Head Of Facilities in London

Head of Facilities

Are you an experienced facilities and buildings manager or supervisor looking for your next challenge?

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You may be seeking a step up from your current role, or a move to a historic building owned by a charity with a real social purpose.

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Come and join us at RSA House based just off the Strand, adjacent to Charing Cross station in central London. 

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With our new Design for Life strategy, the RSA is embarking on the next chapter in our 260 years’ strong history of social impact, with a range of interventions to unite people and ideas to turn world changing ideas into world changing actions.

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​ The Opportunity 

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We’re looking for a Head of Facilities to lead the maintenance and management of all buildings and facilities services and take responsibility for health and safety and security within our historic RSA House.

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The House comprises 8 floors including Grade I and II listed spaces with 3 office floors, large public spaces and venue hire for up to 500 visitors and guests. We have a Coffee House, cinema and many historical rooms including ‘The Great Room’ displaying James Barry’s murals ‘The Progress of Hunan Knowledge and Culture’. RSA House is open to our 31,000 Fellows (members), wedding guests, conferences, meeting and party attendees, filming, product launches and publicity events and the general public.

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Key areas of focus will be: 

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This role is based on-site at RSA House in London.

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About You

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What we are seeking from the successful candidate:

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To find out more about this role, please download our job description 

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Apply

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In order to apply, please click ‘apply for this job’ on our recruitment page and submit your CV. You will also be required to answer a series of questions. You do not need to submit a cover letter. 

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Please submit your application through the RSA website. We cannot accept applications via email. All applications will receive an automated response. 

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The closing date for receipt of applications is 9am 18 September 2023. However, screening will be ongoing, so we may close the vacancy early if sufficient exceptional candidates apply. Please get your application in as soon as possible. First round interviews will be on 21 September and second interviews the following week.

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​Please note that we cannot accept late, incomplete applications, and we can only consider candidates who apply through the online application process.

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​ Inclusion Statement

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​As a social change organisation, we believe everyone, regardless of visible or invisible difference, should be welcomed to participate in creating a better future.

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​We aspire to maximum inclusion in our work and endeavour to challenge systemic inequity and all forms of discrimination. We therefore welcome applications from everybody who is committed to our vision and values and can demonstrate the skills, competencies and experience required for the role applied for. 

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​Read full our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion . 

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​ About Us

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​We are the RSA. The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. Where world-leading ideas are turned into world-changing actions. We’re committed to a world that is resilient, rebalanced and regenerative, where everyone can fulfil their potential.

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​The RSA has been at the forefront of significant social impact for over 260 years. Our proven change process, rigorous research, innovative ideas platforms and unique global network of changemakers, work collectively to enable people, places and the planet to flourish.

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​We invite you to be part of this change. Join our community. Together, we’ll unite people and ideas in collective action to create opportunities to regenerate our world.

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​We offer great benefits, including 29 days holiday (plus bank holidays), additional wellbeing allowance, free fellowship throughout employment and lots more! Read our full list of benefits .