Historic England
Part Time Facilities Assistant
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Summary
We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.
Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Facilities Assistant.
This is a fixed term contract for 12 months, 18 hours per week, based in our York office.
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive defined benefit pension scheme to which we make 28.97% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.
Salary is £25,179 pro rata.
To view our full range of benefits please follow the link here.
What you will be doing
As our facilities assistant, you will ensure day to day facilities management services are delivered on site and that facilities are safe, clean, well-stocked, suitably maintained, well presented and comfortable at all times.
You will act as the first point of contact for colleagues, tenants and visitors on site, and monitor performance standards of key contractors.
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You will also proactively resolve issues for colleagues and escalate problems appropriately.
Who we are looking for
- Experience of managing day-to-day communications with a wide variety of stakeholders
- Experience of working in a customer facing role
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Experience of (or willingness to undertake training in) First Aid, Fire Warden, Contractor Management, Asbestos Awareness, Health and Safety, Electrical safety, Risk Assessments
Please note your application will be scored and assessed against the above criteria.
Why work for Historic England
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.
Historic England wants all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries.
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