Facilities Manager

**Important notice**

In line with our redeployment policy, we'll prioritise applications from employees who are under formal notice of redundancy.

Here in the York Area, we're seeking a new Facilities Manager to lead the Facilities team, across a diverse range of incredible places: Treasurer's House, Goddards, Nunnington Hall, Beningbrough and Rievaulx Terrace.

The York Area Portfolio is made up of a complex mixture of historic buildings and facilities. You'll be responsible for managing an efficient, effective and flexible facilities management service across the York Area, ensuring the highest standards are delivered, either through your team or appointed contractors. You'll lead your team of staff and volunteers whilst working collaboratively with the wider portfolio team to ensure our facilities are kept in the best condition to deliver our strategy for our visitors.

You'll be responsible for our buildings maintenance, contracts, equipment and compliance systems to ensure the safe, efficient and cost effective operation. You'll work collaboratively with regional colleagues, to protect the historic environment whilst ensuring we continue to improve our climate resilience.

Your contractual place of work will be at Treasurer's House, in York City Centre with frequent travel across the portfolio. This role is a Duty Manager, on a rota basis and will involve weekend working and some evenings.

What it's like to work here

Reporting to the Visitor Operations Manager, you'll lead the facilities department to ensure exceptional compliance, health and safety and buildings maintenance. You'll work collaboratively and effectively with Specialist Delivery Teams, external contractors and internal colleagues across the North to achieve excellent standards of Facilities Management. This is a varied and busy role, across the York Area.

What you'll be doing

You'll lead a team across the portfolio to ensure the highest standards for our visitors. You'll create a great place for your team, coaching and developing our people. You'll drive a strong performance, and lead the annual review process. You'll be proactive in maximising volunteer involvement in Facilities across the portfolio.You will lead your team to oversee and deliver planned, preventative and reactive maintenance and project manage delegated works. You'll do this by ensuring we can deliver in accordance with our conservation principles. You'll be accountable for our operational risk management, reporting on our compliance, and delivering training and support to the wider team to develop their plans and risk management. By modelling our values you'll ensuring you and your team are delivering great presentation, cleanliness of our facilities and are supporting the wider team. You'll take the lead on environmental management across the portfolio, ensuring we are continuing to improve across energy efficiency, waste management, meter reading and pollution prevention. You'll be accountable for delegated budgets and enable your team to deliver through their budgets ensuring good cost control and sustainable procurement. You'll plan effectively to get the most out of our resources and can deliver a flexible service.

Who we're looking for

Applications from redeployees are assessed against the minimum criteria for the role. In your application, please provide details of how you meet the minimum criteria below:

• experience in leading compliance with health, safety, fire, and security regulations
• proven ability lead and develop a team
• experience planning maintenance in buildings
• budget management skills
• customer service skills

Additional criteria for all other applicants:

• a good manager of people, able to lead a team to achieve their goals
• experienced in managing land, nature conservation and access for people
• enthusiastic, knowledgeable and inspiring, someone who's happy to work with people of all ages and backgrounds, including volunteers
• familiar with health and safety and compliance requirements to do with the countryside and people's activities
• organised and self-motivated, able to manage a fast-paced workload with competing demands on your time
• confident in managing budgets, finances and contracts

The package

The National Trust has the motto 'For everyone, for ever' at its heart. We're working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It's important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we're for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)

• Rental deposit loan scheme

• Season ticket loan

• EV car lease scheme

• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts

• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.

• Flexible working whenever possible

• Employee assistance programme

• Free parking at most Trust places

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