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Job Description

Role: Facilities & Safety Manager
Location: Primarily East Sussex
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £45,000 pa
Hours of work: 37.5 per week

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Summary Purpose - what you will be achieving

The post holder will work as part of the Estate & Facilities and Safety Management team to deliver high standard, customer focussed estates and facilities to the organisation. You will lead on all aspects of safety, facilities and estate management at our outdoor learning centre Hindleap Warren. You will support with facilities (managed on site by the Director of Finance) but will be responsible for all aspects of safety compliance at our London Office. This role will be a blend of strategic and pragmatic thinking to create a great place to work, along with the need to ‘roll up sleeves’ and ensure our buildings, grounds and systems of work are safe, compliant, efficient and sustainable. A monthly visit to the London office will be expected.

About the role – what you will be doing

Estate Strategy

  • Work with the Senior Team and Heads of Centres to develop the strategic direction and objectives to ensure London Youth are following relevant legislation and best practice from all sectors.

  • Create and deliver plans to manage London Youth’s assets in a compliant, safe and best practice manner, as well as rolling out new software to manage this process.

Facilities Management

  • Lead on delivery of all Facilities Management services, including but not limited to: M&E, fabric, cleaning/ housekeeping, bed linen/ laundry, car parking, grounds, waste management, pest control and external contractors. Occasionally support may be needed out of normal working hours in emergency situations.

  • Establish and maintain a comprehensive planned preventative maintenance programme ensuring the satisfactory operation of all buildings, plant and equipment and ensuring our buildings remain compliant, safe, fit for purpose and reflect our brand values at all times.

  • Procure and manage services, evaluate contracts and tender processes through a blend of in- house and out-sourced delivery methods, as appropriate, and evaluate value for money.

  • Work with the Director of Centres and Heads of Centres to set the estates, facilities and health and safety elements of their annual budgets and advising on capital expenditure requirements across all three sites.

Health & Safety

  • Maintain a health and safety management system at both Hindleap and the London Office- ensuring all regulatory requirements are met, including overseeing risk assessments, health & safety policies and procedures and annual audits.

  • Attend monthly meetings of the Safety and Safeguarding Team, analysing reported accident and incident data.

  • Provide assurance reporting to the director of centres and trustees on a quarterly basis. About you – what you bring to the role

    • Able to demonstrate living our values of Being Ambitious, Being Collaborative, Being Inclusive, Being Accountable.

    • Experience of delivering safe and effective work on customer-facing premises and grounds.

    • Experience of managing high performing teams to deliver in line with the needs of an organisation.

    • Experience of working and leading teams across multiple sites.

    • Relevant qualifications in facilities and estates management and Health and Safety, including NEBOSH.

    • Knowledge of the Health and Safety compliance standards applicable to our sites and how these should be achieved. (Please note the outdoor adventurous activities are managed by the operations team – specialist knowledge of these areas is not required.)

    • Ability to communicate in a range of settings with people at all levels of an organisation.

    • Ability and experience of training others in health and safety.

    • Experience of working as a member of a management team and bringing about changes through the action of your peers and team.

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