Senior Facilities Manager

General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC); London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A regulatory body for pharmacy services in London seeks a Senior Facilities Manager to enhance the workplace quality and ensure health and safety compliance. The successful candidate will oversee the facilities and health safety functions, manage budgets, and improve supplier performances. Offers include a rewarding work environment, flexible working arrangements, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

30 days holiday

Flexible working arrangements

Career breaks and sabbaticals

Life assurance

Season ticket loan

Bike loan

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead facilities services and manage health and safety.
• Experience in budget management and supplier performance.
• Strong communication skills with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day facilities services to ensure compliance with SLAs and KPIs.
• Own health and safety assurance for office and hybrid roles.
• Manage the facilities budget and supplier performance.

Skills

Leadership

Health and Safety Management

Budget Management

Supplier Management

Stakeholder Communication

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Facilities Manager to lead a safe, and compliant workplace, with clear ownership of facilities and health and safety. You will have the scope to improve service quality, strengthen compliance and make a visible difference day–to–day operations.

You will lead our facilities and health and safety function to deliver a reliable, efficient and practical service. This includes setting clear standards, holding suppliers to account, partnering with our landlord/agents, and ensuring robust statutory compliance across office, hybrid and field–based working. You will steward the operational budget and drive continuous improvement, so colleagues and visitors experience a smooth, well–run workplace.

This role is subject to a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as part of our pre–employment due diligence.

Responsibilities

• Lead day–to–day facilities services to clear SLAs and KPIs—lifting quality, responsiveness and user experience.
• Own health and safety leadership and assurance across office, hybrid and field roles–keeping people safe and confident.
• Manage supplier performance and key contracts, using evidence to drive value and improvements.
• Plan and control the facilities budget, verifying invoices and using data to inform decisions and savings.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders, providing timely updates on works, incidents and improvements.
• Lead, coach and grow the facilities team–setting clear goals, unlocking individual strengths and building a high–trust, high–performance culture.

Have an unwavering commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Benefits

In return for their commitment and enthusiasm, employees can expect a rewarding and challenging work environment, good work–life balance and workload plus an excellent benefits package that includes:

• 30 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with the option to buy an additional 5 days.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Career breaks and sabbaticals.

Life assurance, season ticket loan, bike loan and many more.

About the GPhC

We are a respected regulatory body that regulates pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacies in Great Britain. We work to assure and improve standards of care for people using pharmacy services.

Our organisation has a long–term vision and a desire for highly skilled and specialist staff.

We are committed to providing workforce learning and development opportunities.

We are proud of our diverse and inclusive culture and are committed to holding ourselves to the same standards we expect of others.

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Please consult the knowledge and skills section of the job description document below to help you prepare your application.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community

We are committed to promoting equality, valuing diversity and being inclusive in all our work as a health professions regulator.

Whilst we are proud to be members of the Disability Confident Scheme, you don\'t have to have a disability for us to discuss reasonable adjustments. Please let us know if you need any support during the application or interview process and we will happily discuss this with you.

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