Job Description

Facilities Operations Assistant - Admin Officer

Start Date: ASAP

Rate of Pay/Hours: £11.03 per hour - 37 hours per week

Shift Patterns: Monday-Friday between 8:30am-5pm

Location: Tyneside House, Newcastle - Office Based

Assignment Length: Until 30th June - Possibility to extend

My client at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), is looking for a Facilities Operations Assistant to join their team as soon as possible. DEFRA is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy.

If you feel you have the right experience and skills to join the team, please apply below!

Job Description:

To provide a comprehensive, efficient, and effective range of facilities services, supporting the operational needs of a business unit property portfolio to meet our corporate and environmental goals.

• Delivery of core Facilities Management Support services including provision of postal, reception services and meeting room bookings, managing ordering, stock maintenance and purchase of office management. Providing a Help-desk service to customers.
• Act as an initial point of contact, communicating and filtering information for the team so that advice and priorities are met.
• Provide a timely and accurate administrative support service to the line manager/team, ensuring efficient systems are in place to maximise the effective use of line the manager and team's time.
• Organise, maintain, and develop information storage and retrieval systems and ensure that information is up to date and readily accessible to facilitate departmental work flow.
• Check compliance and environmental standards and service levels and inspection monitoring, and survey work, to carry out and support the business plan and environmental outcomes.
• Participate in the development of teamwork plans and deliver any agreed actions effectively to contribute to business planning and delivery.
• Develop and maintain a strong customer focus to ensure effective relationship building and partnership working to support environmental goals.