Facilities Co-ordinator

Do you enjoy being part of a team with a cause? Do you want to help care for important historic buildings and estates?

We're looking for a Facilities Co-ordinator with the skills to keep Ightham Mote in tiptop condition and running smoothly for all the people who visit and love the place.

Interviews will be held week commencing 8th of July.

At the centre of the Ightham Mote and North Kent portfolio is the beautiful 700-year-old medieval mansion, surrounded by stunning gardens and a 516 acre freely accessible estate. Also included are 2,500 acres of Kent Countryside, with Oldbury Hill and Old Soar Manor a stroll away from Ightham Mote and sites beyond, stretching from Cobham veteran woodland in the east, to Hawkwood and Petts Wood estate in the west, the latter just 10 miles from central London. 

Ightham Mote has been described as the mote complete medieval moated manor house in England. Romantic and picturesque, it nestles in the Kent countryside between Sevenoaks and Tonbridge.

Reporting to the Facilities & Business Support Manager,  you'll be working in a multi disciplinary team of 5 people, looking after our buildings and facilities. 

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As the Facilities Co-ordinator, you’ll be making sure that Ightham Mote operates as it should, by running an efficient, effective and flexible facilities service. You’ll help the property team to meet their goals by keeping standards high. 

You’ll be helping with maintenance and repairs (reactive, as well as planned and preventative), cleaning and caretaking, the presentation of public areas and visitor facilities (including car parks and grounds), preparing meeting rooms and co-ordinating deliveries and collections. Your typical work day could involve anything between carrying out compliance monitoring tasks, like checking emergency lighting, it might also include clearing drains, changing lightbulbs, moving furniture or completing reports and updating all our electronic records and reporting systems. This role has an element of manual handling and the use of high level access equipment. 

Please also read the full role profile attached to this advert.

We'd love to hear from you if you’re:

• customer focused with a positive attitude
• a team player, but also can work on your own initiative
• comfortable using IT packages ??
• well organised and adaptable??
• happy to learn new skills

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)

•Tax-free childcare scheme

•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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