Facilities Officer

We have an exciting opportunity for a permanent Facilities Officer to join our Office & Retail team here at Southern Housing!

Reporting to the Facilities Manager, you will ensure Southern Housing offices are professionally managed and run effectively and efficiently, providing a safe and comfortable working environment for colleagues. You will also support the delivery of an excellent facilities management service to meet business needs and provide outstanding customer service to our colleagues and external customers.

This role is varied and so we’re looking for a proactive and customer-focused candidate who wants to thrive in a new working environment and wants to grow their knowledge and skills in facilities management. Please note, this role will require some manual handling, however full training will be provided to you.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Arrange and coordinate a variety of service requests, including health and life safety systems and installations to ensure our offices always remain compliant with legislation and best practice.
• Manage access across a dispersed office portfolio.
• Ensure the fire evacuation and first aider processes are carried out correctly.
• Responsible for ordering stationery, monitoring stocks and organising timely replenishment of office perishables and supplies.
• Organise and maintain records of meetings with suppliers, contractors, and other colleagues in relation to delivering services to office locations.
• Arrange proactive and reactive maintenance with third party suppliers and the raising of the corresponding purchase orders.
• Ensuring all compliance admin is saved appropriately and updating the compliance logs in accordance with our internal administrative procedures.