Workplace and Facilities Manager

Overview

Lead facilities services, safety, sustainability across multiple offices.

Key Responsibilities

• operations
• team leadership
• process improvement
• safety compliance
• carbon monitoring
• service management

Tasks

-Oversee workplace operations, ensuring sufficient cover and smooth day-to-day running. -Lead and mentor a dispersed facilities team, fostering a culture aligned with LiveWest’s values. -Drive continuous improvement in facilities processes and systems. -Lead health and safety compliance, audits, and risk management across our sites. -Support carbon reduction initiatives and monitor environmental data to align with LiveWest’s sustainability strategy. -Manage hard and soft services, including procurement, contractor performance, and service delivery.

Requirements

• facilities management
• safety
• budget management
• iosh/nebosh
• leadership
• driving licence

What You Bring

-Has proven experience managing facilities or property-related services. -Understands hard and soft service delivery, health and safety legislation, and compliance. -Is confident managing budgets, procurement, and contractor relationships.# -Ideally has relevant FM qualifications, IOSH/NEBOSH, or membership of MIWFM/ARICS (desirable). -Has strong leadership and people management skills. -Holds a full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

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Benefits

-Opportunities for professional development and career progression. -Learning and Development: Invest in your future with ongoing personal and professional growth opportunities. -Smarter Travel: Save with our Cycle to Work and Car Benefit schemes. -Health Benefits and Perks: Access to a health care cash plan (worth up to £1,100 annually), virtual GP services, discounted gym memberships, and retail discounts including access to a Blue Light Card. -Generous Annual Leave: Start with 26 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with length of service - and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days (pro rated for part time roles). -Giving Back: Up to four paid volunteering days a year to support our communities. -Family Support: Policies designed to help you balance work and family life, including a new child payment. -Pension Contributions: Enjoy up to 9% employer contributions with our Defined Contribution scheme. -A flexible hybrid working model. -Working Style: Hybrid working with 2 - 3 days in the office to support your work/life balance. *remove if scheme or office based -Wellbeing Matters: Prioritise your health with mental health support, enhanced sick pay, wellness campaigns, and free flu jabs.

About Livewest

-Born in March 2018 from the merger of Knightstone Housing and DCH, it carries over decades of housing heritage across Cornwall to Gloucestershire. -It blends affordable rent, shared ownership, and private sale to fuel future development. -Reinvests profits from private-sale homes into more affordable housing, sustaining thousands of construction and supply-chain jobs. -Projects span supported housing for vulnerable groups through to contemporary shared-ownership developments. -Specializes in residential development and management, maintaining an in-house property services team handling repairs, compliance, and upgrades. -A standout initiative is its InFocus customer-scrutiny group, empowering residents to shape repair and service standards from the ground up.

Sector Specialisms

Visa Sponsorship

-not eligible for certificate of sponsorship; must already have right to work in the uk.