Facilities Assistant

The City & Guilds Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Holiday entitlement

International atmosphere

Certification vouchers

Career development

Job summary

City & Guilds is hiring a Facilities Assistant to support the smooth day-to-day running of UK workplaces, with focus on the London office. The role involves coordinating maintenance, liaising with contractors, and ensuring high service standards across sites.

Ideal candidates have experience in facilities or related operations, strong communication skills, and a flexible, detail‑oriented approach to varied tasks. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in facilities, property, workplace or office operations.
• Customer focused approach with good problem solving skills.
• Strong organisational and multitasking abilities.
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
• High attention to detail and delivering quality results.
• Flexible approach to varied tasks.

Responsibilities

• Visiting and maintaining offices across the UK.
• Supporting day-to-day operations for the London office and other locations.
• Coordinating planned and reactive maintenance.
• Liaising with and supervising contractors, suppliers and service providers.
• Supporting Health and Safety, compliance checks and building inspections.
• Assist with office moves and refurbishments.
• Monitoring workplace services such as cleaning, waste and security.

Skills

Customer focus

Problem solving

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Job description

Facilities Assistant

We are looking for a pro active and hands on Facilities Assistant to support the smooth day to day running of our UK workplaces.

You will be responsible for providing operational support as part of our facilities management team, carrying out routine and reactive tasks to ensure property services are maintained to a high standard. You will endeavour to provide a first class customer service so effective communication skills are essential.

You will need to be withing commuting distance of our London office, however, travel to other offices across the UK will be required.

Please let us know if you require any support/adjustments at your interview and if successful any adjustments needed to support you in your role. If this is required, please email: [e-mail]

At City & Guilds we recognise that an unconditional commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) is fundamental to delivering our purpose of helping people, organisations and economies develop the skill they need for growth, and this extends to all people, organisations and wider stakeholders we work with, wherever we work.

We feel that it is important that City & Guilds is an organisation that reflects the diversity of modern society and is an inclusive organisation that ensures that everyone is supported so that they can achieve their best.

We encourage and welcome applications from members of underrepresented communities.

Experience

Entry Level

Salary

£27,000

Type of role

Permanent

Full-time or part-time

Full-time

Location - Country

UK

Location - City

London

Business Unit

COO

Closing date

28/10/2026

Vacancy ref

8287

About the role

• Responsibility for visiting and maintaing offices accross the UK
• Suppporting day to day operations for our London office and other locations
• Coordinating planned and reactive maintenance
• Liasing with and supervise contractors, suppliers and service providers
• Support Health and Safety, complicance checks and building inspections
• Support office moves and refurbishments
• Monitor workplace services such as cleaning, waste and security

About you

• Experience in Facilities, Property, workplace or office operations
• A customer focussed approach with good problem solving skills
• Good organisational and multitasking skills
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
• High attention to detail and a commitment to delivering quality results
• A flexible approach to work and towards undertaking varied tasks

Our story and mission

To find out more about PeopleCert and City & Guilds please click on the following links:

About us | PeopleCert

About us | City & Guilds

What we offer

At PeopleCert Group, everything we do supports our purpose:

To help people, organisations, and economies develop their skills for growth.

We offer an inclusive, engaging and forward-thinking working environment, where you’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and make a real impact. Our benefits include:

• Competitive remuneration package + Bonus scheme
• Holiday entitlement (Annual and Public/Bank holidays)
• Work in an international, dynamic and fun atmosphere
• Two free vouchers for all certifications from PeopleCert's Portfolio per year for all employees
• Huge learning experience in using best practices and global environment
• Constant personal and professional development
• Career development opportunities

Our Commitment to Inclusion

If you require any support or adjustments for the interview process, or if successful, in the role itself, please contact: [e-mail]