Facilities Manager

Reporting to the Director of Finance & Governance, your Key responsibilities will include:

• Providing a quality maintenance and facilities service across the whole of the organisation
• Providing an advisory service on all matters relating to facilities management, ensuring legal and regulatory compliance
• Ensuring all facility related purchases demonstrate a quality of supplies and value for money
• Responsibility for staff training on matters relating to Health and Safety
  
• Monitoring the purchase and usage of chemicals at all sites, ensuring compliance with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health legislation
  
• Direct line management responsibilities for a small maintenance team
  

About You:

As Facilities Manager you will need to possess a practical knowledge of Health & Safety regulations as well as demonstrating concise leadership, financial management and IT literacy.

The key skills and experience you will bring with you include:

• A health & safety qualification e.g. NEBOSH, IOSH
• The ability to manage and develop a team
  
• Substantial knowledge of health & safety and fire regulations
  
• Practical experience of managing finances and budget responsibility
  
• Experience in liaising with external stakeholders and negotiating prices that provide value for money

As well as working for a charity that really changes lives, you will be working for an organisation that is committed to the overall health and wellbeing of its employees. Benefits include:

• Generous annual leave allowance of 23 days per year, plus statutory bank holidays
• Comprehensive training and development support from day one
• Hybrid working
• Employee Assistance Programme
  
• Life Assurance
  
• Discount schemes
  

What our employees say about working with our client: “I’m very lucky to be part of a wonderful team, who all have the same aspirations for people living with sight loss”. – Current Employee

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