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Head of Facilities Management

HEAD OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Employer: Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service

Salary: Up to £50k + benefits.

Closing Date: 26 September, 2011.

Eastleigh, Hampshire. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service exists to keep the communities of Hampshire and those who visit us safe. The Service has a proud tradition of effectively and professionally achieving this aim. Moving forward, our goal is to be the best Service in the country. You will play a key role in helping us to achieve this ambition.

You will lead and manage the performance of the vehicle fleet, property, procurement and environmental review functions and services. It will be down to you to ensure the efficient co-ordination and delivery of this diverse range of corporate support services. You will make sure that they are customer-focused and delivered cost-effectively.

As a member of the Service Management Team, you'll also play an active role in the corporate leadership of the Service. You will take personal responsibility for developing medium-term strategies and business plans for the management of our physical assets. You will seek out opportunities to work with external partners with the aim of sharing services and generating income.

To succeed in this role, you'll need considerable experience of managing physical assets (property and/or vehicle fleet) in a large, multi-site, organisation in either the public or private sector. But, beyond managing our physical assets in an innovative way, we're looking for someone who can influence organisation-wide corporate objectives.

You will have a professional qualification and membership of a relevant professional body. Sound knowledge of modern procurement processes is desirable, together with experience of generating income from physical assets.

To find out more, please visit us at our website

Closing date: Monday 26th September. Interview date: Wednesday 2nd November.

 

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