Facilities Assistant Manager

PGL; Ashford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading outdoor education organization in Ashford is seeking a Facilities Assistant Manager to oversee the safety and cleanliness of their centres. You will manage Maintenance and Housekeeping teams, ensuring that all operations are efficient and up to high standards. Ideal candidates will have previous experience in facilities management, strong organizational skills, and knowledge of health and safety regulations. This full-time position offers fair pay, generous leave, and fantastic benefits including additional holidays and discounts.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Paid volunteering days

Access to Wellbeing Hub

Family friendly policies

Financial wellbeing platform

Free/discounted PGL breaks

Qualifications

• Experience in facilities management or housekeeping.
• Knowledge of COSHH legal and regulatory requirements.
• Full driving licence for travel to other centres.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the overall safety and cleanliness of the centre.
• Manage the Maintenance and Housekeeping teams.
• Support the Facilities Manager in maintenance works.

Skills

Team management

Organizational skills

Time management

Health and safety knowledge

Job description

Overview

Earn £32,548 (live-off rate) per annum (our pay system is benchmarked and fair).

Full Time Permanent Contract

Keep our spaces running smoothly

PGL creates extraordinary breakthroughs for children through active and life-affirming experiences in the great outdoors. We’re part of PGL Beyond, a group of inspiring companies with a common purpose to deliver enriching and transformative experiences to the younger generation.

By joining PGL, you’ll play a key role in delivering on our mission to make outdoor education more impactful, sustainable, and inclusive for future generations. Excited? So are we!

Make a difference as a Facilities Assistant Manager

Our Facilities team ensures centres are equipped with everything they need to deliver safe, exciting and fun adventures for all guests.

You’ll report to the Facilities Manager and be responsible for the overall safety and cleanliness of the centre, while managing the day-to-day running of the Maintenance and Housekeeping teams to ensure an excellent guest experience.

Supporting the Facilities Manager in ensuring all maintenance works are completed to high standards, and that all grounds, buildings and activity bases are kept safe with compliance audit checks kept green.

Is this you?

Ideally you will have experience from a similar trade, facilities management or housekeeping environment, with experience in managing teams. You’ll have strong organisational and time management skills, and be able to prioritise and deliver to deadlines.

You’ll have knowledge of health and safety / COSHH legal and regulatory requirements and can implement these standards across your centre. There will be some travel to other centres, so a full driving licence is required.

Above all, it’s our core values of FUN, SAFETY, QUALITY, INCLUSIVITY, TEAMWORK and RESPECT that unite us.

A place to thrive

No matter your background, ethnicity, age, neurodivergence or anything else … PGL is a place to be yourself, have fun, use your valuable skills for good and celebrate what makes you brilliantly unique.

Fair pay and benefits for all

• On top of your 25 days annual leave (+ 8 bank holidays), you’ll also enjoy your birthday off, have paid volunteering days to help worthwhile causes and the option to purchase additional holiday.
• A career with ongoing growth, aided development, mentoring, multiple pathways and opportunities to work across different UK or French locations.
• 24/7 access to our Wellbeing Hub alongside our Employee Assistance Program
• Sector leading family friendly policies and a contributory pension
• Access to our financial wellbeing platform where you can borrow or save directly from your salary.
• Free/discounted PGL breaks for your family & discounts at 800+ retailers.

For a full Job Description and Personal Specification please refer to the linked document.

For any enquiries specific to this role, please email [e-mail]

We hire the best talent and value a diverse, inclusive team; we are dedicated to ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone and are happy to provide helpful adjustments to make it easier to complete. However, our top priority is the safety of the guests on our centres. Therefore, all centre based employees and some specific Head Office employees must undergo an Enhanced criminal records check (known as DBS or PVG), which we pay for. You will need to provide a 5-year address history and ID (such as passport/birth certificate). Convictions related to violence, drugs, or safeguarding may affect your application. Not all convictions will disqualify you, as we assess each case individually.

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