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About the Role
The Facilities Officer is responsible for supporting the day-to-day management and operation of facilities, ensuring a safe, efficient, and well-maintained working environment for staff and visitors. This role will involve regular travel to regional Advance offices, with visibility across all sites being essential.
Responsibilities
- Assist with the day-to-day operation and upkeep of buildings and grounds
- Coordinate planned and reactive maintenance works
- Conduct regular inspections to identify issues and ensure standards are maintained
- Ensure facilities comply with health and safety regulations and building standards
- Maintain and update health & safety records, logs, and risk assessments
- Support compliance checks and statutory inspections (e.g., fire safety, electrical testing)
- Report hazards and ensure corrective actions are taken
- On a rota basis, support the Finance and Operations Directorate by covering the Hammersmith reception between 2pm and 5pm, and on the days when the Operations Administrator is out of office
Requirements
- Great organisation and problem-solving skills
- Good understanding of health and safety regulations
- Ability to communicate effectively with internal stakeholders and external suppliers
- Ability to travel regularly between sites
- Ability to build relationships with different teams
- Must be the go-to person for facilities management queries
- References required
- Confirmation of the right to work in the UK required
- Satisfactory DBS check required
Skills
- Facilities management
- Health and safety regulations
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Organisation
Location
- Hammersmith (head office)
- Across London
- Across the Southeast
- Remote (one day per week)
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Not specified
Education Level
- Not specified
Salary/Compensations
- £32,000 - £33,000
Benefits
- 35-hour working week
- 30 days paid holiday per year (pro rata)
- Public holidays
- Additional days off for International Women's Day, religious observance, and moving home
- Perkbox (employee discount platform)
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee eye-care scheme
- Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
- Refer a Friend Scheme (£250)
- Organisation wide away days
- Thorough induction and training
- Career development pathways
About the Company
- Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998.
- Provides emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse.
- Supports women with short-term sentences to reduce offending.
- Believes in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives.
- Is a community-based organisation leading in best practice approaches to supporting women.
- Works in close partnership with other agencies.
- Values include: listen and support, empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
Equal Opportunity
- This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
- Advance is committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seeks to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team.
- Policies and processes ensure all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
- Required to make any reasonable adjustments for individuals with a disability as defined under the Equality Act 2010 and/or special needs.