Beyond Housing Ltd
Location
Scarborough, North Yorkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
An excellent opportunity has arisen to be part of a dynamic Facilities team that is constantly developing and looking for new and improved ways of managing fire safety across our portfolio of non-domestic and commercial properties.
The ideal candidate will have the ability to be progressive and adaptable within the role and always be looking to drive service improvements in a fast paced and changing legislative world of facilities management.
Contractor management skills will be a key area for you, delivering within a framework of key performance areas makes the role both challenging and rewarding. Customer safety is at the heart of everything we do at Beyond Housing and you will take center stage in the delivery of a busy programme of maintenance and repairs programmes. Solving problems and decision making will be required to achieve our compliance targets and you will do this with the support and guidance of an experienced and dedicated Facilities team.
The Facilities Officer is a developing role, and you will play a defining part in this as facilities and fire safety compliance continues to adapt and we continue to develop our procedures. The Fire Safety Bill is progressing through parliament and it will bring greater focus and responsibility for us but also provide the support required to deal with non-conformance and access issues to carry out our maintenance work.
Quality assurance for maintenance works and processes and procedures employed will be an area you will have authority over. You will have a leading role in internal audits as we continually look to review and improve, you will be involved in audit scoping, evidence collection, management responses and agreement of audit actions. The actions we agree and carry out will be learning and improvement that gives assurance to the organisation.
Our maintenance partners are key stakeholders, therefore you will play an advanced role in selecting who we work with, providing specification content and maintenance breakdowns. You will be involved across all tender and contractor appointment processes, evaluating safety, customer focus, quality and cost. You will be responsible for day-to-day management of fire safety actions as we continue to review our communal spaces and uphold our high standards. To do this you will lead on a multi departmental team of colleagues committed to delivering high standards of repairs and fire safety. You will develop key relationships across the organisation, providing and receiving expert support from Health and Safety, Maintenance, Housing, and Estate teams, hence sustaining a collective and collaborative approach.
If you are excited by the challenging, fast paced world of facilities management, apply today!
Samantha Allen is our Facilities Manager, so if you fancy an informal chat about the role, why not give her a call on 07527 130954.
Closing date for applications is Wednesday 20 March 2024, applications will be reviewed throughout the duration of the advert and we may close it early should enough applications be received. We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy.
Who is Beyond Housing?
Our story began in 2018 and we’d like you to be part of our future. With over 15,000 homes, 30,000 customers and 750 colleagues, we're changing lives every day. Our mission is simple; to provide homes customers want, services they value, delivered by people who care. We want to help our customers and communities to succeed and thrive. Considerate, collaborative, ambitious and accountable – that’s just our way of life.
Our offices are more than just the space we work in. We encourage inspiration, creativity and productivity in a relaxed and comfortable environment. We’re looking for people who are travelling in the same direction when it comes to the way we work, live our values and deliver our services. Our reward and recognition offer is pretty impressive too!
We have ambitious plans for further growth and impact, and we need the right people to take this leap with us. It may be challenging at times, but you can be assured that it is going to be rewarding and inspiring. After all, we are changing lives, every day, in all that we do.
Our values and extremely important to us and we want all our colleagues to really live our values every day, we are looking for candidates who show they have the skills to do the role and are aligned with our values.
At Beyond Housing, we are committed to ensuring that all applicants are treated fairly throughout our recruitment and selection processes and are not discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
Why choose us?
The team here at Beyond Housing genuinely care about the work we do to transform the lives of our customers. We think this is a pretty big reason to love your career at Beyond Housing, and that’s why our benefits package shows Beyond Housing genuinely cares about its teams too.
Our people are our best asset, so we want to make sure your wellbeing is the best it can be. Our responsibilities as an employer extend beyond the workplace, we want to make sure we can help and support you when you need it most.
So here goes:
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£40.66k per annum
