Facilities and Health & Safety Coordinator (Temporary)

Maxwell Stephens have been assigned by leading educational establishment based in Central London, to recruit a Facilities and Health & Safety coordinator for an initial 3 months.

The main purpose of the role is to ensure that the site has a coordinated approach to all matters of Facilities and Health and Safety management aligned with policies and procedures. In addition, to work with Estates to ensure the delivery of an effective Facilities Management support service to staff and students.

Key Duties

• Service the Health and Safety Committee arranging meetings, collating and preparing agendas, recording and distributing minutes.
• To ensure the site has an effective operating model for Fire Evacuation.
• Undertake the duties of the Senior Fire Evacuation Marshall, Departmental Safety Officer, First Aider and Display Screen Equipment assessor.
• Coordinate the appointment of Fire Evacuation Marshals and liaise with fire safety to ensure that fire safety training, risk assessments and Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans are undertaken, recorded, reviewed on a regular basis and updated accordingly.
• Line management of the Facilities and Health and Safety Officer.
• Manage and record health and safety inductions and refresher training for new and exisiting staff.
• To liaise with Security to ensure the estate has effective arrangements for security including guarding, patrols and electronic access control systems.
• To liaise with Facilities and workplace services to ensure delivery of Service Level Agreements related to cleaning, waste and recycling management.
• To liaise with Estates Maintenance and Infrastructure teams ensuring the delivery of mechanical and electrical systems and services.
• To liaise with Information Services Department ensuring IT infrastructure requirements are appropriate.
• To liaise with Academic departments to manage their accommodation requirements and support the coordination and management of small works projects to refurbish and refresh academic office accommodation where required.

Person Specification

• Appropriate professional qualification and membership of relevant professional body (eg NEBOSH/IOSH/IWFM).
• Working knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and requirements 
• Practical experience and relevant technical knowledge of working in a professional facilities management environment, including the management of operations using contractors and directly employed staff.
• Experience in the use of a range of FM related IT systems and software
• Experience of liaising directly with complex teams comprising directly employed and outsourced consultants and operatives 
• Project Management Experience

To apply, please send your CV to cv@maxwellstephens.com or click apply now.