Job Introduction

We have an excellent opportunity for an accomplished facilities professional to join our new Kent & Medway Talking Therapies service.  Reporting to the Business Manager you will be responsible for building strong working relationships with operational teams to ensure that the estates’ facilities management and health and safety compliance is achieved across all Vita Health Group venues in the region.

You should enjoy working in a busy close-knit team operating to industry best-practice standards across all facets of FM, Estates and Health & Safety.  You will also be required to conduct risk assessments and take a local lead on infection prevention control in line with sector guidance and best practices.  Experience of managing contactor/sub-contractor activities to achieve statutory hard FM compliance is important as is the ability to operate in close partnership with a range of internal and external stakeholders.  

 Key activities will include: 

• Ensuring business continuity and to minimise service disruption resulting from the estates and facilities.
• Ensuring that the Business Manager and Service Lead remain updated on projects and incidents relating to the estate.
• Ensuring that premises used by VHG colleagues are fit for purpose with attention to fire, electrical, and water management to ensure the environment remains safe and compliant.
• Managing of relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers; keeping track of sub-contractor relationships, ensuring servicing and maintenance takes place on time, to the correct specification, and within budget.
• Liaising with cleaning contractors to ensure audit outcomes are shared and that sites remain clean and suitable for service delivery.
• Managing and instructing the preventative planned maintenance schedules including reactive maintenance.
• Carrying out site inspections and auditing across the estates including health and safety, cleaning standards, infection prevention control, and office consumable checking.
• Responsibility for creating and managing local risk assessments including building H&S, COSHH, specific tasks/activities, new or expectant mother, and first aid risk assessments.
• Instructing and overseeing all commissioned risk assessments including fire risk assessments and any other surveys as appropriate.

This is a great chance to build on your experience and develop your career in a fast-paced growing organisation. There will be regular travel around Kent and Medway in the role so a full clean driving license and access to transport is required.

Why Vita Health Group?

• Our association with the MINDFUL EMPLOYER Charter for Employers who are Positive About Mental Health.
• Our status as a Disability Confident Employer dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. All disabled candidates that meet the minimum essential criteria will be invited to interview.
• Our Ethnicity Matters Scheme where all applicants for senior roles (£40,000+) from a minority ethnic group that meet the essential criteria will be invited for interview.
• Our sign up to the Armed Forces Covenant.
• Our status as a Menopause Friendly Committed employer.
• Our sign up to the Employer with Heart Charter.
• Our commitment to meet the standards outlined in the NHS Equality Delivery System (EDS). Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES).
• The provision of access to health and wellbeing services for colleagues which includes a team of trained Mental Health Advocates and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• An embedded “speaking up” culture facilitated by Freedom to Speak Up Guardians.

Vita Health Group