Facilities Management Business Partner
£40,000 - £45,000 plus benefits, including company car (Work level 6A)
Field Based role covering a selection of Co-op Food Stores and Funeral branches in the South of the UK, in the area of Reading, Maidenhead Leatherhead, Woking, South London alongside other outlying sites.

We’re looking for a Facilities Management (FM) Business Partner to join us and support the delivery of our facilities management strategy. At Co-op, we’re proud to be the owners of one of the UK’s largest and most varied property portfolios with more than 6,500 properties across food, funeralcare, support centres and residential.

In this role, we’ll look to you to provide an excellent FM service to circa 130 sites where you’ll build relationships with colleagues and suppliers across your region and at our support centre, becoming the key partner for any facilities issues. You’ll also be our first response following major incidents such as crime and flooding so the ability to work under pressure and think on your feet is a must. It’s a big job, but one where you’ll get the chance to develop your profile in a role where no two days are ever the same.

You'll need to live in an easy travel distance of Reading, Maidenhead Leatherhead, Woking and South London.

In this role, you can expect to

• Deliver operational facilities management consistently and to a high standard across your sites  
• Visit sites periodically, engaging and building relationships with field colleagues and partners 
• Build meaningful relationships with 3rd party suppliers and make sure services are delivered to a high quality, in time and within budget 
• Carry out property audits and inspections, making decisions on how to best maintain our assets in order to keep our colleagues and customers safe and our sites trading
• Work collaboratively with our property teams to support the delivery of capital programmes
• Play your part in providing out of hours support across your division on a rota basis
• Work closely with the senior business partner to plan activity and tackle more complex issues

This role will suit people who have

• Strong experience of working in an FM role and of managing single/multi sites
• A talent for building and managing strong relationships with a broad range of colleagues, field leaders and partners
• Good general IT skills with the ability to use programmes in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Teams etc.) 
• Great organisational skills: you’ll be highly self-motivated and able to prioritise and organise your workload effectively and work on your own, whilst also being part of a high functioning team
• Experience of supporting re-fit activity 
• A full UK driving licence

Why Co-op?

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Grocery Aid – 24/7 access to a range of emotional, financial, and practical support services for you and your family

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.