Head of Facilities

The Head of Facilities will ensure the delivery of a client-focussed, cost-effective facilities management strategy and day to day operations across the firm’s locations to incorporate building and site management, front of house and back-office services. Working in collaboration across the firm to build an efficient, effective, responsive, safe and fit for purpose service and environment, in compliance with all regulatory and legal requirements.

Main duties

• Overall management of the facilities team
• Strategic input as required to ensure continuous improvement throughout the facilities functions
• Property management strategy
• Space management
• Managing office maintenance
• Managing testing and inspections
• Facilities contract negotiation and management
• EHS (environment, health, safety)
• Management of physical security
• Operating the firm’s records management system for physical records
• Managing the firm’s print and mail services
• Providing appropriate reporting metrics and presenting these as required at the Board/Operational Group
• Facilities budgetary management

Candidate Profile

• Senior management experience in similar role
• Proven project management skills
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a team
• Proactive and responsive
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills
• Proven ability to lead a large team across different locations
• Experience of presenting information at a senior level (both in writing and verbally)
• Experience of managing health and safety requirements within the workplace

HR Contact 

If you would like further information on the role or require accommodations to make your application please contact cara.harper@shepwedd.com

Equal Opportunities 

At Shepherd and Wedderburn we strive to provide a supportive, inclusive and high performance working environment, where everyone feels they belong. Diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our business and we therefore welcome applicants from different backgrounds to all levels of the organisation. To foster inclusivity we particularly encourage applications from those who may be from underrepresented groups, including candidates from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ people, people with disabilities or who are neurodivergent and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

GDPR

Shepherd and Wedderburn is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information that we collect as a “data controller”. The information provided by you will be processed in accordance with our GDPR Privacy Notice for Applicants and Work Experience Students. If you are successful in obtaining paid employment with us, we will hold your information in accordance with our Privacy Notice and Data Retention Policy for Personnel, which will be provided to you at the relevant time.

We will process the information you provide solely for the purpose of evaluating your application for employment. The information will be disclosed to the interview panel (if relevant), your line manager (if appointed), and Human Resources staff members. We may contact any references provided for the purposes of discussing your application, and will ask your permission before doing so.

If you provide any information deemed to be “special category” information under the General Data Protection Regulation, we may use this as follows:

• We will use information about your disability status to provide appropriate adjustments to the interview process.
• We will use any information provided in our diversity monitoring form about your race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender identity, gender expression, social mobility background, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, any disability information, age, and marital/civil partnership status to ensure meaningful equal opportunity monitoring and reporting. Any analysis of this data will be done on an anonymous basis.

Should your application be unsuccessful, the information provided will be deleted within 1 year of a decision not to progress your application.

If you have any further questions about how we process and store your information, or your rights in relation to this, please refer to our GDPR Privacy Notice for Applicants and Work Experience Students (available at www.shepwedd.com/careers/working-with-us/privacy-notice)