Facilities Manager

Facilities Manager, Hanslope Park

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Total Package: £47,000 - £49,750 (including a location allowance of £1,750)

Contract: Full time, working in line with FCDO policies on hybrid working (minimum 60% in the office)

Location: Hanslope Park, Milton Keynes

We lead the UK’s diplomatic, development and consular work around the world. We employ around 17,000 staff in our global network of 281 offices worldwide. Our UK-based staff work in King Charles Street in London, Abercrombie House in East Kilbride and in Milton Keynes

Your role with us

We’re currently looking for a Facilities Manager to take responsibility for optimising the effectiveness of service delivery and the day-to-day operation of our Hanslope Park site, applying governance to service delivery, leading on hard services and line-managing responsibilities for soft services. Committed to ensuring the site meets our organisation’s policies and procedures, and the infrastructure remains operational at all times, it’ll be your task to ensure compliance with financial accountability, public sector expenditure, Health and Safety policies and operational obligations. We’ll also expect you to achieve continuous performance improvements and build positive relationships with our customers and service providers.

You’ll have a wide range of additional responsibilities – these include working to ensure monthly reporting and forecasting is completed and the day-to-day services we provide meet the necessary requirements. We’ll also expect you to support delivery of a project portfolio to prioritise investment, monitor the quality of delivery with service providers against agreed KPIs, and maintain operational, financial and Health and Safety governance.

Who we’re looking for

To be a success in this role you’ll have a good understanding of budgetary allocation, spend and financial reporting including revenue (RDEL) vs capital (CDEL), and practical knowledge of statutory compliance requirements in relation to facilities management and UK legislation.

It’s important that you have well developed experience of operating an estate and maintaining and working in a secure environment, and understand the principles of project and contract management for service delivery under a New Engineering Contract form. A highly motivated and collaborative team worker, you should also possess a strong understanding of UK Health and Safety regulatory requirements as they apply to the built environment and an operational estate.

You must be a British citizen at the time of your application, and you’ll be required to attain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance. For more information about this process, click here.

Use your talent and experience to shape our nation’s future, and deliver tangible improvements to millions of lives, including your own.

Closing date: 11:55pm on Monday 7 October 2024.