Facilities Assistant

**About The Role**:
Are you an experienced Administrator looking for a new challenge within a growing organisation that makes a real difference to people's lives? If so, read on.

We are looking for someone to join our high performing Facilities team, working on a **full** time** basis in our Weston-super-Mare office.

As a Facilities Assistant, you will efficiently deliver a high-quality service within the Workplace and Facilities team to effectively enable an exemplar colleague and customer experience. You will provide efficient, operational assistance in all areas related to the delivery of the facilities building management and workplace service.

It is important that you have an organised approach to work and are able to work collaboratively. You will be working in a fast-paced environment and will need to be able to work under pressure.

This exciting role is being offered on a **full time**, **permanent** basis and will be based in our **Weston-super-Mare** office.

To be a successful Facilities Assistant you will have the skills, knowledge and experience required for a Level 1 - Team Member role, along with the below role specific requirements:

- Ability to work independently and in a team.- Ability to work under pressure.- Experience in processing invoices and using financial systems-
- Experience working in a Facilities related role-
- Demonstrate a flexible attitude to work and take responsibility for personal development.- Knowledge of corporate health and safety. (D)- Previous office administration experience.- Attention to detail with excellent observation skills.- Experience of system implementation and/process improvements.- Demonstrable understanding and commitment to the delivery of excellent customer service.- Experience in reporting practices and procedures. (D)- Experience of using area specific operating systems and software and customer relationship management systems. (D)- An understanding of the facilities and workplace function within an organisation.- Confident manner to appropriately and respectfully challenge the way we work to continually improve our business.- Fire Warden (D).- Knowledge of emergency evacuation procedures.- First aid (D).
- Manual handling.
- Facilities Management Level 1 qualification or equivalent (D).
- First Aid. (D)

**About The Company**:
**Our Reward and Benefits**:

- Defined Contribution pension scheme - employer contribution of 6% - 9%.
- Discretionary Bonus scheme.
- Death in Service benefit (3 x salary).
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays with service related increase to your entitlement up to 30 days plus an option to purchase extra annual leave.
- Family Friendly policies.
- Health Cash Plan including dental and optical cover (worth up to £1,100 per annum).
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health and Wellbeing programme which includes enhanced sick pay, monthly campaigns, training and yearly flu jabs.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Car Benefit scheme.
- Learning and Development including coaching and professional qualification support.
- Volunteering days.

**About Us**:
LiveWest provides over 40,000 homes to over 80,000 people throughout the South West from Gloucestershire to the Isles of Scilly. We have plans to build over 5,000 homes in the area over the next five years, developing new homes of all tenures including low-cost rent and sale, market rent and sale, and a range of supported housing and intermediate housing products, creating choice and flexibility.

As well as developing new homes, we continue to invest in existing properties and communities. Through the stability of good housing, we place better living for better lives at the centre of our mission both today and for generations to come. At LiveWest we believe in a home for everyone.

As an Inclusive Employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. For further information about our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, please click here.