Facilities Manager - Insurance and Contractor Sourcing

The Woodland Trust is looking for a Facilities Manager to lead on insurance, contractor sourcing and supplier relationships across our facilities portfolio, making sure we have the right cover, robust risk management and strong value for money. Working collaboratively across the Trust, you’ll bring good governance and commercial thinking to help us manage risk and protect the organisation.

The Role:

Lead procurement activity across Facilities, insurance, fleet, services and capital works, ensuring robust decision-making, value for money, quality, compliance and sustainability.
Manage key contracts and suppliers, including insurance, monitoring performance, compliance, budgets, value for money and sustainability, and lead market-testing activity.
Oversee insurance arrangements, ensuring appropriate cover, legal and regulatory compliance, risk management and assurance across the Trust.
Develop, maintain and test the Trust’s Emergency Management Framework (EMF), ensuring effective procedures are in place to respond to incidents.
Work with colleagues to manage the impact and delivery of capital works supporting decarbonisation at the Trust’s Grantham Office.
Maintain accurate records and management information covering contracts, procurement, insurance, expenditure, risks and supplier performance, while ensuring effective customer service.
Develop Facilities policies, procedures, guidance and service-level arrangements, while ensuring appropriate contractual and insurance arrangements protect the Trust’s buildings, equipment, vehicles and other assets.
This is an on-site position, working from our head office in Grantham, Lincolnshire. 

The Candidate:

Experience of managing insurance portfolios and claims, with a sound understanding of risk and related processes.
Demonstrable expertise in procurement, including procurement processes, routes to market, tendering and supplier selection.
The ability to manage contractors and suppliers effectively, including contracts, service-level monitoring and performance management.
A strong focus on value for money and sustainable procurement outcomes.
Experience developing and implementing policies, procedures and guidance, including Emergency Management or Business Continuity arrangements.
Sound knowledge of health and safety legislation and procedures, ideally gained within a similar facilities or operational environment.
Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams and Outlook, alongside relevant Facilities systems.
Knowledge or a qualification in Business Continuity, insurance claims or CIPS/equivalent procurement would be desirable.

Benefits and Wellbeing:

Joining our team means you’ll be part of our fight for a greener, healthier planet for people and wildlife. We take good care of our staff, offering support and training opportunities. We also offer:

Enhanced Employer Pension
Life Assurance
Flexible and hybrid working options (7am - 7pm)
Generous annual leave - 25 Days plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part-time)
Buy and sell holiday scheme
Enhanced parental pay
Employee assistance programme
To support inclusivity and remove barriers for candidates, we publish all salaries upfront and proudly follow the We Show the Salary pledge. The salary listed is the set salary for this role, and we don’t ask applicants to state their current pay or expectations. If you choose to apply, we’ll take that as confirmation that the advertised salary meets your expectations.

About Us:

The Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity.  We want to see a world where woods and trees thrive for people and nature. The Trust engages and inspires people to make a difference by protecting, restoring and creating woodland and getting more trees in the ground.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

To achieve our mission, we need to better reflect society and the communities we work in. People of colour and disabled people are currently under-represented across the environment and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we particularly encourage you to apply.

Application information and advice:

For fairness we keep our candidates’ personal details hidden from the hiring managers, and we do not ask for your CV at application.

Make sure that your personal statement clearly shows how your skills and knowledge link to the specifications in the job description and you share with us your passion for the role. Even if you don't meet every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply.

Completed applications will be reviewed by a hiring manager and/or a member of the recruitment team, and you will receive an update on the outcome of your application via email.

Acceptable Use - Artificial Intelligence (AI):

We understand that candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their job applications. However, we ask that any information submitted reflects your own experience, skills and understanding. During interviews, candidates are expected to respond independently without the use of AI tools.

Apply now:

If you're ready to make a difference and grow with us, apply today. We might close advertising early if we get a lot of applications, so it's a good idea to apply soon. If we do close the advert early, and you have an application in progress, we will email you prior to closing to give you time to complete.

Interviews will take place via teams on the 5th and 9th of November. Interview questions will be provided before the interview to help you prepare.