Job description
Are you an experienced facilities professional, looking for a new challenge in a senior leadership role?
We are looking for a talented Director to help shape and grow the Pick Everard workplace strategy, shaping the provision of an engaging and productive workplace for Pick Everard across the UK.
If you are an experienced property and workplace professional looking to take on an influential role, helping us to deliver a property strategy that will provide workplaces which inspire and enable our teams to thrive, then we want to hear from you!
Please note that we have 15 offices located across the UK, with the majority of our operational team working from our Leicester head office, however we are open to applications from candidates across the UK.
In this role, you must be open to occasional travel to other offices.
We are proud to operate an agile working policy.
Your typical responsibilities will include:
- Responsible for ensuring all workplaces are maintained within quality, security, efficiency and statutory compliance requirements; actively managing risk in operation and in response to change.
- Optimising value in property tenure and operation across the estate, advising on occupation strategy and planning in-line with Pick Everard business planning.
- Identify opportunities for improvement in facilities operation and tenure strategy, ensuring property assets continue to support the property strategy, current and future business planning.
- Working with key stakeholders to reimagine the employee experience of using Pick Everard’s office space, including space management and optimisation of how we work in a hybrid work arrangement.
- Planning, programming and project management (including change management) of workplace improvement initiatives, effectively communicating with staff and mitigating impact on business operations.
- Advise on future occupation strategy, minimising risk and optimising opportunity in tenure and facility provision in delivery of the property strategyChairing the Premises and Workplace Support Group, leading on all property/facility related matters.
- Responsible for managing the facilities budget across the firm including rent, rates, service charge, repairs and maintenance expenditure.
- Escalation of material issues with landlords / agents, service charge, rates and rent increases
- Support the wellbeing and pastoral care of staff promoting a positive, vibrant and energetic workplace in which exceptional people can thrive.
- Supporting the business function, providing professional advisory services in relation to General Practice Surveying matters, including undertaking fee earning commissions identified in response to client enquiries.Working with other in-house experts including or Architects and Interior Designers to optimise office spaces to promote group work and collaboration
- Ensuring our workplace aligns to our core values and our strategic aims as a business.
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We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Director with a proven track record in facilities management of commercial property across multiple sites within the UK.
Key skills:
- A comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Facilities Management legislative health & safety requirements.
- Good understanding of the UK property management, including landlord and tenant obligations under UK law.
- Strong negotiation skills, experienced in securing value settlements through negotiation with Landlords, Agents, surveyors etc. in all Landlord and Tenant issues.
- Preferably 5 years plus post qualification experience in a relevant role within Facilities Management or General Practice surveying.
- Professional membership of RICS preferred, other institutions considered include:IWFM, CIOB, APM, RIBA
- Excellent managerial and inter-personal skills, a proven track record in managing change, extensive experience in managing budgets, good strategic vision.
- Excellent planning and programming skills and working knowledge of current common forms of construction contract, principally NEC and JCT.
- Experience in the supervision of contractors.
- Effective people management skills.
- Minimum BSc qualification in a surveying / property / facilities management /construction related discipline.
Benefits
At Pick Everard, we work together to make the extraordinary a reality. We are looking for exceptional new talent to be a part of our journey as we move forward through our ambitious five-year Business Plan. We are an independent award-winning property and construction consultancy firm, operating within the industry, providing complete integrated service delivery to help our clients deliver better solutions across real estate, infrastructure and the natural environment. We are at the forefront of the industry and enjoy a culture that is centered around being creative, professional, compassionate, client-oriented and fun. Our recent successes include: Listed as an NCE100 Consultancy and AJ100 Practice, named a Top 150 Consultancy by Building Magazine, recognised as a leading Financial Times Consultancy, winners of the Association of Consulting Engineers (ACE) Awards, Best Business Performance of the Year – Large Consultancy, winners at the RICS Awards – Infrastructure category, an Investors in People and Investors in Excellence accredited business and winners at the Enterprising Women Awards. Remuneration and Benefits: We value and promote a positive work-life balance and encourage every member of our team to get involved with charity, sports, community, and company events. Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. We are also a responsible employer and Investors in People accredited business. You will receive an attractive salary that will match your skills and experience, as well as the following benefits: Stakeholder pension Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Childcare benefits Adoption & Shared Parental Leave benefits Long service awards Annual BeingPickEverard awards Life assurance Private healthcare 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave Discount Scheme Professional subscriptions Car Allowance Bonus Scheme Season ticket loan or car loan Cycle to work scheme Please note we are not accepting speculative CVs or approaches from recruitment agencies. As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey. #LI-BS1, #LI-Hybrid
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