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This role is advertised for 37.5 hours per week worked Monday to Friday. You will be looking after our portfolio of buildings in Leeds, including Platform, West Gate, 14 King Street, 100 Wellington Street and West Village, one of our newest workspaces, a destination that’s creative, collaborative and with wellness at its heart.
What we’re looking for:
As the Operations Manager you will be working with and managing a team of 6x Facilities Team Members. We're keen to see applications from managerial/leadership backgrounds within operational functions, preferably facilities, but most importantly you'll love working and collaborating with colleagues, being proactive with solutions and driving efficiencies and change through creative ideas and problem solving.
Job purpose:
Our Operations Manager leads the facilities team and is responsible for the effective day to day running of the buildings. Reporting to our Customer Operations Manager, they lead and work with the onsite team to bring our spaces to life, overseeing the daily running of our buildings, ensuring high standards of Health, Safety & Risk compliance and maintaining the upkeep of the fabric of the building.
What you will be doing:
- Coordinate and manage the Facilities Team Members who run our buildings, and implement new processes and procedures to enhance our service
- Ensure compliance and the high standards of the building are maintained and enhanced where possible
- Working closely with other internal teams - Health, Safety & Risk, Customer Operation Managers, Hosts.
- Link into the contract management team, feeding in on contract performance at all times. Find innovative ways to streamline and enhance service delivery, while keeping an eye on the bottom line.
- Coach, develop and mentor your team so that they fully embrace their role in providing a first time fix.
- Be part of the ‘On Call’ rota, where for a week at a time, you will be the first point of call for any urgent queries outside of working hours in regards to the Leeds building portfolio.
In addition to the salary shown you will be entitled to a number of other excellent benefits including:
- 28 days holiday plus you get your Birthday off work - and if that’s not enough you can also buy & sell holidays too
- 24 hours a year volunteer time - there are endless opportunities for you to get involved in supporting the causes that matter most to you
- Sabbatical of up to 12 months so you can take a career break after five years with us
- Free Healthcare cash plan for all colleagues, so you can claim back medical expenses like optical, dentist & physiotherapy. We also offer free private healthcare cover on an opt in basis too
- Life assurance cover for all colleagues
- Up to 8% matched pension scheme
- Discounts & cashback at leading retailers
- Enhanced maternity - 26 weeks fully paid leave
- Interest free loans to pursue your passions and apply for up to £2000 towards learning a new skill
In addition to what to expect within the role and your benefits, it’s good to know that you’ll be working for a business that gives back - The Oglesby Charitable Trust has donated more than £25m since it started out in 2001. Supporting charities across Arts and Culture, Education, Environment, Medical Research and Social & Health Inequality.
Our operations team makes up a huge part of our workforce. Therefore it's incredibly important to us that we recruit from diverse backgrounds to reflect the communities we operate in, and ultimately achieve our goal of creating thriving cities that are completely inclusive.
We're keen to see applications from diverse backgrounds and actively drive our selection process to be as inclusive as possible for interviews.
We'll always do our best to accommodate any adjustments you need at interview. So please highlight this in your application form. If selected, we will get in touch and discuss this before your interview.
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