Assistant Facilities Manager

Job overview

Working Full Time : 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Facilities Management Team for a Band 4 Assistant Facilities Manager.

Applicants must have good organisational skills, the ability to motivate staff and have a proven ability to create effective working relationships and build teams.  You must also be educated to GCSE level or equivalent, have numerical awareness and the ability to write reports. Previous experience working within operational facilities is essential.

Applicants will provide support and assistance to the Heads of Service in the running of all services within the Facilities Directorate.

These posts therefore offer challenging opportunities to further develop management/ supervisory skills in an interesting and fast paced environment.

Main duties of the job

• To provide support and assistance to the all Heads of Service within Facilities  in the running of all services within the Facilities Department.
• To manage facilities staff in line with Trust Policies and procedures.
• To provide leadership and support to the facilities staff, establishing and developing working relationships and regular communications between ward and departmental managers within the Trust.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the main duties of the role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50 (standard) or £55.50 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.