Facilities Assistant (Administrator)
| Posting date: | 22 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,446 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 June 2026 |
| Location: | Grove House St Albans AL3 5QX with travel required to other base locations |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | NTX1137621 |
Summary
Facilities Assistant (Administrator)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Grove House, St Albans with travel to other base locations required.
Salary: £25,446 per annum
Closing date: Friday 5 June 2026 at 12 noon
Interview date: TBC
NB: this role includes reimbursement of work-related mileage expenses.
Are you an organised, flexible, and proactive administrator who enjoys variety, solving problems and supporting people?
Join our Facilities team and help us keep our hospice sites safe, welcoming and running smoothly for patients, families, volunteers, and staff.
As a Facilities Assistant (Administrator), you’ll play an important role in ensuring our buildings and services effectively operate every day. You’ll work closely with colleagues, contractors, and volunteers, helping us deliver a high‑quality environment across all Rennie Grove Peace locations.
What you will do
✅ Manage facilities administration including document control and record keeping.
✅ Raise purchase orders and support procurement processes.
✅ Coordinate contractor visits and maintain the facilities diary.
✅ Support health & safety compliance, documentation, and audits.
✅ Assist with building checks, stock control, and consumables management.
✅ Provide reception support and respond to queries across the organisation.
✅ Induct and support volunteers within the Facilities team.
✅ Maintain asset registers and premises information.
✅ Support room bookings and site operations.
What you will need
A flexible "can do" attitude.
Ability to support with occasional out of hours work.
All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
We do not sponsor for this role and due to the minimal hours required for this role, we cannot progress applications for candidates sponsored by another employer.
Manual handling and/or heavy lifting.
Full, current valid UK driving licence.
Access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes.
Car insurance, including business cover.
If successful a DBS check will be undertaken as part of the onboarding process.
For an informal chat about this role contact Regan Connors, Head of Facilities on regan.connors@renniegrovepeace.org
Please click on the attached link for further information about Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care - https://renniegrovepeace.org/our-care-and-support/
ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Click ‘Apply Now’….
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate to this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
Our commitment to Equality and Diversity
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care we strive to continuously demonstrate our values. These values are embedded in our recruitment and selection process, and we are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in both our workforce and within our culture.
If you are disabled and satisfactorily meet the job specification, we will invite you to interview. You can contact us to let us know if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Grove House, St Albans with travel to other base locations required.
Salary: £25,446 per annum
Closing date: Friday 5 June 2026 at 12 noon
Interview date: TBC
NB: this role includes reimbursement of work-related mileage expenses.
Are you an organised, flexible, and proactive administrator who enjoys variety, solving problems and supporting people?
Join our Facilities team and help us keep our hospice sites safe, welcoming and running smoothly for patients, families, volunteers, and staff.
As a Facilities Assistant (Administrator), you’ll play an important role in ensuring our buildings and services effectively operate every day. You’ll work closely with colleagues, contractors, and volunteers, helping us deliver a high‑quality environment across all Rennie Grove Peace locations.
What you will do
✅ Manage facilities administration including document control and record keeping.
✅ Raise purchase orders and support procurement processes.
✅ Coordinate contractor visits and maintain the facilities diary.
✅ Support health & safety compliance, documentation, and audits.
✅ Assist with building checks, stock control, and consumables management.
✅ Provide reception support and respond to queries across the organisation.
✅ Induct and support volunteers within the Facilities team.
✅ Maintain asset registers and premises information.
✅ Support room bookings and site operations.
What you will need
A flexible "can do" attitude.
Ability to support with occasional out of hours work.
All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.
We do not sponsor for this role and due to the minimal hours required for this role, we cannot progress applications for candidates sponsored by another employer.
Manual handling and/or heavy lifting.
Full, current valid UK driving licence.
Access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes.
Car insurance, including business cover.
If successful a DBS check will be undertaken as part of the onboarding process.
For an informal chat about this role contact Regan Connors, Head of Facilities on regan.connors@renniegrovepeace.org
Please click on the attached link for further information about Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care - https://renniegrovepeace.org/our-care-and-support/
ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Click ‘Apply Now’….
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate to this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
Our commitment to Equality and Diversity
At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care we strive to continuously demonstrate our values. These values are embedded in our recruitment and selection process, and we are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in both our workforce and within our culture.
If you are disabled and satisfactorily meet the job specification, we will invite you to interview. You can contact us to let us know if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.