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Interim Assistant Facilities Manager

Employer
Womble Bond Dickinson
Location
Bristol (City Centre), City of Bristol
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
15 Apr 2019

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Vacancy Type
Other specialist roles, Facilities Management
Contract Type
Contract
Experience Level
Manager
Role Classification
Other Professional

Job Details

Our Facilities Management Team provide a high quality and effective support service to our firm ensuring we have a productive, well maintained, safe, comfortable and economically sustainable working environment.  We have a dedicated team working across our 8 offices who manage everything from the large quantities of post to our buildings, catering, archiving, receptions through to hospitality and environmental standards.  This is what you would expect to see from a top Commercial Law Firm.  High quality service is very is much at the heart of what we do at Womble Bond Dickinson.

We now have an opportunity to join the Bristol office as an Interim Assistant Facilities Manager on a maternity cover of 9 months. The role will see you taking responsibility of managing the facilities services in the Bristol office on a day to day basis. It's a great opportunity to further develop your career in facilities management.

The role

If you're looking for meaty role – this job will offer you that and more, there is lot's to get your teeth stuck in to. You'll provide supervision of the Bristol office team demonstrating excellent team working skills, leading by example and understanding the importance of working together, sharing responsibilities and promoting team spirit. You'll also become part of the project team to ensure continued success of an ongoing refurbishment project in the Bristol office and undertake key responsibilities for staff surveys and consultations. You'll be the first point of contact for team members, building maintenance and contractors to name a few. As the assistant FM you'll lead team appraisals and help implement development paths of members of the Bristol facilities team along with the Head of Facilities, Martin.

A varied role, you'll be also maintain administrative files including central holiday records, invoice reconciliations and sickness absence.

This list is by no means exhaustive and, as well as the day to day role, there are plenty of opportunities for you to get involved with office functions, seminars, events, and firm wide projects.

The candidate

It stands to reason that you'll have strong interpersonal skills, confidence and an enthusiasm for delivering an excellent customer service.  You will need to be highly organised, proactive, professional with the ability to take responsibility and build strong relationships internally and with external suppliers.  Ideally you'll have experience in a team leader role and some exposure to facilities management.

You'll benefit from knowledge sharing within the team and will naturally embrace new ideas and our business requirements. We need someone who is flexible, with a forward thinking approach, the ability to work to efficiently and the drive and desire to make a clear difference within our firm.

And what's in it for you?

As well as a great opportunity we offer a competitive salary along with a flexible benefits package that can be tailored to suit your needs.  This could include buying more holiday to go on the holiday of your dreams,  buying a bike through our cycle purchase scheme to make your commute to work environmentally friendly, selecting childcare vouchers to make booking childcare easy and tax-efficient or joining our Christmas savings club to ensure you have the festive expenses covered!

Why Womble Bond Dickinson?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a close-knit and supportive team where you can learn from true leaders in their field and build your experience with access to great quality work and great clients.  Supported by a collegiate approach, and firm wide commitment to development there are fewer better places to take the next step on the career ladder.  In addition, through our D&I practices and programmes we work hard to ensure that difference is visibly valued and welcomed. Visit our D&I page to find out more.

And that's not all, alongside a competitive salary you'll receive a flexible benefits package so you can pick and choose between the benefits that matter most to you.

Next steps

If you would like to join a committed, talented and dynamic team, who go the extra mile to provide excellent service, then please get in touch to find out more.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me (kita.cureton@wbd-uk.com).

Company

Womble Bond Dickinson is a full-service transatlantic law firm, created on 1 November 2017 through the combination of UK firm Bond Dickinson and US firm Womble Carlyle.

A Top 100 law firm globally and Top 20 law firm in the UK, Womble Bond Dickinson has more than 420 partners and 1,000 lawyers based across 16 US cities and eight UK cities including a significant presence in London. The firm's reach also extends to Europe where it has strategic partnerships with other law firms in Germany and France. 

In the UK, Womble Bond Dickinson advises in excess of 40 FTSE 350 companies, many of the largest businesses in the country, government organisations and wealthy individuals. With a focus on eleven key sectors (Energy & Natural Resources; Financial Institutions; Healthcare;  Insurance, Manufacturing;  Real Estate; Retail and Consumer; Transport, Logistics & Infrastructure; Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences; Technology and Private Wealth) the firm’s experience allows it to build strong relationships and deliver an excellent service to clients.

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