Job Description

Location of Role:

Maidstone

Advert Closing Date:

13/08/2025

Starting Salary:

48,339.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time:

Full Time

Contract Type:

Permanent

Working Pattern:

Mon-Fri

Weekend/Evening Working:

No



An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to undertake the full-time role of Facilities and Logistics Manager within the Estate & Facilities Services Department.



This is a challenging role that requires the successful candidate to manage, monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise workloads, make key decisions, ensuring statutory compliance, team management and financial control to all facilities and logistical workstreams



You will work closely in support of the Head of Operational Estate and the Estate Services team as well as our operational colleagues. Responsible for management of the service helpdesk and ensuring all countywide planned and reactive day to day enquires along with task orders are effectively delivered throughout the team to time, cost and quality.



The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience of working in a facilities/logistic services environment and be flexible in their work, as this is an agile worker post.



Applicants will provide evidence of the following skills/experience: Professional qualifications, membership of relevant professional bodies and similar work experience.



This opportunity would suit a highly motivated and dynamic individual who can bring their wide experience to the Estate & Facilities Services Department.



Kent Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of 54,597.00.



For further information about the role please contact Andrew Yeates, Engineering Maintenance & Facitlities Manager via email andrew.yeates@kent.police.uk .



Your application for this role will be shortlisted on the content you provide within the "reason for application" question, within the application form itself. CV's, covering letters or attachments are not included in the shortlist. Within your "reason for application" answer, please refer to any experience, skills, and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for this role, based on the role criteria stated in the job advert or job description. Please provide as much detail as possible as insufficient content may mean you do not meet the shortlisting criteria, however please note this question is limited to 9000 characters and this system will count spaces and blank lines as characters. This count may differ from the Microsoft Word word count function therefore you may wish to use a different online character counter to check the characters used.



All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.



Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.



Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating 'Application Support and Adjustments' in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833.



Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.



If you're not from the UK, you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain.



If you're from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesn't apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.



Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.