Facilities Co-ordinator

The Cavendish Laboratory (Department of Physics) has an exciting opportunity for a brand new Facilities Coordinator to join our passionate and dedicated community. Working as part of the Departments' Soft Facilities team, the role-holder will lead on reception and concierge service delivery and oversee the implementation of a new workplace management system for the Department. The Cavendish Laboratory is at an exciting point in its 150-year history, and undergoing a substantial period of transformation, as it prepares for its relocation to a beautiful, purpose-built physics facility, the Ray Dolby Centre, which will be the centre-piece of the new Cavendish III Laboratory. The Department is home to over 2000 staff, students and visitors across a large range of disciplines and categories, where exemplary delivery of world-leading, innovative research programmes and teaching takes place and where the provision of an outstanding soft facilities service will be vital to delivering the vision for the new Estate. Working alongside a number of facilities operatives, the successful candidate will be a positive, organised and methodical people manager with an excellent understanding of facilities management provision to deliver new and innovative services. You will have a clear commitment to service delivery, solid management and administration skills and experience of managing a diverse team. You will be able to demonstrate experience of maintaining and reporting on data within a workplace management system, implementation of new systems and processes and will be a champion of change, seeking continuous improvement through engagement, development and review. This full-time post is available now. Additional information regarding the role may be found within the Further Particulars via the link below.

• Competitive rates of pay with automatic service related pay progression and annual cost of living increases;
• Generous annual leave provision
• Family & Work-life balance policies including hybrid working and generous carer leave (maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, adoption leave), amongst others
• An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;
• Exclusive employee discounts via our CamBens scheme
• Personal Development: The Department actively encourages and supports personal development and our staff have access to a wide range of courses and training via our Personal and Professional Development (PPD) service.