Facilities Services Assistant – Facilities Management – Manchester

Vacancy details

A hands-on dual role, responsible for delivering all aspects of reception and facilities services duties to the highest standards. You will be welcoming visitors/clients, answering or referring enquiries to appropriate individuals within the firm.

You will provide excellent customer service to our clients as well as our personnel by performing the operations and duties which form the role. This includes, but is not limited to, the efficient and prompt answering of telephone calls, courteous interaction with visitors to our premises, arranging hospitality, meeting room management and event set ups, booking hotels, train and air travel tickets and completing general administrative duties as required, carrying out and array of reprographics works, contractor supervision, mail distribution and processing, updating and managing in-house spreadsheets/systems.

Role: Facilities Services Assistant
Location: Manchester
Hours: Full Time
Term: Permanent
Vacancy Reference: 1344-BMR

Who we are

You’ll be joining a national law firm that enjoys a strong reputation, made possible by our exceptional people – each chosen for their industry knowledge and passion for their field. We want to help you to reach your full potential, love the work you do and deliver the best results for your clients. It’s our goal to make you feel great about working with us, and we work hard to cultivate a culture that makes it easy for you to stay with us for many years.

Day to day, you’ll be successful in this role by:

Front of House:

Courteously greet and interact with visitors to the premises
Registering clients, visitors and contractors into the office, and issuing them with the correct access pass
Recording information accurately on to systems
Being able to demonstrate high level of customer service at all times
Promptly and efficiently dealing with internal and external telephone calls
Noting and relaying accurate messages as required
Dealing with any other reception duties as required
Ensuring reception area is clean, tidy and organised.
Meeting room management; receiving bookings by phone, email and in person, booking meeting rooms, setting up meeting room, arranging catering and event set ups
Managing the reception area/desk when required.

Facilities Services Assistant:

Awareness of health and safety requirements in the working area and raising any concerns with the Office & Facilities Manager (OFM) and recoding information and taking appropriate action to mitigate the risk in accordance to the health and safety policy
Raising any health and safety concerns with the OFM and recording information/action taken
Complying to the physical security policy
Scanning, photocopying, printing, CD/USB copying, stationery stock review and ordering
MFD/printer management (replacement of toner cartridges and attending to faults/paper jams)
Post duties (inbound/outgoing – sorting, distribution and processing), including arranging couriers
File management (liaising with relevant persons to archive files)
Escorting contractors as and when and when required
Recording office faults onto the systems and raising concerns to the OFM
Participate in any on site health and safety audits or assessments

Team Collaboration

Supporting the wider facilities team to conduct tasks as and when required
Flexibility to adjust to different working scenarios and working time parameters
Liaising and communicating clearly with all levels of employees, both written and verbal

Hours are 37.5 a week working Monday to Friday, on a fortnightly rota between the hours of 8:00am – 6:00pm, 7.5 hours a day.

It is an integral part of this role that you comply with information security and all firm policies and procedures.

This role is right for you if:

You should be proactive and flexible in working both individually and as part of a team, with the ability to use initiative and prioritise a number of different projects effectively with an enthusiastic approach.

As part of the Facilities Team you will need brilliant attention to detail and have health and safety at the forefront of your mind, working to health and safety guidelines under the supervision of the Office & Facilities Manager (OFM).

Communication will be one of your strong points and you will be enthusiastic about delivering an excellent service, as well as a keen eye for attention to detail.

We expect you to be able to use your initiative, and be a forward-planner, anticipating your colleagues’ needs in advance wherever possible.

You will have good knowledge or Microsoft Word, Excel and Adobe Reader as well as basic IT skills in order to navigate yourself around our document management system.

What we can offer you:

A career at Clarke Willmott will feel different to other law firms. We thrive on our individual differences and diversity because as a team, we are united by our shared values and mutual respect. Working with us you will feel empowered, valued and free to be yourself in a safe and supportive environment.

Our mission is to help you realise your full potential whilst maintaining a positive work-life balance. We provide a comprehensive learning and development programme and a range of wellbeing initiatives to support your career journey.

There’s no doubt we expect the best from our people and even the occasional extra mile. In return, your dedication and commitment to the continued success of the firm will be rewarded with a comprehensive range of flexible benefits.

Listen to what a few members of our team have to say about what life here at Clarke Willmott is really like, to see if it’s the right fit for you.

Apply

If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please send us your CV and covering letter using the form below.

(If you have any difficulties with the form, you can email your application to us at careers@clarkewillmott.com)

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