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Job vacancy: Truro City Council
Truro City Council is seeking a facilities manager to join their team.
DETAILS
Job title: Facilities manager
Organisation: Truro City Council
Salary: £36,648.00 - £41,418.00 per annum
Application deadline: Noon Monday 23 September 2024
County: Cornwall
Email address:
Phone: 01872 303 452
SUMMARY
This is an opportunity to play a key role in supporting the positive progress Truro City Council has been making in recent years. Truro City Council is committed in making Truro a great place to live work and visit and is seeking a motivated full-time, permanent facilities manager to work in the head office in Truro city centre.
The facilities manager will work with their team to ensure that Truro City Council facilities are maintained and protected to ensure that all our assets are compliant and fit for purpose. They will also be responsible for the effective and efficient management and security of all City Council owned and managed buildings/assets and ensuring that there is a regular program in place for inspections and preventative maintenance. In addition, they will also be responsible for compiling scope of works, business cases and where appropriate grant applications for maintenance works and/or any new construction projects. Oversight of and procurement for any required repairs and maintenance works and/or construction contracts will also form part of the duties of the role.
The position is a fast-paced exciting role primarily focussed on ensuring that our buildings and facilities support the day to day and long term objectives of Truro City Council.
The ideal candidate will need to demonstrate skills and knowledge in the following areas:
- Communication – Ability to communicate in a clear and confident manner, tailoring the approach to fit the needs of the audience.
- Interpersonal skills – Creating and maintaining positive relationships across multiple departments.
- Excellent verbal and written communication with attention to detail.
- Confident in using IT – Including the use of Excel, Word, and Outlook (365).
- Strong organisational Skills – Ability to work to deadlines which could be several at one time.
- Ability to problem solve.
- Enthusiasm and positive approach – Enjoy working in a team and an ability to provide leadership to enable, motivate and develop a staff team.
- Facilities management knowledge and experience – in the management and operation of buildings. Experience of managing and maintaining listed buildings and construction contracts would be desirable.
- Health and safety experience – A thorough understanding of relevant and up to date health and safety legislation, risk management requirements and assessments.
- Ability to role model the council’s agreed behaviours of civility and respect.
We offer between 23 and 29 days holiday a year; plus, bank holidays, two additional statutory days, St Piran’s day, should this fall on a working day and a local government pension scheme.
Incremental progression subject to satisfactory performance.
To apply please download an application pack from Truro City Council website.
Once you have an application pack, if you would like to apply, please complete the application form within this pack, or if you have difficulty accessing this, please email . The selection process will be held during week commencing Monday 30th September 2024 and any face to face interviews will be held in Truro community library.
Truro City Council is committed to equality, diversity and inclusivity being at the heart of everything they do.