Facilities Officer

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1 year ago
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Salary £27,693 Per Annum Plus Benefits

Permanent, Full Time

37 hours per week (Monday – Friday, Flexibility Negotiable)

Thrive Homes has an exciting opportunity for a Facilities Officer to effectively support the department.

Proactive with your approach you will provide effective support to our head office and satellite premises, this will include providing office support services including general administrative functions, post and courier management, monitoring, ordering stationery; photocopying/printing equipment and office and kitchen supplies.

Other Responsibilities:

  • In conjunction with Health & Safety colleagues you will ensure office spaces are kept clean, safe and well maintained as well as keeping all consumables well stocked.

  • With the support of your line manager, you will ensure all service contracts for the office are running well, ensuring any necessary repairs are undertaken promptly and that services provide good value.

  • You will support Thrive with other duties and/or projects including GDPR support as requested by the line manager or senior team.

  • Effectively provide first aid and fire marshal support (training provided).

  • Provide hospitality for relevant meetings.

    Requirements:

  • An understanding of facilities within an office-based setting.

  • Strong administrative and IT skills.

  • Excellent planning and organisational skills, coupled with the ability to prioritise well, work to strict deadlines and have a great sense of teamwork.

  • Your ability to role model our core behaviours is as important as technical expertise.

  • The ability to be office-based 5 days per week.

  • Self-motivated and proactive attitude to work is essential.

    Benefits:

    Thrive’s Top 10!

  • Annual Leave - 25 days per year increasing by length of service (up to 30 days).

  • Buy or sell annual leave

  • Generous family friendly provision

  • Pension - Thrive Homes will pay double your contribution (up to 10%).

  • Discretionary Bonus

  • Life assurance - a payment of 3x your salary

  • Health Cash Plan - facility to claim cashback for dental, optical and physiotherapy costs, alongside wellness services.

  • Virtual GP Service (available 24/7)

  • Wellbeing reward scheme (earn vouchers through a health app)

  • A range of engagement activities aimed at building team morale, supporting both physical and mental health, and celebrating all things that make us different!

    All roles at Thrive are subject to a basic DBS check.

    Closing date: 17th January 2025

    Interview date: Tuesday 21st January 2025 (afternoon only, onsite at head office)

    We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.

    Thrive’s Approach

    Thrive is an exciting place to work. We challenge ourselves and others to deliver results and think differently. We share positive experiences and messages, with trust and respect at the core of every relationship. Our leaders adopt a coaching and mentoring approach - enabling and empowering others to deliver. We embrace change and encourage a strong focus on positive outcomes. We value agile working arrangements from our offices in Apsley, Hertfordshire and we pride ourselves on looking after our colleagues by offering progressive careers and a full range of modern benefits, as we continue to grow as an organisation and aim to attract the very best people.

    Thrive homes are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. This commitment is at the core of our understanding the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. We actively encourage all applicants that are suitable for the role, from diverse career paths and backgrounds and from all sections of the community.

    As committed members of Inclusive Employers and a Disability Confident Committed employer, we remain steadfast to a fair recruitment process. If you have any accessibility needs and require reasonable adjustment, please contact us

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