The Facilities Administrative Assistant

The Facilities Administrative Assistant plays a key role in supporting the day-to-day operations of the London office, Helpdesk enquiries, administration, supplies and assisting with logging of M&E jobs. Also, assisting the Facilities Manager on a range of projects and working with the wider team.

This role is based 5 days in the office.

Roles and Responsibilities (this is a broad but not exhaustive list)

• Support and assist the Facilities Manager and the London Facilities Helpdesk service
• Respond to, action, and monitor all Facilities Helpdesk enquiries (email, Teams messages, and calls), assigning tasks to relevant departments
• Daily up-keep and maintenance of the Facilities Helpdesk inbox, helpdesk job log and associated folder/filing systems
• The main contact for London staff regarding faults, failures, spills leaks etc and co-ordinate the right resources to fix and resolve issues.
• Drafting and completion of Facilities Helpdesk email communications, intranet news items, and updates on building smart app.
• Liaise with various contractors and suppliers including building management, cleaning, M&E, and all other FM related service providers/subcontractors.
• Collaborate with other FM support areas to ensure tasks are addressed promptly when required
• Daily communication with on-site M&E engineer & other sub-contractors
• Ensure permits to work are in place for contractors, ensuring compliance with safety protocols and Helpdesk/H&S procedures
• Daily use of working on different systems Digital ID, Access control, BMS & M&E portal
• Manage internal spreadsheets for staff use of facilities such as lockers, parking & occupancy and desk usage
• Ordering of office supplies such as desk equipment, stationery, new joiner items.
• Conduct daily status, cleanliness and supply checks of facilities areas (reception, kitchens, meeting rooms) and ensuring daily floor walks are completed.
• Maintain and oversee the new joiner and leaver process
• Creating and ordering business cards
• Provide Office tours to new joiners
• At times oversee the use, ordering and authorisation of the stationery ordering system.
• Assigning invoices, creating PO’s and credit card expenses using the firm’s account management software.
• Involvement in projects, initiatives, and collaborating with other teams & offices within the firm to ensure FM links with larger projects, events and promotions are fulfilled.
• Updating of the Facilities Intranet Pages, Out of hours guide, Helpdesk guide and useful contacts list and other documents
• Ensure security measures are in-line with policies and guidelines.
• Collaborate with H&S team to ensure that work areas are adhering to the good housekeeping standards.
• Act as floor Fire Warden and First Aider, ensuring that general H&S requirements are met.