Senior Facilities Manager

The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services, whose values  it is to shape a more just and compassionate society. We believe our employees are key to our success and offer Learning and Development programs to enhance and grow your career across a range of teams and services.  Our employees are recognised for their achievements and offered promotional opportunities on a meritocracy basis within a collegiate and values driven team environment and culture.  

The Society recognises the value of an inclusive work environment and believes that our diversity is a strength in the work we do with our local communities. 

At Vinnies (NSW) we are reshaping our property team to deliver on our strategic goals, and to deliver growth in our mission and good works. We have created four new lead roles in the property team to enable this objective - one of these new roles is Senior Facilities Manager. As the Senior Facilities Manager, you will lead the facilities management team state-wide across a property portfolio that includes retail, industrial, office and residential accommodation, supported by an in-house team and external service providers.

It is an opportunity to show case your capability in leadership, collaborative working, delivering to business objectives, business acumen and innovation in service delivery.

• Ensure property portfolio is maintained through planned preventative and reactive maintenance. 
• Through team leadership and stakeholder engagement, manage the team across the state, offering support and mentorship, liaising with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships with multi-trade contractors used across the portfolio, ensure delivery is in line with quality and budget.
• Manage service agreements, related to the maintenance and upkeep of assets and infrastructure, encompassing a wide range of services.
• Monthly reporting, prepare forecasts and contribute to business plan for long-term life-cycle maintenance, and manage the budget.
• Provide comprehensive facilities management, contract oversight and financial management. 
• Ensure property management documents adhere to company policies and preparation of facility management reports.

• Proven work experience in facilities management in similar environment.
• A thorough understanding of property legislations and compliance.
• Strong negotiation skills with excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
• Experience in managing a team of facilities management, support and maintenance staff providing clear goals, direction and timescales to ensure their effective achievement of objectives.
• An excellent communicator, you will provide clear and concise instructions, and undertake internal and external stakeholder interface.
• Personal commitment and drive to ensure a continuous programme of best practice, innovation, business optimisation, and industry leadership.
• Tertiary qualification in property management or related field will be highly regarded.

If this sounds like you, don’t wait - apply now, we are interviewing applications as we receive them.

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) welcomes people from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages. If you are a candidate with disability please let us know if you require any support to participate in the application and recruitment process.

The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society’s commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check & Working with Children check. A health / medical assessment may be required for some roles.