Facilities Manager - Fixed Term

Do you have experience of buildings management? Are you looking for a fixed term contract, which will make a huge difference to an arts charity in the heart of Leeds?

Yorkshire Dance are looking for someone to lead facilities management and project manage the full building audit from November to April 2025.

This is a great opportunity to gain a rounded experience of building management, as maternity cover for the Operations Manager, and lead on a time bound project. You will be responsible for related procurement and implementing and maintaining the building’s policies and health and safety obligations while in post.

Scope of the job

• Manage the day-to-day building operations of Yorkshire Dance.
• Oversee all hires of Yorkshire Dance facilities and lead on excellence in customer service (supported by the Operations Assistant).
• Manage budgets relating to building maintenance, cleaning, health and safety, equipment and refreshments.
• Alongside the Operations team, be a key point of contact for all building users: tenants, artists, community participants, visitors and hirers. Manage relationships with hirers, contractors, suppliers, and other building users.
• Undertake and oversee planned and emergency maintenance (with support from the Site Supervisor) and manage and implement all aspects of the building maintenance plan, ensuring full legal compliance.
• Lead on a full building maintenance audit and plan for the time in post.
• Provide technical (AV) and logistical support for our artistic and community participation programmes and building users.
• Work with the Executive Director & Yorkshire Dance’s Green Team on Yorkshire Dance’s endeavour to be environmentally friendly and responsive to the climate crisis.
• Be responsible for various facets in relation to building operations and implement company policies relating to Health & Safety, including writing risk assessments.
• Recruit and line-manage the Operations Assistant, Site Supervisor and Front of House Team.
• Act as primary key holder for the building and be the first point of contact for contracted security services in an emergency.
• With the Executive Director, maintain relationship with tenants and commercial hirers. Coordinate with the Finance Assistant to ensure timely payments and chasing outstanding debts.
  

To apply please send your completed application form (as a Word document) explaining how your skills and experience meet the person spec to admin@yorkshiredance.com before the closing date of: 10am on Monday 4 November 2024‍

Interviews will take place at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds City Centre (or over Zoom if required) on w/c 11 November

If you would like a version of any of the application material in an alternative format, Yorkshire Dance can provide a plain text word document or large print. Please do not hesitate to contact Yorkshire Dance and they will do all that they can to support your application. Please call us on: 0113 243 8765 or email admin@yorkshiredance.com