Facilities Officer

ABOUT US

The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. We want to see a world where trees and woods thrive for people and nature. The Trust engages and inspires people to make their difference tackling the nature and climate crisis helping protect, restore and create our vital woods and trees.

THE ROLE

The Role of Facilities Officer is to provide customer focussed support at the Grantham Office. This is a varied role, with the majority of responsibilities being some front of house, offering excellent customer service, paper and electronic record keeping and the ability to carry out basic maintenance. It also includes some porterage duties, work in our nearby Warehouse unit and assisting to maintain the building and facilities services to a high standard.

The hours are 37.5 per week, Mon – Fri covering a variety of shifts between 7.00am-3.30pm, 8.00am-4.30pm or 10.00am-6.30pm. There must be an ability to cover some weekend overtime for out of hours contractor works

THE CANDIDATE

You’ll be an organised individual with the ability to carry out administrative tasks and record keeping, such as driver checks for hire car/pool car users, completing and issuing Permits to Work for contractors, and preparing or updating Standard Operating Procedure documents.

Attention to detail is a key part of this role as such you will easily be able to keep on top of potential or emerging safety issues, cleanliness, and tidiness of the office environment to always maintain it to a professional standard.

You will have experience of carrying out basic maintenance or inspection tasks to maintain the building according to our Planned Preventative Maintenance regime and a sound knowledge of health and safety, such as DSE regulations and fire safety.

A full driving licence is essential, in order to move goods to and from our Warehouse by van.

WHAT TO EXPECT BY JOINING A TEAM AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE

There’s no other organisation like the Woodland Trust. Joining the team you will be making your contribution to tackling the nature and climate crisis. In return, we recognise and value our people. You’ll have our full support, training and opportunities for professional development, along with a contributory pension, life assurance, good holiday allowance and the opportunity to work flexibly from home.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

At the Woodland Trust, we believe everyone deserves to have their lives enriched by trees and woods.

We also believe that our organisation should reflect and represent the full richness of human diversity in terms of background, identity, ability and circumstance. As groups of people currently underrepresented as Woodland Trust employees, we are particularly keen to receive your application if you are Black, Asian or minority ethnic, disabled or under 25. We are measuring our success in redressing this.

We are open to discussion of any adjustments or flexible working arrangements you may need to achieve your full potential at any stage of the process, and if you are successful in gaining a position with us, during employment.

We promise the only thing we assess within your application is how you have demonstrated your suitability for the job, and nothing else.