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Head of Facilities Management

Employer
National Trust
Location
Swindon
Salary
£51,787 pa
Closing date
23 Jul 2019
Reference
IRC82408

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Specialist Area
Facilities management (main)
Job Level
Director / Head / VP
Sector
Charities
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Head of Facilities Management

Permanent f/t (37.5 hrs pw)

Summary

With 28,000 buildings across our portfolio, the National Trust has amazing buildings in incredible places. As Britain's foremost conservation charity, we're always trying to understand how we can be more efficient and more organised.

We're recruiting a new role; Head of Facilities Management. It's your chance to set up how we approach facilities management across the whole organisation - from head office, consultancy and operational perspectives. It's a great opportunity to join us as we develop new approaches to caring for and conserving our buildings.

What it's like to work here

Heelis, the Central Office for the National Trust, is situated in Swindon, Wiltshire, and houses approximately 700 staff from across the Trust’s directorates, including the Executive team and the Director General. The building was designed to be highly sustainable and has won several nationally-recognised awards; the open-plan offices and friendly social spaces help us to foster a truly collaborative working environment.

We're well-placed, with the railway station and ample parking nearby, a shopping outlet on the doorstep and the town centre only a 10-minute walk away. And our in-house café provides us with delicious meals and snacks every day.

What you'll be doing

You'll bring a solid understanding of facilities management, set up the structure and ensure that we develop a coherent and systematic approach. It’s a big estate and looking at what works, what might work, and where we should go in the very long term will be key.

You’ll need to understand our structure and resources, as well as how our Buildings Function (including our direct labour teams) works. The Head of FM is instrumental to our strategy and will be a key role in our central team.

You'll have the ability to create and evaluate relationships with key stakeholders, understand where negotiation and influence is needed and develop a strong relationship with our procurement team.

Your work is key to the work of the Land and Estates team and you'll work with inspirational professionals to implement our strategy in this area.

Who we're looking for

To be considered for this role you’ll need to have:

  • Extensive Facilities Management experience within a complex organisation
  • Relevant FM professional accreditation (IWFM or equivalent)
  • Experience of setting up a Facilities Management strategy in a large organisation
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate and inspire
  • Very strong influencing and negotiating skills
  • Understanding of a matrix management style and dotted line reports
  • The ability to engage across all areas of the business, and to sell the benefits of a well-planned FM strategy

Benefits

Benefits include flexible working whenever possible plus free parking at most locations. You’ll be entitled to discounts in high street stores and cinemas, National Trust shops and NT cafes, and have free entry to NT properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18).

Your health and wellbeing is important to us and is supported through generous annual leave and the option to buy additional days (minimum contract length applies), a cycle to work scheme, subsidised health cash plan and confidential access to a free support service 24 hours a day should you need it.

Your future financial health is helped by an employer matched - up to 10% of basic salary - contributory pension scheme and you can further your career with training and development tailored to you.

All of this and the opportunity to give something back to your community with up to 5 days of paid volunteering per year!

To find out more and apply for this role, please follow the link by clicking on the 'Apply Button'.

Closing date: 23/07/2019

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