Facilities Manager - South

Warwickshire County Council; Warwick; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council seeks a dynamic leader in Facilities Management to oversee Front of House services across the region. In this pivotal role, the successful candidate will coordinate operations, manage a small team, and engage with stakeholders to ensure high-quality service delivery while supporting the office's strategic goals.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme with employer contribution of around 19%

Agile working opportunities

Generous annual leave entitlement

Access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform

Qualifications

• Possess excellent communication skills, including building and maintaining partnerships.
• Experience managing significant resources and budgets.
• Commitment to delivering high-quality services.
• Proven experience in project management.

Responsibilities

• Support and lead the managers delivering Front of House Facilities Management activities.
• Work in partnership with Delivery Leads to monitor and evaluate services.
• Manage a small team of Caretakers and Cleaners and oversee external contracts.

Skills

Communication

Project Management

Planning & Delivering FM Operations

Managing Resources and Budgets

Job description

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Warwickshire County Council is looking to appoint a leader with relevant Facilities Management experience to support the co-ordination of Warwickshire’s Soft FM activities across the broad portfolio.

A key focus of this role is to provide support and leadership to the managers delivering Front of House Facilities Management activities across the diverse portfolio.

About the Role

The role involves working across the county in partnership with other Delivery Leads to ensure services are regularly monitored and evaluated and meet national and local priorities.

The successful candidate will be responsible for a small team comprised of Caretakers and Cleaners and manage external contracts supporting security and guardian related activities.

Key Requirements

You will possess a detailed understanding of:

• Planning & delivering Front of House FM operations.
• Delivering multiple site customer facing FM operations
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and policy around Compliance, H&S and the Environment.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Possess excellent communication skills, including building and maintaining relationships with a range of partners/stakeholders.
• Have experience and understanding of managing significant resources and budgets.
• Have a commitment to delivering high quality services
• Have experience of making change happen, responding to internal and external financial and organisational pressures.
• Have experience of project management.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feelsvalued, included, safe, supported,andwelcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.

Additional Information

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

Closing date: 15th August 2024

Interview date: TBC

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. Seemore