Facilities Manager

About Us

The Horniman Museum and Gardens is a unique attraction in south east London where global cultures and the natural world are brought together for everyone to enjoy. The Museum holds internationally important collections of anthropology and musical instruments, as well as a popular natural history gallery and Aquarium. The 16 acres of beautiful Gardens feature a tropical Butterfly House and offer stunning views across London.

About the Role

The Facilities Manager is key to the effective running of the organisation; managing effective maintenance and responding to faults and incidences to ensure our sites are safe and compliant for public use, and object conservation.

Key Responsibilities

• Building and contract management: manage and liaise between supplier and Horniman staff, ensuring compliance and value for money
• Provide transformational leadership to the Facilities team and line management to the Estates Services Technician and Cleaning Manager
• Develop, implement and delivery administrative tasks, in line with the Horniman’s record management and financial systems
• Act as key point of contact for Health and Safety matters, including investigation and reporting of accidents, incidents and near misses
• Provide support and lead on Operational matters; including business as usual, and ad-hoc activities

About You

• You will be a proactive and curious creative problem solver.
• You will have proven examples of developing efficiencies around administrative tasks, with good computer knowledge, including Microsoft packages, BMS and CAFM systems.
• You will have significant practical experience in the field of buildings and infrastructure management for a heritage / visitor attraction or other publicly visited building
• You will be highly organized with a strength for effective coordination and communication

The closing date for completed applications is 5pm on 02 February 2025.  Interviews will be held on 17 February 2025. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for this role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

The Horniman is an equal opportunities employer and we value and celebrate diversity. We want to better represent the communities in which we work but recognise that there is still much work to do in this area. We welcome and encourage all applicants and particularly encourage you to apply if you are from a community that is often disadvantaged by society or of minority background.​

The Company

The Horniman Museum and Gardens is a unique attraction in south east London where world cultures and the natural world are brought together for everyone to enjoy. The Museum holds internationally important collections of anthropology and musical instruments, as well as a popular natural history ​gallery and Aquarium. The 16 acres of beautiful Gardens feature a tropical Butterfly House and offer stunning views across London. The Horniman is the holder of the prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022.