Head of Safety and Premises Management

4 days ago


York, United Kingdom ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY Full time

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About the role

The Head of Safety & Premises Management oversees facilities management issues across all AfC buildings. They are responsible for:

  • Ensuring that strategies and plans are in place to achieve compliance with health & safety best practice and regulations across all AfC locations
  • Supporting and training officers with facilities management responsibility to discharge their roles effectively
  • Managing external premises / health & safety arrangements including building leases and commissioned support
  • Proactively and reactively managing health and safety issues
  • Managing the Safety and Premises Management Officer

About you

To be the Head of Safety and Premises Management, you will be passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people as well as demonstrating the following:

  • A proven track record as a successful strategic leader; leading, managing and improving services
  • Experience of building and maintaining strong working relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders
  • Ability to design frameworks and policies to ensure a consistent and compliant approach to premises related issues
  • Experience of monitoring and managing premises / facilities management issues across multiple locations
  • Experience of managing health & safety functions, monitoring compliance and delivering improvements

About our benefits

We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:

  • 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month (Or for term time workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract.)
  • Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
  • Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
  • Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work-life balance
  • A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
  • A range of staff benefits and discounts
  • An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway

Important Information

Start dates: Achieving for Children have set start dates meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.

Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance.

Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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