Job Description

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Description

The Facilities & Safety Manager will work as part of the Estate & Facilities and Safety Management team to deliver high standard, customer focused estates and facilities to the organisation. You will lead on all aspects of safety, facilities, and estate management at our outdoor learning centre Hindleap Warren. You will support with facilities (managed onsite by the Director of Finance) but will be responsible for all aspects of safety compliance at our London Office. This role will be a blend of strategic and pragmatic thinking to create a great place to work, along with the need to 'roll up sleeves' and ensure our buildings, grounds, and systems of work are safe, compliant, efficient and sustainable. A monthly visit to the London Office will be expected.###

What you will be doing

Estate StrategyWork with the Senior Team and Heads of Centres to develop the strategic direction and objectives to ensure London Youth are following relevant legislation and best practice from all sectors. Create and deliver plans to manage London Youth's assets in a compliant, safe and best practice manner, as well as rolling out new software to manage this process.
Facilities ManagementLead on delivery of all Facilities Management services, including but not limited to: M&E, fabric, cleaning/housekeeping, bed linen/laundry, car parking, grounds, waste management, pest control, and external contractors. Occasionally support may be needed out of normal working hours in emergency situations. Establish and maintain a comprehensive planned preventative maintenance programme ensuring the satisfactory operation of all buildings, plant and equipment and ensuring our buildings remain compliant, safe, fit for purpose, and reflect our brand values at all times. Procure and manage services, evaluate contracts and tender processes through a blend of in-house and out-sourced delivery methods, as appropriate, and evaluate value for money. Work with the Director of Centres and Heads of Centres to set the estates, facilities, and health and safety elements of their annual budgets and advising on capital expenditure requirements across all three sites.
Health & SafetyMaintain a health and safety management system, at both Hindleap and the London Office, ensuring all regulatory requirements are met, including overseeing risk assessments, health & safety policies and procedures and annual audits. Attend monthly meetings of the Safety and Safeguarding Team, analysing reported accident and incident data. Provide assurance reporting to the Director of Centres and Trustees on a quarterly basis.


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What you bring to the role

Experience of delivering safe and effective work on customer-facing premises and grounds. Experience of managing high performing teams to deliver in line with the needs of an organisation. Experience of working and leading teams across multiple sites. Relevant qualifications in Facilities and Estates Management and Health & Safety, including NEBOSH. Knowledge of the Health and Safety compliance standards applicable to our sites and how these should be achieved. (Please note the outdoor adventure activities are managed by the operations team - specialist knowledge of these areas is not required*.)
Ability to communicate in a range of settings with people at all levels of an organisation. Ability and experience of training others in health and safety. Experience of working as a member of a management team and bringing about changes through the action of your peers and team.



Able to demonstrate living our values of being:Ambitious Collaborative Inclusive Accountable


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Why work at Hindleap Warren

Generous holiday allowance - 39 days paid annual leave per year, pro-rata for part timers Employer 4% pension contribution Additional leave granted to support voluntary activity Free Health Care Cash Plan Free access for you and your family to the Employee Assistance Programme Free access to the 'Headspace' app for you and your family Flexible working opportunities considered You'll be working with a fantastic team of passionate colleagues across London Youth You will be making a difference to the lives of young people


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About London Youth

We are London Youth: a charity on a mission to support the capital's youth sector to improve the lives of young people. We do this with and through our members - a network of 600 youth organisations - and at our two outdoor residential centres, Hindleap Warren and Woodrow High House.

Throughout our 135-year history, community youth organisations have provided a constant lifeline and a vital safe space outside the family and formal education, where young people can develop confidence, resilience and skills. Young people need opportunities outside school to have fun with their friends, to make a positive change in their communities and to shape the city they live in.

We look to work with all young people, focusing particularly on those who wouldn't otherwise have access to the kind of opportunities we offer.



In 2023-24, we worked with 591 member youth organisations who supported 710k+ young Londoners. 28,676 young people took part in our programmes, events and activities, with nearly 18,000 enjoying our outdoor learning centres, Woodrow High House and Hindleap Warren. 2,000 youth professionals benefitted from 184 training and network sessions we delivered.

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