Facilities Manager

Company: AJ Chambers ®
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Location: Cheltenham
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Principal Consultant | Legal Secretaries | Paralegal | HR | Business Support | London | Essex

Are you looking for a Facilities role? Do you have previous experience working in the legal or professional services firm?

I have a Facilities Manager role in a top Law Firm based in Cheltenham who will be responsible for the day to day running of the Cheltenham Office.

Main duties will include but not limited to:

  • Manage the Cheltenham Facilities Helpdesk, ensuring efficient handling of queries related to heating, reactive works, access requests, administration, and general building maintenance.
  • Maintain a communication line to the Cheltenham Head of Office
  • Plan and organise daily FM helpdesk operations, including liaising with external contractors.
  • Take the lead on service delivery, coordinating and communicating with the wider Facilities team and Cheltenham office.
  • Implement and manage Helpdesk procedures, such as permit-to-work processes, to prioritise reactive and planned activities.
  • Collate and present monthly Facilities Helpdesk reports.

Facilities Operations & Support:

  • Support the Head of Facilities, Director of ICS with Cheltenham and firmwide projects, day-to-day tasks, and innovative ideas aligned with the Firm’s values.
  • Assist with the management of FM services, including Helpdesk, General Office, Archives, Reception and Facilities Assistant
  • Ensure the Facilities team is prepared for meeting room setups and planned activities for the week ahead.
  • Supervise weekend and out-of-hours works and office moves.
  • Provide cover for the FM team during lunch breaks and periods of absence.
  • Attend ICS/Facilities team meetings and provide updates
  • Manage the Cheltenham aspects of the M&E contract, ensuring KPI compliance, adherence to the planned preventive maintenance schedule, and logging issues with appropriate SLAs.
  • Oversee the Cheltenham Cleaning contract, ensuring regular meetings with the account manager, monitoring KPIs, and scheduling periodic cleaning programs.
  • Manage the stationery contract, reviewing orders, scheduling monthly meetings, reviewing reports, and approving invoices.
  • Engage with the Building landlord when required.

Compliance & Best Practices:

  • Ensure compliance with legislation and best practices in FM areas, particularly M&E and building functions, and maintain related records and systems.
  • Contribute to ISO 14001 standards and the Environmental Management System (EMS), supporting the firm’s sustainability goals through effective facilities management practices.
  • Manage the Security Access System, ensuring GDPR and information security compliance.
  • Oversee the security system access database, conducting regular audits.
  • Team Management & Development
  • Conduct regular one-to-one catch-up meetings with the team to support performance.
  • Maintain up-to-date records of holiday/absence and arrange necessary cover for the FM team.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Proven experience within a Facilities Helpdesk (or similar) environment
  • Prior administrative experience in Facilities, ideally gained within a professional environment
  • A working knowledge of Microsoft packages

Person Specification

  • Highly motivated individual who will be able to use own initiative
  • Organised and Methodical
  • Good communication skills both oral and written, with the confidence to liaise with personnel at all levels of the Firm and with external contacts

The role will offer a competitive salary and benefits package and will be a great role where you will have full autonomy and be able to be heavily involved with a number of projects.

For further information please contact Ella Britton

Seniority level

  • Not Applicable

Employment type

  • Full-time

Job function

  • General Business
  • Industries: Legal Services and Law Practice

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Posted: June 6th, 2026