Assistant Facilities Manager

Hours: Full Time - 40 hours - Monday to Friday

Creating and maintaining great places to live and work delivered by excellent people who care

Purpose of Role

We are seeking a proactive and driven Assistant Facilities Manager (Soft Services) to support the delivery of high-quality facilities services across a small local estate of education sites.

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a strong cleaning or soft services background to step into a broader facilities role, supervising teams and supporting overall site operations.

Based primarily at Alvaston Moor Academy, you will oversee services across 6 nearby sites (including secondary schools, primary schools, and a children's centre), all located within close proximity.

Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise soft services, including cleaning and caretaking operations
• Ensure cleaning standards are consistently high through regular audits and inspections
• Maintain compliance with health & safety regulations and best practice
• Deliver training, coaching and development for team members
• Monitor costs, waste, and resource efficiency
• Support administrative processes, reporting, and documentation
• Work closely with the Senior Facilities Manager to support wider FM activities

Essential Qualifications/Skills

• Strong background in cleaning / soft services environments
• Previous team management or supervisory experience
• Knowledge of cleaning standards, audits and compliance
• Good understanding of health & safety practices
• A proactive, hands on approach with a willingness to learn and develop
• Cleaning-related qualifications (e.g. COSHH)
• Basic health & safety knowledge
• Full UK driving licence (required for travel between sites)
• Flexibility to work early mornings or evenings where required (e.g. audits, team supervision)

In return for your hard work we offer additional training and development, 26 days holiday (+ bank holidays), generous pension contribution, life assurance and much more.

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Facilities is about recognising and celebrating each other's differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business - therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

VINCI recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.