Facilities Manager

Facilities and IT/AV Manager

Basic Salary 30K - 35K depending on experience + benefits

Wallacespace provides bright, innovative spaces for offsite meetings, training, workshops and events. Delighting our clients with our can-do attitude and proactive approach is what we do.

We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated Facilities Manager to work as part of a friendly team where no two days are the same in one of our stunning central London buildings.

About the role

You will be attentive to every detail and run your building effectively and safely. Confident in trouble shooting any building queries and all issues regarding AV & IT is a must. You will be working with the other Facilities Managers, line managing a Facilities Assistant and Housekeeper and reporting to the Director of Facilities & IT.

Usual shifts are

• 08:00 - 16:30 /10 till 7PM but will require flexibility to work between 07:00 and 21:00 depending on business needs

Managing and improving our spaces

• Taking ownership of our buildings compliance, health and safety & PPM to create safe and effectively functional environments.
• Making our buildings look and feel inspiring and creative through means of room aesthetics, cleanliness, and general maintenance in line with the WS brand.
• Looking at our venues from a fresh perspective and envisioning what changes we can make to improve the ways in which clients use and interact with our spaces, to keep them functional, exciting and fun.
• Using creative thinking to upgrade and improve the experience we provide to both our clients and to the business.
• We love new ideas, you will be continually looking at how we can improve as a team, department and business as well as working collaboratively across departments.

Tech & Clients

• Management of IT & AV equipment, as well as effective and personalised support / troubleshooting for our clients events.
• Provide outstanding service & support to our clients from ahead of their event to the day of the event.
• Collaborating with our tech partners to deliver more complex solutions for our clients.
• Always researching new ways to utilise technology in our spaces from the functionality to the presentation.

Leadership & collaboration

• Line management of Event Supervisors & Housekeepers.
• Training and innovating our teams. Upskilling our client managers and facilities team to ensure the whole business benefits from your insight and knowledge.
• Collaborating and communicating across departments to work to thoughtful, empathetic, and excellent conclusions.
• Managing all third-party suppliers to provide the best service at a measured cost and working in line to our buildings activity.

About you

You are logical and meticulous but also creative and love solving problems on your feet. In addition, we are looking for the following traits;

• Enjoys a technical challenge
• Proof of previous project-based tasks and multi-tasking
• Excellent communicator and leader
• A great planner and very organised
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Problem solver with endless common sense
• Positive can-do and do-do attitude
• Friendly and approachable
• Have the ability & willingness to pitch in

In addition to some great day to day benefits you will also receive

• £30,000 35,000 per annum (depending on experience) plus
• 5% bonus.
• 25 days holiday + bank hols + a day for your birthday

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. However, in line with the Asylum & Immigration Act we do require that you must be eligible to live & work in the UK.