceptional standards of customer service for staff, students and visitors
- Developing and maintaining strong relationships with internal stakeholders
We're looking for an experienced Facilities Manager who can demonstrate:
- Previous facilities management experience within education, Arts & Culture ideally, but not essential.
- Hands on trades experience if possible - able to fix things and roll up those sleeves!
- Experience of leading a small team.
- Strong knowledge of statutory compliance and health & safety regulations
- Experience managing contractors and service partners
- Budget management experience
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach
- Professional qualification in Facilities Management, Building Services, or a related discipline.
- Salary of £38,888 per annum + bens (pension, sick pay, discounted gym membership and more.
- Opportunity to work within a unique and inspiring environment
- Supportive and collaborative culture
- SE London based
- Long-term career opportunity
- 28 days in the first year, including bank holidays, rising with length of service thereafter to a maximum of 38 days. also paid operational closure over the Christmas holiday period which totals up to 7 additional days, excluding bank holidays.
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