Facilities Manager

We are currently seeking to recruit a Facilities Manager (Grade 7) within our Corporate Services and Accounts Directorate.

The Facilities Manager is responsible for successfully leading, managing and delivering a high quality facilities management team. You will support the delivery of the strategic aspirations in the SLAB corporate plan in compliance with relevant legislation including leading on statutory reporting requirements for Carbon management.

About us

The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) was set up in 1987 to manage legal aid in Scotland. We are a non-departmental public body responsible to the Scottish Government. Our main purpose is to manage and continuously improve publicly funded legal assistance and to advise Scottish Ministers on its strategic development for the benefit of society.

If you wish to learn more about the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) and our other direct services please visit www.slab.org.uk.

Why work for us

We are an ethical organisation, carrying out rewarding work that can have a considerable impact on clients’ lives.

We seek high calibre people and in return, we set out to provide good training and development with rewarding working conditions. We aim to be an ‘employer of choice’. Should you come to work with us, you’ll discover that no matter what your job or level of responsibilities, you are treated as an individual, with fairness, dignity and respect.

Our stable and secure reward package includes:

• A competitive salary with potential for pay progression

• Flexible working arrangements and a great holiday entitlement of 34 days per year (inclusive of public and privilege holidays) increasing after five years of continuous service

• A defined benefit pension scheme with a 6% employee contribution

• Job security in a stable environment for long term career progression

• Support from colleagues within a rewarding, positive work culture

• Opportunities for learning and development while making a difference with challenging tasks for ultimate job satisfaction.

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Retail and gym discounts with EdenRed

To find out more about working with SLAB and our benefits, please visit www.slab.org.uk/recruitment/working-for-us.

About the role

The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) requires the Facilities Manager to ensure the efficient and effective facilities management and health and safety services aligned with the strategic aspirations in the SLAB corporate plan in compliance with relevant regulatory standards and legislation.

Based in Thistle House, Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh you will be responsible for leading a team to deliver a high-quality customer focused service. Your responsibilities include managing the building, health and safety advice and providing a security, reception, and support service for the whole of SLAB.

SLAB have nine remote offices where your responsibility is to negotiate leases and arrange contracts. You will be the key liaison with the tenants in Thistle House and the landlords of our remote offices.

SLAB is a Non Department Public Body, you will be the lead on the relationship with the Scottish Government on all property matters.

You will lead SLAB’s asset management, carbon management and biodiversity duties, ensuring compliance with legislation and reporting requirements.

You will be responsible for managing the revenue budget, currently £1m expenditure and £600k income, including managing the contracts for facilities management in line with best practice and national framework contracts. You will be responsible for the capital budget, approx. £100k per annum.

SLAB have 2 pool cars; you will be responsible for the management of these and ensuring appropriate maintenance and insurance.

As a member of the Corporate Services management team, the Facilities Manager has a vital role in helping to drive SLAB forward to meet its corporate objectives.

You will play a key role in business continuity planning and our response.

The successful candidate will have a degree in facilities/property related subject with extensive facilities management experience.

This post is permanent on a full time basis.

If you are applying for a full time position on a part-time basis (less than 35 hours per week), please give details of the number of hours and pattern of part time work you would be interested in. Further details are supplied in the ‘General Information for Applicants’ document.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are dedicated to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong.

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ people.

We will ensure that disclosure of disability status will not negatively impact anyone’s application. We are committed to guaranteeing an interview to every applicant who indicates they have a disability, in terms of the Equality Act 2010, that meets the minimum criteria for the role.

For more details about this role and a full list of essential criteria and required competencies, please see the ‘Additional Information’ section.

Completed applications should be returned by Monday, 14 October 2024. via SLAB’s recruitment portal. We strongly encourage early applications, as the vacancy may close sooner. Interviews will likely be organised for the week commencing 28 October. Please advise when you apply if you cannot attend the interview that week.