Workplace Facilities and Safety Manager (REC1718)

Scottish Action for Mental Health; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Scottish Action for Mental Health is seeking a Workplace Facilities and Safety Manager to lead property management and ensure a safe, functional work environment. The role involves strategic oversight of multiple properties and requires a skilled professional to drive improvements and enhance workplace wellbeing. This position offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development and a competitive salary.

Benefits

2 paid wellbeing days off per year

Team wellbeing budgets

Funded continuous learning and development opportunities

30 days annual leave rising to 33 after 5 years

Life Assurance policy

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Highly skilled professional in facilities and property management.
• Ambitious, driven, enthusiastic, pragmatic, and forward-thinking.
• Ability to assess current position and identify improvement plans.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for property safety and functionality.
• Develop short and long-term plans for property design and maintenance.
• Collaborate with management to identify facilities opportunities and challenges.

Skills

Facilities Management

Property Management

Health & Safety

Leadership

Education

Relevant qualifications in Facilities Management

Job description

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Around since 1923, SAMH is Scotland’s national mental health charity. Today, we operate over 70 services in communities across Scotland, providing mental health social care support, addictions and employment services, among others. Together with national programme work in See Me, respectme, suicide prevention, and physical activity and sport, these services inform SAMH’s policy and campaign work to influence positive social change. SAMH is dedicated to mental health and wellbeing for all: with a vision of a society where people are able to live their lives fully, regardless of present or past circumstances.

For Scotland’s Mental Health

Post: Workplace Facilities and Safety Manager

Ref: REC1718

Salary: £46,102 - £48,515 (Salary Points 42 to 45) - whilst this is a scale for progression, the starting salary is point 42 - £46,102

Contract: Permanent

About the Role

SAMH has an exciting opportunity with this new role. The Workplace Facilities and Safety Manager will provide both strategic and operational leadership across SAMH to ensure we have properties (workplaces or service delivery sites) which are safe, functional, efficient and where workplace wellbeing is central to property design or maintenance. This role will have accountability for building refurbishment and maintenance in excess of £1M over 5 owned properties and a facilities procurement budget, providing an opportunity for an ambitious and highly skilled professional.

This is a new senior role which requires to be visible across all SAMH sites, working collaboratively with wider management and leadership teams to identify property, facilities or health & safety opportunities and resolve the current challenges. The role will develop short and long term plans to ensure modern and creative solutions; so SAMH people can be productive in their roles and enabled to achieve the SAMH plans.

What we are looking for

This person will be a highly skilled professional in the area of facilities and property management. We are looking for someone who is ambitious, driven, enthusiastic, pragmatic and forward thinking; someone who can make an immediate impact. The person will assess our current position, reduce risk and identify improvement plans over the next 1-3 years.

This role will be based in Glasgow, with some option for hybrid/remote working. The post-holder will also be required to undertake key holder duty for select owned properties, if required in case of emergency, and also to travel to sites across Scotland. Therefore a full driving license would be preferable.

What we will provide for you

You will work in a supportive environment and will be provided with full induction and training opportunities. You will be given the chance to develop your knowledge and skills, as well as develop professionally. Some of our benefits include;

• 2 paid wellbeing days off per year to use on what matters to you.
• Team wellbeing budgets
• Funded continuous learning and development opportunities, access to over 100 courses online in addition to classroom and virtual training sessions
• 30 days annual leave rising to 33 after 5 years’ service
• 4 public holidays
• Life Assurance policy
• Employee Assistance Programme – including free access to counselling
• Reimbursement of Disclosure fees.

Closing date for applications will be 12 noon on Friday 6th June 2025

If you’d like an informal chat about this role and working for SAMH, please contact: Emma McMillan, Assistant Director at [e-mail]

To apply and for further information please visit; work-with-us

Disclosure Scotland, a Right to Work in the UK check and proof of any qualifications declared in your application will be required.

SAMH is committed to promoting equality and diversity and to represent the communities we are here to support. We aim to have a truly diverse organisation – diversity of thought, background, experience and of all protected characteristics. We particularly welcome applications from individuals who have experienced mental health problems and individuals from minority communities.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high level of applicants and would encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

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