Senior Facilities Manager

We are looking for a Senior Facilities Manager to lead a safe, and compliant workplace, with clear ownership of facilities and health and safety. You will have the scope to improve service quality, strengthen compliance and make a visible difference day-to-day operations.

Closing date: 3 October 2025 (11.59pm)

Interview dates: Week commencing 13 October 2025

Salary details: £51,116 - £59,215 per annum, depending on skills and experience, plus benefits

Location: Canary Wharf, London

Hours: 35 hours per week, from 9.00 to 5.00, Monday to Friday

The role

You will lead our facilities and health and safety function to deliver a reliable, efficient and practical service. This includes setting clear standards, holding suppliers to account, partnering with our landlord/agents, and ensuring robust statutory compliance across office, hybrid and field-based working. You will steward the operational budget and drive continuous improvement, so colleagues and visitors experience a smooth, well-run workplace.

This role is subject to a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as part of our pre-employment due diligence.

The successful applicant will:

• Lead day-to-day facilities services to clear SLAs and KPIs—lifting quality, responsiveness and user experience.
• Own health and safety leadership and assurance across office, hybrid and field roles—keeping people safe and confident.
• Manage supplier performance and key contracts, using evidence to drive value and improvements.
• Plan and control the facilities budget, verifying invoices and using data to inform decisions and savings.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders, providing timely updates on works, incidents and improvements.
• Lead, coach and grow the facilities team—setting clear goals, unlocking individual strengths and building a high-trust, high-performance culture.
• Have an unwavering commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Benefits when joining our team

In return for their commitment and enthusiasm, employees can expect a rewarding and challenging work environment, good work-life balance and workload plus an excellent benefits package that includes:

• 30 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with the option to buy an additional 5 days.
• Pension scheme.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Career breaks and sabbaticals.
• Life assurance, season ticket loan, bike loan and many more.

About the GPhC

We are a respected regulatory body that regulates pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacies in Great Britain. We work to assure and improve standards of care for people using pharmacy services.

Our organisation has a long-term vision and a desire for highly skilled and specialist staff. We are committed to providing workforce learning and development opportunities.

We are proud of our diverse and inclusive culture and are committed to holding ourselves to the same standards we expect of others.

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Applying for this role

If you feel you have the required experience and skills and would like to join us, please apply using our online jobs application portal.

Please make sure you complete your supporting statement section, explaining how you meet each of the criteria for the role, and where you found out about this vacancy. Applications without a supporting statement will not be considered.

Please consult the knowledge and skills section of the job description document below to help you prepare your application.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community

We are committed to promoting equality, valuing diversity and being inclusive in all our work as a health professions regulator.