Facilities Management Service Delivery and - York, United Kingdom - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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York, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Reference number:


Salary:

- £39,439 - £43,569
  • National: £39,439 £43,56
  • For details of our pay on appointment policy, please see below under the heading 'Salary'.
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Senior Executive Officer
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • DEFRA
  • COO
  • Property & Corporate Strategy
    Type of role:
  • Estates
  • Operational Delivery
  • Property
  • Other
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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About the job


Benefits:

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Location

  • Workplace Services
  • Fixed location
  • Foss House, Kings Pool, 12 Peasholme Green, York YO1 7PX with regular travel to other sites within the region.
About the job


Job summary:


Are you an experienced Facilities or Workplace Manager looking for a new and exciting challenge? This could be the role for you.

Managing a diverse property portfolio in and around York working in Defra Group Property (DgP).

This is a varied role, where no two days are typically the same.

You will be the Intelligent Client working in partnership with the new Facilities Management (FM) provider to make sure our stakeholders working environment meets their specific operational needs.

You will also need to work collaboratively with other DgP teams to enhance, improve and maintain the workspaces.


Job description:


Key Responsibilities

  • Work with local stakeholders to understand their current and future workplace requirements.
  • Be the key interface with FM service providers to ensure and facilitate a seamless facilities management service provision
  • Provide assurance to stakeholders that the workplaces occupied by their staff and visitors are legally compliant and safe
  • Manage local issues or disputes between stakeholders and the FM service provider.
  • Manage health and safety, premises maintenance, Business Continuity arrangements, identifying any remedial actions and acting upon them.
  • Provide line management and leadership to a HEO.

Person specification:


Previous experience essential to the role
The role requires skills and knowledge in FM operations, project management, finance, procurement, and people management. Industry knowledge of regulations and best practices is also important.

We are looking for an experienced facilities professional with a track record in large, complex organisations. You will hold strong customer services skills coupled with technical knowledge of legal compliance and safety regulations. With a collaborative, solutions-focused approach, you'll actively tune into business needs and overcome challenges with sound judgement.


Qualifications (training can be given depending on the need of the role)
Holding or working towards professional qualifications or memberships, such as IWFM or RICs.


Licences:


  • Full UK driving licence
    Behaviours:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Working Together
  • Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills:

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

  • Government Property Profession
  • Customer and Client Service (Practitioner)

Benefits:


  • Alongside your salary of £39,439, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs contributes £10,648 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
  • Learning and development tailored to your role
  • An environment with flexible working options
  • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
  • A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Things you need to know


Selection process details:


  • This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths, Experience and Technical skills.
    Application Process
The CV should include your job history and qualification details.


Sift
Sifting will take place w/c 22nd April 2024.


Interview
A presentation or additional exercise may also be assessed.


Location
Please note this role is based at the York office. There is a requirement for travel to other sites in the region on a regular basis. This will involve potentially 2-3 days a week travelling to different sites. Some overnight stays may be required for multi-day meetings/projects outside of hub location. A driving licence is therefore required.


Where the location is 'National' the successful appointee should discuss and agree an appropriate contractual location in line with both Defra's location policy and site capacity, prior to proceeding with pre-employment processes.

Successful applicants currently employed by the hiring Defra organisation for this post may choose to remain in their current contractual location or may choose to change contractual location to one
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