Head of Facilities

3 months ago

London, United Kingdom Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce Full time

Are you an experienced facilities and buildings manager or supervisor looking for your next challenge?

You may be seeking a step up from your current role, or a move to a historic building owned by a charity with a real social purpose.

Come and join us at RSA House based just off the Strand, adjacent to Charing Cross station in central London.

With our new Design for Life strategy, the RSA is embarking on the next chapter in our 260 years’ strong history of social impact, with a range of interventions to unite people and ideas to turn world changing ideas into world changing actions.

**The Opportunity**

We’re looking for a Head of Facilities to lead the maintenance and management of all buildings and facilities services and take responsibility for health and safety and security within our historic RSA House.

The House comprises 8 floors including Grade I and II listed spaces with 3 office floors, large public spaces and venue hire for up to 500 visitors and guests. We have a Coffee House, cinema and many historical rooms including ‘The Great Room’ displaying James Barry’s murals ‘The Progress of Hunan Knowledge and Culture’. RSA House is open to our 31,000 Fellows (members), wedding guests, conferences, meeting and party attendees, filming, product launches and publicity events and the general public.

Key areas of focus will be:

- Direct, plan and ensure the successful implementation of all maintenance works for RSA House both internally and externally including the structural aspects of the building, all services including electrical works and all fixtures and fittings.
- Lead the facilities team to ensure a secure 24/7 facilities service is available for RSA House to service our wide-ranging activities including those of our catering and hospitality partners.
- Ensure compliance with Health and Safety, buildings, equality, sustainability, environmental and other relevant legislation to ensure our building is safe, compliant, and run in-line with the latest best-practice and in service of the diverse groups we engage with.
- Efficiently manage the sizeable facilities budget including operational and Capital Expenditure.
- Maintain a continual focus on sustainability to ensure all facilities work is undertaken with the RSA’s regenerative mission front and centre - focussing on the green agenda.

This role is based on-site at RSA House in London.

**About You**
- Extensive facilities management background including managing others to deliver a fulsome buildings service.
- Experience in developing and managing sizeable facilities budgets including a deep understanding of costs involved to successfully run a large building Experience of negotiating with and the supervision of external suppliers and contractors.
- Expert knowledge of health and safety legislation, building regulations and other relevant legislation and best-practice guidance.
- An interest in improving the regenerative potential of a building and the services it provides in line with the RSA’s mission.

To find out more about this role, please download the job description on our website.

**Apply**

**Inclusion Statement**

As a social change organisation, we believe everyone, regardless of visible or invisible difference, should be welcomed to participate in creating a better future.

Read full our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on our website.

**About Us**

We are the RSA. The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. Where world-leading ideas are turned into world-changing actions. We’re committed to a world that is resilient, rebalanced and regenerative, where everyone can fulfil their potential.

The RSA has been at the forefront of significant social impact for over 260 years. Our proven change process, rigorous research, innovative ideas platforms and unique global network of changemakers, work collectively to enable people, places and the planet to flourish.

We invite you to be part of this change. Join our community. Together, we’ll unite people and ideas in collective action to create opportunities to regenerate our world.

We offer great benefits, including 29 days holiday (plus bank holidays), additional wellbeing allowance, free fellowship throughout employment and lots more Read our full list of benefits on our website.

**Salary**: £50,000.00-£55,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Free flu jabs
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- London, WC2N 6EZ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

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