Facilities Supervisor

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Support recruitment, induction, training and development of facilities and gardening staff and volunteers.
• Manage team performance, absences, staff development, appraisals and mandatory training.
• Coordinate daily operations, allocate resources and prioritise work across the estate.
• Maintain staffing records and submit payroll information on time.
• Support budget planning; monitor expenditure, procurement, supplier invoices and project budgets.
• Deliver maintenance, refurbishment and improvement projects, managing plans, budgets, contractors, risks, stakeholders and reporting.
• Monitor compliance with legislation and policies, including health and safety, fire safety, COSHH, LOLER, PUWER, Legionella, asbestos and CQC standards.
• Maintain compliance records and ensure inspections, audits, statutory testing and monthly programmes are completed and documented.
• Manage planned preventative and reactive maintenance programmes.
• Manage contractor and supplier procurement, inductions, performance, service-level agreements and compliance.
• Oversee assets, vehicles, equipment, stock and storage, including maintenance, audits and inventory control.
• Inspect buildings, grounds, plant and equipment; identify, report and resolve risks and defects.

Role expectations

• Complete and maintain mandatory training and any additional training required to maintain competence and compliance.
• Treat information about patients, volunteers and staff as confidential.
• Uphold the hospice’s values, equality, diversity and inclusion commitments, and demonstrate professionalism and compassion.
• Understand the sensitivities of hospice and palliative care and interact with dignity and empathy.
• Be flexible as duties may evolve and provide out-of-hours management support when necessary.

Hours and salary

• Contracted hours are 35 per week.
• Salary is stated as £31,850, with an FTE figure of £34,125; no pay cadence is specified.