About Cambridgeshire Constabulary and the role

The Constabulary’s buildings and estate play a critical role in delivering policing across the County. The Estates and Facilities team have an ambition to transform the Estate to be smaller, better, greener and are now looking for an Assistant Facilities Manager to play a critical supporting role in that delivery. Would you like to join us in the exciting transformation of our Estate?

The Constabulary employs over 1750 officers, over 950 staff members and 20 PCSO's to cover a resident population of over 700,000. Our vision is to ‘Create a Safer Cambridgeshire’. We pride ourselves in delivering a service with integrity, sensitivity and respect.

It is important to us that we represent our local communities within Cambridgeshire.

Everyone at Cambridgeshire Constabulary takes personal responsibility to help create an inclusive workplace, where police officers and staff respect one another, feel valued for their differences and can be themselves. We are committed to providing workplace adjustments, wherever needed so everyone feels welcome and can flourish. This role will be key to continued delivery of these values.

Why join Cambridgeshire Constabulary?

By joining us you will receive a vast range of opportunities and benefits. Some of these include:

Starting pay of £37,020 rising with service up to £42,612 p.a. pro rata
27 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Flexible working requests will be considered, including compressed hours and agile working but recognising that due to the nature of the role attendance is required frequently at sites.
Annual leave allowance of 24 days rising to 28 days on service pro rata
Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
Opportunities for development and further study
Blue Light Card offering attractive discounts
A great Employee Assistance Programme providing free and confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
Access to Police sports and social clubs and facilities
Long Service Awards
Force Lottery – purchase shares and win prizes
Cycle 2 Work scheme
Employee Welfare Fund
Access to Unison

What does the Assistant Facilities Manager role involve?

Your role will be working within the Estates and Facilities Team of 18 people reporting to the Client Manager.

The Estates and Facilities Team support the Force by undertaking the security and maintenance of all sites force wide, responding quickly to emergency issues and making appropriate decisions as required in accordance with health and safety regulations. We are a small but collaborative team with a “Can Do” ethos.

We have exciting new construction projects underway including a new Police Station for Cambridge. The current vacancy is based at Police HQ in Huntingdon but expected to travel across all police sites within Cambridgeshire. Every day is different, whatever your role in policing, so here’s an overview of your day-to-day responsibilities:

To work alongside the Client Manager in ensuring levels of service provision Force-wide are maintained to contract specification, in Force vending requirements, force cleaning requirements, grounds maintenance, stationery stores, waste management and utilities.
Working collaboratively with other Forces on contracts.
Take intervention action as necessary to rectify minor performance failure on the part of suppliers.
Maintain current Environmental initiatives.
Work with the Environment Agency in the setting up and maintenance of hazardous waste licenses for relevant police sites.
Solar powered sites: presentation of data and production of invoices for income from energy produced.

You will also have the following qualities.

Experience of working within a Facilities environment.
A working knowledge of contract management.
Ability to initiate and implement new policies, procedures and systems.
Ability to solve problems and manage change.
Excellent communication skills
Sound working knowledge of MS Office Suite.
Good understanding of budget management and administrative tasks.
Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.
Experience of working within standard/compliance environments.
Ability to identify needs, priorities, and goals.
A working knowledge of a Purchase Order system would be preferred.
L3 Diploma of Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management or equivalent.
Experience of collating and evaluating key performance indicators in the context of Benchmarking.
Knowledge and/or experience of waste and environmental management.
Knowledge and/or experience in effective management of soft FM contracts.
Ability to present technical and management matters through verbal and written means to people at all levels of the organisation.

Are you our next Assistant Facilities Manager?

It is important to us that your values and attitude align with ours. Whether officer or staff, we are serving the public, and the policing Competency and Values Framework underpins everything we do. We are also looking for you to:

Be proactive and use your initiative to resolve challenges taking a solution-focused approach.
Have a ‘can-do’ practical, flexible and innovative approach to work and an ability to work in an organised and methodical manner and prioritise work effectively.
Be collaborative and a team player making a positive difference to our estate.

If you think this could be the role for you, we encourage you to apply today. If you have any queries, you can contact the recruitment team via recruitment@bch.police.uk

To reach the hiring manager contact Stephen Hull, Client Manager via email: Stephen.Hull@Cambs.police.uk.

All Applicants require a full UK driving License.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone is valued and respected. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented or minority groups.

Additional Advert Information

Internal Applicants
To apply for this role, internal applicants must have successfully completed their probationary period.
If you qualify as an internal candidate within the advertising force, you may upload either your CV or the internal role summary form attached to this advert.

Vetting Process
Please note that, as part of the vetting process, the BCH Vetting Unit may need to contact your current line manager for a Supervisor Appraisal. This requirement aligns with the 2025 National Guidelines for Vetting (APP 6.5.18).
Examples of when this may apply include:

Transferring to another force

Renewing vetting clearance

Moving into a role requiring MV clearance (even if you currently hold MV clearance)

Moving into or working in a role involving close contact with vulnerable individuals

If any of the above apply to you, please expect your line manager to be contacted when you submit your vetting application.

Redeployment and Redundancy
This vacancy is open to employees at risk of redundancy and will remain available to redeployees until a final offer has been agreed and accepted.
Redeployees at risk of redundancy will take priority over all other applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. If successful, redeployees will remain on their home force’s terms and conditions.

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Commitment to Inclusion
As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to be themselves. We provide workplace adjustments wherever needed so that all colleagues can thrive.
If you have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you will be guaranteed an interview under the Offer an Interview Scheme.

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