The Cavendish Laboratory (Department of Physics) has an exciting opportunity for a brand new Facilities Coordinator to join their 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.
Some of our many benefits include: • 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.