Facilities Management Technical Asset Adviser
| Posting date: | 16 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £44,720 to £47,850 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 November 2025 |
| Location: | Newport (Gwent) |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 430434/5 |
Summary
The Chief Operating Officer Group works closely with the Home Office’s policy and operational commands to enable us together to deliver the department’s priorities. The group is comprised of different teams and professional functions, including Commercial, Finance, People, Portfolio and Project Delivery, Security, Estates and Information and Digital, Data and Technology.
Home Office Property Services (HOPS) are responsible for providing expert property services to the department. The estate comprises of office space, Border Force premises, warehousing, conference and residential buildings, and public access properties.
The Facilities Management (FM) Technical Asset Adviser is responsible for supporting the delivery of technical expertise and guidance in the management of facility operations, including statutory compliance, operational FM service delivery and asset management. The post holder will support the alignment to government functional standards and enable FM service delivery activities to support the running of the Home Office estate, delivering a compliant, quality service and value for money.
Our property teams work with a variety of stakeholders within the department, across Government and with external suppliers to deliver a range of projects, change and improvements, estate management and facilities management, to support the Department in delivering our strategic ambitions of a smaller, better, greener estate in line with the Government Property Strategy, and operational and political priorities.
Key Responsibilities
- Attend Contract, performance and compliance activity meetings to compile and share data, oversee risk reporting and maintain action and decision logs. Required to independently prepare documentation, challenge data and seek resolution to issues directly with supplier representatives at all levels to manage performance;
- Provide support in the delivery of technical guidance and training to enhance the skills and capabilities of the FM team and wider Home Office colleagues, and deliver knowledge sharing with colleagues and stakeholders;
- Monitor, manage and respond to technical and asset related queries, providing advice and guidance using technical expertise. Manage the inbox and triage requests, liaise with team members and track requests through to completion;
- Prepare documentation and communications in relation to updated procedures, policies and standards to align with changes in regulations affecting technical and FM operations;
- Develop and support audit processes; providing advice and managing continuous improvement. Manage asset lifecycle data, monitoring and reporting, providing information into investment planning; and
- Ensure timely performance reporting, monitoring, and assurance, and that all information reporting cycles are met. Be responsible for key performance management technical and asset data.
Line Management
This role does not currently involve line management; however, this cannot be ruled out as a possible future requirement.
Working pattern
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.
Travel
This role will require travel to Home Office sites which would be at least monthly and could require some overnight stays.
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