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Facilities Manager - Leighton Moss
Reference: JUL20254112
Location: Carnforth. The role is site based, there may be potential for occasional days working from home.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary:£27,123.00 - £28,956.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
Are you a highly organised, self-motivated, creative problem solver looking to develop your administrative and facilities management skills? Would you like to work at one of the RSPB's flagship reserves?
We're looking for a new Facilities Manager at Leighton Moss reserve. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the team at Leighton Moss in North Lancashire, in the heart of the Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape. Known for its rare wildlife like bitterns and otters, and exceptional visitor experience.
As Facilities Manager, youll play a vital role in ensuring this inspiring place runs smoothly - helping both people and nature thrive.
Where else can you step out of the office for your lunch break and be immersed in nature?
As the Facilities Manager you will be responsible for ensuring the infrastructure and support services are well maintained, operate within budget, in line with good practice and within legal frameworks. You will provide comprehensive business/operational support facilitating delivery of work programmes and an effective working environment. You will ensure RSPB is accredited by Green Dragon and compliance is maintained. You will manage the administration of the site as well as managing staff and volunteers and ensuring a high level of customer service.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
Facilities Manager - Leighton Moss
Reference: JUL20254112
Location: Carnforth. The role is site based, there may be potential for occasional days working from home.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary:£27,123.00 - £28,956.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
Are you a highly organised, self-motivated, creative problem solver looking to develop your administrative and facilities management skills? Would you like to work at one of the RSPB's flagship reserves?
We're looking for a new Facilities Manager at Leighton Moss reserve. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the team at Leighton Moss in North Lancashire, in the heart of the Arnside and Silverdale National Landscape. Known for its rare wildlife like bitterns and otters, and exceptional visitor experience.
As Facilities Manager, youll play a vital role in ensuring this inspiring place runs smoothly - helping both people and nature thrive.
Where else can you step out of the office for your lunch break and be immersed in nature?
As the Facilities Manager you will be responsible for ensuring the infrastructure and support services are well maintained, operate within budget, in line with good practice and within legal frameworks. You will provide comprehensive business/operational support facilitating delivery of work programmes and an effective working environment. You will ensure RSPB is accredited by Green Dragon and compliance is maintained. You will manage the administration of the site as well as managing staff and volunteers and ensuring a high level of customer service.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
Benefits:
Additional Information:
Leighton Moss is really easily accessible:
Its 3 minutes walk from Silverdale train station, which has trains every hour or so, 15 mins to Lancaster, 40 mins to Preston.
Its 15 minute drive from J35 of the M6.
Closing date: 23:59, Sun, 3rd Aug 2025
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from week commencing W/C 25th August.
Interested?
If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.
As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above. Please use the numbered essential & desirable criteria above as individual headings to focus your skills, knowledge and experience. Dont be concerned if you cannot complete information for all the criteria but do bear in mind that many skills are transferable. Also, rather than saying you can do something or have experience of something, give real examples that demonstrate it.
We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on natures side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.
The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.
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