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.

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.

The closing date for applications is Thursday 21 November 2024.

Interviews are expected to be held on Thursday 28 November 2024.

Click the 'Apply' button above to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Victoria Steenkamp, RDC Project Manager (vg239@cam.ac.uk)

Please quote reference KA43706 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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