Deputy Facilities Manager -York
Summary
We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.
Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Deputy Facilities Manager in our York office.
This is a Full time, Permanent post.
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.
To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.
What you will be doing
As our Deputy Facilities Manager, you will provide consistent FM service on site by delivering compliant, accessible, comfortable and attractive workplaces.
You will take day-to-day responsibility for the smooth running of facilities management on site, including tenant liaison, meeting room management, cleaning, security, repairs and maintenance, etc. You will work closely with, and deputise for the Facilities Manager, when required.
Who we are looking for
Knowledge of Compliance, statutory and non-statutory testing and checks
Knowledge of Health and Safety, routine checks and recording, Risk Assessments and RAMS
Good communication and team working skills
Provide excellent and thoughtful customer service
Knowledge of Finance and Procurement processes, budgets, KPIs and contractor performance
We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.
We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.
We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.
Why work for Historic England
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.
Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries.
At Historic England we use a hiring system called Applied. Applied is a behavioural science-backed recruitment platform that reduces bias, improves quality of hire and increases diversity. We do not use CV application for the majority of our hiring processes.You will answer a selection of questions that allow our hiring teams to test your skills and suitability for the role.
To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.
Interview dates - We will interview candidates as we process them. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early when we find the suitable candidate.
Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –
https://historicengland.org.uk/media/qynfich4/deputy-facilities-manager-york.odt