FACILITIES & FLEET MANAGER

37 hours per week, based in Preston

£48,391 per annum

This is a hands-on role with responsibility for ensuring that Community Gateway's buildings, facilities services and fleet are safe, compliant and work well for colleagues and customers.

You'll manage a small specialist team and work with a range of contractors, balancing statutory compliance, day-to-day operations and improvement work. We're looking for someone who can assess priorities calmly, organise work effectively and know when to escalate or seek support.

What we are looking for:

• Significant experience in a similar facilities management role
• Strong working knowledge of health and safety, compliance and statutory obligations relating to buildings and vehicles
• Experience of managing planned preventative maintenance schedules and contractor performance
• Experience of procuring goods and services and managing contracts
• Ability to plan workloads, prioritise effectively and use data to inform decisions
• Experience of managing, supporting and motivating a team
• IOSH qualification (or equivalent)
• IWFM Level 4 qualification, or willingness to work towards this

It would be great if you also had:

• Experience of managing fleet operations, including compliance, telematics and incident support
• Experience of business continuity or disaster recovery planning
• NEBOSH qualification
• Experience of office refurbishments or building projects

Why work at Community Gateway?

We are a values-based organisation who truly care about our employees, their health, safety and wellbeing. We aim for a great employee experience and that includes offering a range of benefits – have a look at the attached leaflet for more information. Our holiday entitlement starts at 26 days plus bank holidays (including your birthday off and Christmas closure!).

We also offer a great pension scheme where CGA will pay in contributions up to 10%, a company-paid health cash plan for you and your dependents (including 24/7 GP), enhanced sick pay and parental leave, reward and recognition scheme, wellbeing support, training and development and much more.

Inclusion is key for us. We would love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role, those who may be underrepresented in our organisation. We aim to be reflective of the communities in which we operate and if you speak a second language this can come in handy!

Working Arrangements

Once you have settled in to the role and the organisation, there is the opportunity for some home-working. We are a team that works flexibly to accommodate business and personal needs. Occasional evening or weekend working will be required to respond to emergencies or projects, but this is planned, shared and supported appropriately.

A bit more about us:

Community Gateway own and manage almost 7000 homes across the city of Preston, but we are so much more than just a landlord. We aim to offer great customer service, providing safe, well-maintained and affordable homes, and making a positive difference to the communities in which we work. We make sure that we manage our business to the highest of standards and are working to create a sustainable future.

And finally, we want to be a great place to work…. xbpsjku so if you think you have the skills, experience and can live our values, then we want to hear from you..

If you haven't done so already, check out our candidate pack on our website for more about us and top tips for your application.

Dates for your diary:

The closing date for this role is the 26th April atmidnight with interviews expected to be held on Friday 1st May