AHDB - Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
Senior Facilities Assistant
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Senior Facilities Assistant
Senior Facilities Assistant
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Facilities Assistant to work from our HQ in Coventry (Monday–Friday). A full UK driving licence is essential.
About the Role
In this role, you will play a key part in the coordination and day-to-day running of facilities operations, ensuring services, contracts, and compliance activities are delivered effectively. Working closely with the Facilities Manager and wider team, you will support a safe, compliant and well-managed working environment across AHDB sites.
This is a varied and collaborative role, ideal for someone with:
- Strong organisational skills
- High attention to detail
- Experience within a facilities or estates environment
- Confidence in managing priorities
- Ability to work with internal stakeholders and external contractors
- Commitment to continuous improvement across facilities processes
Responsibilities
- Line management of a small Facilities team, ensuring high service standards are maintained and deputising for the Facilities Manager when required
- Overseeing facilities contracts, including cleaning, vending, post, and consumables
- Coordinating contractors, ensuring all compliance documentation (e.g., RAMS, insurance, certifications) is reviewed and approved prior to work commencing
- Management of departmental purchase orders and associated activities
- Supporting audits by providing documentation and evidence of compliance
- Enabling delivery and monitoring of planned and reactive maintenance across building systems
- Ensuring the effective delivery of statutory compliance—including inspections, servicing, and certification
- Assisting with health and safety procedures and risk assessments
- Ensuring health and safety practices are adhered to across AHDB buildings
- Playing a key role in reporting activity, including board and leadership updates
- Managing fire marshals—including planning drills and maintaining documentation
- Acting as a key holder and emergency contact as required
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Requirements
Essential Criteria
- Previous experience working within facilities, estates, or a similar environment
- Good understanding of health and safety legislation and compliance requirements
- Experience coordinating contractors and reviewing compliance documentation (e.g., RAMS, permits)
- Experience implementing processes, policies, or procedures
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, able to manage competing demands
- Confident communication skills with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders
- Full UK driving licence and flexibility to act as a key holder and emergency contact
- Preferred: IOSH Working Safely (or similar qualification) and fire warden certificate (not essential)
About AHDB
We are the independent, impartial public body that unlocks success in British agriculture. Funded by levies from over 100,000 producers across beef, lamb, pork, dairy, and cereals, we support farmers, growers, and processors where private sector offerings fall short.
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We provide:
- Evidence-based research and reports to inform on-farm decision-making
- Market strategies to promote British produce domestically
- Opportunities for global export growth, helping farm businesses thrive sustainably and profitably
We empower producers to learn, sell, and export more, delivering insights, influence, and impact they need to succeed.
Benefits
We reward hard work with a mix of excellent benefits:
- Hours: 35 hours per week (Monday–Friday)
- Annual leave: 33 days plus 1 privilege day (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Life assurance: Cover at 4x salary
- Pension: Market-leading defined contribution scheme with Legal & General
- Paid leave: Enhanced pay (20 weeks) for maternity, adoption, or shared parental leave (subject to length of service)
- Volunteering: One paid day annually to engage in charity work
- Support programme: Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- Development: Excellent training opportunities and an agreed development plan
- Recognition awards throughout the year
- Discounts: Reward Gateway membership for exclusive savings
- Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, including flexible working
Ahdb.org.uk | Email: recruitment@ahdb.org.uk
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