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Head of Facilities

Salary Circa £74,000
Location Farringdon (London), Croydon or Sittingbourne (Kent)
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

Southern Housing are seeking a Head of Facilities. This is an exciting time to be a part of building a newly formed team following merger, where you will be able to get involved in shaping our office asset management process and be part of the team implementing and making changes for the better of the organisation and our residents.

Reporting to the Director of Office & Retail, you will lead responsibility for providing a strategic, advisory and day to day Facilities Management service for all office related activities across Southern Housing.

You will lead on the implementation of strategies, projects and policies which support delivery of both the department’s and the organisations’ values and objectives.

What you’ll be doing

  • Provide direction, knowledge and expertise to the FM team on all aspects of effective Facilities Management. Principally motivation and development of the Facilities team through leading by example is key, agreeing clear objectives and consistently monitoring performance to achieve delivery of excellent services.
  • Produce and embed high quality, controlled procedures for FM management activities
  • To take lead responsibility for the implementation and management of health and safety and compliance within offices.  Identify risks affecting FM Managed offices and ensure appropriate action is taken to minimise them. This includes producing and updating Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans. Also ensure risks are adequately identified and mitigated.
  • Line managing the Contracts Manager ensuring a high standard of procurement and contract management
  • Produce periodic Management Information Reports demonstrating full asset compliance including reporting operational performance on meeting set/agreed SLA targets
  • Lead on the management of offices and depots across South East England

What you’ll need

  • Sufficient demonstrable knowledge and experience of delivering facilities management services across a varied office portfolio at a senior level.
  • Acquired or currently working towards NEBOSH or IOSH General certificate, or is willing to work towards and can demonstrate experience of principal accountabilities in this role
  • Proficiency in making projections of future expenses based on analysis of cost effectiveness of past expenditures.
  • Multiple sites management
  • Experience of managing office moves
  • A progressive, dynamic and flexible approach to delivery of FM Services
  • Be passionate about embedding a culture which aligns with our HEART values

In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above criteria, providing real examples. 

Closing Date: Tuesday 1st July 2025 at 23:59

Shortlisting: From 2nd July 2025

Interviews: W/c 7th July 2025

 

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

In line with our Recruitment Policy, colleagues are able to apply for internal roles once they've passed their probation. Interviews will only be arranged once this has been confirmed.

Colleagues who have recently started a new internal role won't be able to apply for another internal move for at least 12 months. Please refer to the Recruitment Policy for more detail.

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