Workplace Lead - Soft Services

Job description

Location: Reading, United Kingdom

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

THALES are looking to recruit a dedicated Workplace Lead - Soft Services to play a key role in ensuring the successful performance of the soft services delivery in the IFM contract maintaining high standards of customer experience. You are joining at an exciting time of transformation.

You will be based at Crawley, Reading or Templecombe as your office location but happy to travel to our other sites as and when needed.

What can we offer you?

On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;

• Pension Scheme
• Annual Bonus
• Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm
• 28 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays)
• Life Cover
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discounts

What will you deliver?

To manage the IFM service in accordance with the IFM Contract and Thales Real Estate Chorus II processes and rules on governance and financial management.

To support the management of Real Estate and Workplace strategic project lifecycle from inception through development, implementation and closure:

• Acting as a key point of contact as subject matter expert for Soft Services between the business end user and the UK Real Estate function

• Capture and refine business end user requirements in support of operations across the UK portfolio and feed into MYB
• Engaging with Real Estate functional leads and subject matter experts to manage operational and business critical activities/risk
• Support the delivery of the Workplace small works program through to completion and lessons learned
• Work within financial and operational targets set driving best value and achieving savings where possible without compromising operational performance

To work with the Thales business functions in conjunction with our IFM partner to develop, evolve and deliver a future proofed service including but not limited to:

• security services that meet all accreditation standards whilst delivery best value for Thales
• waste services which optimise recycling rates in line with Thales targets
• flexible and sustainable cleaning solutions to optimise the experience across our sites.

Who are we looking for?

• An adaptable individual with some FM experience with a forward thinking approach. A proactive interest in sustainability is an advantage.
• A customer focussed team player with clear and demonstrable Real Estate and Facilities Management experience gained within a fast moving, multi-stakeholder corporate environment.
• A motivated self-starter, capable of working on own initiative with a high level of integrity to lead and deliver key tasks.
• A confident communicator, resourceful and proactive, with extensive stakeholder engagement and management experience. The ability to influence, guide and challenge stakeholders is essential
• Ability to develop, implement and evolve strategies an advantage

The successful candidate will need full Security Clearance (SC) -For more information and guidance please visit the UKSV website*

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In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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