We have an exciting opportunity for a Facilities Manager to ensure our properties meet Health & Safety, Environmental, and Fire & Security standards. Ideal for someone interested in project management, looking to broaden their facilities experience, and ready to get hands-on. 

Salary - £27,300 per annum.

Hours - Full-time, 37.5 per week.

This is a 12-month fixed-term role requiring frequent travel, so a full driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.

Reporting to the Facilities and Support Services Manager, you’ll work across the east of the South Downs portfolio, covering various locations and buildings, including small countryside properties. Frequent travel is required.

This role involves managing a diverse portfolio of properties, each with unique needs. Birling Gap, a fast-paced tourist attraction with over 500k visitors annually, requires quick thinking and calmness under pressure to meet customer needs.

We also manage two small but hugely significant properties:  Alfriston Clergy House is a jewel in our crown. It has been with the National Trust from inception, and you'll play an active role as we develop our plans for the future. Monks House is the 16th-century cottage of Virginia and Leonard Woolf. Full of Bloomsbury treasures, the house reflects the owners and their guests who included T S Eliot and E M Foster.

Saddlescombe Farm, our ancient farm hamlet surrounded by chalk grassland, the oldest part of the present-day farmhouse dates from around 1630 but most of the current farm buildings are Victorian.

You’ll manage facilities and maintenance across a group of properties, collaborating with other functional leads and building a volunteer base. You'll also line manage a part-time Facilities Coordinator.

Responsibilities will include managing premises, contractors, equipment, and compliance systems to ensure safe, sustainable, and cost-efficient operations. You'll also handle small projects and promote Health and Safety awareness across your teams, ensuring effective environmental management.

Some weekend and bank holiday work will be required. Please read the full role profile attached to this advert.

We’d love to hear from you if you’re: 

• Experienced in managing facilities, or supervising and looking to develop your career.
• Interested in maintaining buildings and assets to a high standard.
• Skilled in managing contractor relationships.
• Detail-oriented, especially regarding health and safety and compliance.
• Knowledgeable about environmental and climate initiatives.
• Capable of managing large maintenance budgets and ensuring projects run smoothly.

Please apply with a CV and covering letter. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

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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