Position: Facilities Manager
Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Salary: 30-35K

CLIENT:
Our client is a leading charity who is embarking upon significant expansion of their services in the Hertfordshire area. They are opening new day-care nurseries, establishing children’s centres, developing new housing projects and setting up a wide range of youth work programmes.

Our client aims to help all young people belong, contribute and thrive achieve their potential. Our client’s programmes in Hertfordshire include sports and fitness, children’s centres, nurseries, after school clubs, supported housing for vulnerable young people, youth work and personal development programmes.

ROLE:
Manage the buildings, facilities and services our client, providing leadership and expertise to the maintenance, housekeeping and catering teams to ensure an excellent service is provided to all areas of the organisation ensuring that the services we provide meet the needs of all of our staff, service users and visitors, complying with all relevant regulations.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
a) Oversee the effective management of all buildings and services used by the organisation to ensure a safe and comfortable environment is provided for all staff, residents, children & young people and visitors.
b) Take the lead role in Health & Safety – ensuring policies and procedures are in place and that the organisation complies fully with all legislative requirements and provide best practice advice, guidance and support to the managers, all employees and contractors.
c) Manage all service contracts (utilities, IT equipment & support etc) to meet the needs of the organisation, ensuring best value is obtained, that services are provided within agreed facilities budgets and that targeted annual savings are achieved.
d) Take responsibility for all aspects of building security (alarm systems, CCTV, physical security etc).
e) Ensure the organisation complies with its leasehold agreements.
f) Manage the Cleaning / Housekeeping Team to ensure agreed quality standards are met.
g) Manage the maintenance department, developing and implementing a strategy and maintenance programme for cyclical and emergency works.
h) Manage the provision of food and beverage facilities across our client sites.
i) Ensure that Service Level Agreements, quality standards and all relevant Health & Safety and fire regulations and checks are met and carried out as required.
j) Lead tender process and provide leadership with 3rd party contractors to determine best value contracts and high performance delivery across whole facilities portfolio.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
a) 3 years or more in a senior management positon with a proven track record of delivery in facilities management.
b) A sound knowledge of building management legislation and its application.
c) Experience and knowledge of health/fire and safety management a