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With over 25 years’ experience and a comprehensive range of specialist services to its name, Waystone helps our clients structure, operate and grow through our expertise, innovation and digitisation, backed by the operational scale to support global expansion.\nSUMMARY : As Facilities Manager - UK, you are a key member of the Real Estate & Facilities Team and the first point of contact for the Facilities function in the UK. You will oversee facilities operations across the UK offices and directly manage the UK facilities team, ensuring each team member has clear direction, support and accountability for the effective operation of their assigned office. While local facilities team members retain day-to-day responsibility for their offices, you will maintain oversight to ensure required standards, servicing, Health & Safety, risk controls, compliance documentation, budgets and projects are managed appropriately. Working with the Associate Director and Head of Real Estate & Facilities, you will coordinate UK stakeholders and vendors, support wider business teams where agreed, and provide support to the department ESG Champion on agreed ESG activities.\nESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.\nReal Estate\nManage local UK facilities projects assigned by the Chief Product Officer, Country Head, Head of Real Estate & Facilities or Associate Director of Real Estate & Facilities, coordinating the relevant internal stakeholders, local facilities team members and external partners.\nSupport UK office moves, fit-outs, integrations, desk moves, seating plans and space utilisation activity, ensuring actions, timelines and practical requirements are clearly coordinated and communicated.\nMaintain proportionate project plans, action trackers and budget updates for assigned initiatives, escalating material risks, issues or decisions where required.\nSupport the rollout of agreed initiatives, systems, reports and processes affecting the UK offices.\nHealth & Safety\nSupport the UK facilities teams with Health & Safety activities requested by the Global Health & Safety Pillar Owner, coordinating completion of the required actions and follow-up.\nHelp ensure any requested Health & Safety documentation is completed, maintained and escalated appropriately in conjunction with the relevant local facilities team.\nESG (Position Green)\nSupport the department ESG Champion with agreed sustainability activities, including Position Green requirements, information gathering, documentation and reporting inputs.\nCoordinate assigned ESG actions with local representatives, tracking progress and following up on outstanding items as required.\nVendor Management and Budget\nMaintain oversight of the monthly UK facilities budget for the London office and send this along with the Leeds and Exeter reports, as provided by your team, to the Associate Director, clearly highlighting material variances, risks, upcoming commitments and approvals required.\nOversee UK facilities expenditure, project costs, commitments, quotes and invoices against agreed budgets, working with local facilities team members to ensure information is accurate and up to date.\nManage the UK facilities vendor portfolio and key relationships with vendors, landlords and building management, ensuring clear communication, timely follow-up and consistent service delivery.\nMonitor vendor performance and compliance with contractual obligations and Waystone requirements, addressing service issues and escalating material concerns where necessary.\nSupport appropriate procurement and onboarding of UK facilities vendors, seeking value for money and maintaining the required documentation.\nGeneral\nEstablish, maintain and improve departmental documentation, registers, trackers and governance records.\nAct as the first point of contact for the Facilities team in the UK and directly manage and mentor the UK facilities team, providing clear direction, development support, coordination, prioritisation and consistent oversight of service delivery across the UK offices.\nActively question methods and processes to improve efficiency, repeatability and standards across the UK facilities function.\nEnsure local facilities team members effectively manage the day-to-day operation of their assigned offices and that required servicing, statutory and regulatory requirements, documentation, risk controls and facilities standards are maintained and escalated where necessary.\nMaintain sufficient capacity within the UK facilities function to provide practical on-the-ground support to teams such as Marketing, Client Services and Communications where this is operationally appropriate and agreed with the Associate Director.\nProvide day-to-day coaching and mentorship to direct reports, supporting their development, helping them resolve local issues and building consistent ways of working across the UK facilities team.\nDemonstrate sound judgement, ownership and decision-making, escalating only where appropriate and bringing clear recommendations where decisions are required.\nAble and willing to support additional duties as required, including team coverage for out of office periods.\nAdhere to Waystone company policies, procedures, culture and values.\nRepresent Waystone in an ethical and professional manner.\nMaintain a complete knowledge of the Waystone Group structure, key personnel names and titles relevant to the role.\nREQUIREMENTS\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed in this job description are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Waystone has an open and inclusive culture, and we encourage candidates from varied backgrounds and experiences to apply.\nEducation:\nAn internationally recognised professional qualification.\nCompetencies:\nTo perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following:\nAdaptability/Flexibility\nCommunication\nCustomer Service\nDependability\nIntegrity/Ethics\nSelf-Development\nDecision Making/Judgment\nInitiative\nOrganization Savvy\nProblem Solving/Analysis\nSense of Urgency\nLanguage Skills\nAbility to write routine reports and correspondence. 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