Facilities Manager - Friargate

Job Type:
Permanent
Job Sector:
Other
Region:
West Midlands
Location:
Coventry, One Friargate, Station Square
Salary:
£42,403 to £49,498 per annum
Salary Description:
£42403 - £49498
Posted:
23/05/2024
Recruiter:
Coventry City Council
Job Ref:
coventrycc/TP/32458/9665

Sitting within Facilities Management Services, Coventry City Council's FM Operations Team is expanding to ensure our properties remain functional and safe for our occupants and visitors. The team are responsible for ensuring our buildings remain compliant, safe, secure and vibrant working environments. You will be joining a fast paced and rewarding service, maintaining and operating our vast property portfolio ranging from the Grade I listed Guildhall to our modern One & Two Friargate buildings.

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.
Our ValuesIn line with our One Coventry Values we strive to have a workforce that reflects our local communities and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds, applicants who have a disability and applicants who are from the LGBTQ+ community to apply for our senior leadership roles. 

Our Values are:


Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

What is the job role?We're seeking an enthusiastic Facilities Manager for the Friargate District, responsible for overseeing a varied range of properties and services. Your role involves ensuring that we consistently achieve value for money, maintain high standards of condition and safety, and continually strive for improvement.

You will be an integral part of a diverse core team of FM professionals dedicated to delivering quality services to a wide range of individuals, including employees, tenants, and building users.

A key part of this role will be to manage the building service charges in line with the RICS code of practice for each property. You will have previous experience, be knowledgeable and competent in the operation and application of service charge responsibilities including budget setting and reconciliations.

You will be a key member of the project team when new tenants are onboarding including liaising with fit out contractors, ensuring that no disruption occurs to other tenants within the building and relevant Health and Safety legislation is adhered to.
Who are we looking for?We are looking for an experienced Facilities Management professional who can demonstrate:


Service charge management and operation in line with RICS code of practice
Property management skills and experience
Project management experience
Contract management experience
Good communicator and able to challenge where required poor levels of service
Knowledge of health and safety legislation and practice


We value and respect the diversity of our team and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities. Within our Facilities team women (including minority ethnic women) and people from minority ethnic backgrounds are currently under-represented, as a result we would like to encourage both women and people from minority ethnic backgrounds to apply for this post.  This does not prevent any other applicants with a protected characteristic or a non-protected characteristic from applying.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

Interview date(s): Week Commencing 24th June
About CoventryCoventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Contact Details:
Coventry City Council
Tel: 8085834333
Contact: Resourcing Team (AC)
Email:

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