Facilities Manager

The role

We're looking for an experienced Facilities Manager to join our team and to ensure Southern Housing offices are safe, compliant, well managed and presentable workplaces, for our staff, visitors and contractors.

This role reports to Head of Facilities, and you will maintain office and building compliance within current legislation, following Southern Housing policies and procedures. Furthermore, you will ensure Facilities Management are providing a service that delivers towards our commitment to equality and diversity.

Managing a team of Facilities Officer, you will drive high team performance, and role model a culture which aligns with our HEART values. You will work with contractors, as well as manage and deliver planned and reactive maintenance works / projects as required ensuring they are carried out to optimum standard and follow value for money (VFM) principles. Additionally, you will support internal customers by providing outstanding customer service while ensuring the facilities and working environment are to the required standard for colleagues to perform their roles effectively.

This role will not be based in one office 5 days per week. A flexible approach is required with typical scenarios to include working in our Farringdon and Croydon offices, along with visiting office locations across the Southern Housing geographical footprint when required.

What you'll need :

• Understanding, expertise and delivery of compliance in Facilities Management
• Proactive and knowledgeable approach to health and safety
• Expertise in delivering high performing offices and workplaces
• Team management expertise and driving high team performance
• Approach to embedding a culture in line with our values
• Delivering high quality customer service

In your supporting statement , it is important that you address how you meet each of the above six criteria providing real examples.

Closing Date : 12th of October (Sunday) at 23 : 59pm

Shortlisting Date : week commencing 13th of October 2025

Interview Date : week commencing 20th of October 2025

Please note : We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to submit your application and supporting statement as soon as possible so your application can be reviewed and considered.

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About us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own!We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people's lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What's in it for you

Pension

Life

assurance

Healthcare cash plan

Eyecare & dental

Birthday

leave

Retailers discounts

Cycle

to work

Buy & sell

annual leave

Season ticket loan

In-house academy & career development

Flexible working

Inclusion & Diversity

We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it's about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual.

We're all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.