Assistant Facilities Manager

Location & Compensation

Location: Sherwood Forest (Edwinstowe)

Salary: £12.91 per hour

Working Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week

Days of Work: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday with shifts between 8.30am and 9pm.

About the Assistant Facilities Manager role

Join our Sherwood team as an Assistant Facilities Manager to help create special escapes in one of the UK's most iconic woodland locations. You will help keep our cabins and facilities well maintained and guest ready, ensuring exceptional experiences for all who stay.

Your Responsibilities

• Team Support & Leadership: Assist the Facilities Manager in supervising, training and scheduling the facilities team to ensure smooth daily operations.
• Hands On Maintenance: Carry out general maintenance tasks, including using tools, fixing machinery, decorating, and completing routine checks across cabins and facilities.
• Proactive & Reactive Repairs: Oversee and deliver both planned and urgent maintenance, ensuring cabins, hot tubs and site areas remain in excellent condition.
• Compliance & Safety: Ensure all health and safety procedures are followed, and complete required compliance and maintenance paperwork accurately and on time.
• Guest Support: Respond quickly and professionally to guest maintenance concerns to ensure high satisfaction.
• Cabin Readiness: Inspect and maintain cabins before guest arrivals, ensuring everything is fully operational and presented to a high standard.
• Outdoor Work: Carry out duties in all weather conditions while maintaining a high quality finish and supporting the smooth running of the location.

Your Skills & Experience

Our ideal Assistant Facilities Manager will be extremely organised, able to balance multiple challenges and tasks at once, and provide motivation and guidance to the team while keeping guest satisfaction a top priority.

• Hands on maintenance experience, including using tools, fixing machinery, and decorating.
• Strong problem solving skills with a proactive, can do attitude.
• Resilience to work outdoors in all weather conditions, all year round.
• Great communication skills with the ability to assist guests and handle queries professionally.
• Team leadership experience, with the ability to support, train and motivate staff.
• You must hold a full, clean UK Driving Licence.

Who Are Forest Holidays?

We're a Certified B Corp recognised as a force for good. Our holidays are good for people and the planet. We manage 244.5 hectares of forest, creating beautiful spaces for guests to stay.

Why Join Us

As a valued member of our team, you'll enjoy a range of benefits, including:

• Generous holiday allowance.
• Performance based bonuses if customer service targets are met.
• Enhanced parental leave (24 weeks maternity, 3 weeks paternity at full pay).
• Long service awards and company events.
• Pension scheme.
• One full paid day to volunteer.
• Subsidised meals with discounted food when working on location.
• Health cash plan & life assurance.
• Wellbeing events & activities.
• Discounted and last minute stays at Forest Holidays and Sykes Cottages for you, your friends and family.
• Hundreds of discounts across the UK.

Please Note

If successful in the role, any job offer will be subject to pre employment checks, including a basic criminal record check.

Reasonable Adjustments

We're all about diversity, inclusion, and bringing your authentic self to work. If you need adjustments for the recruitment process, just ask; our team is happy to help.

Click 'Apply' now to start your journey with us at Sherwood Forest (Nottinghamshire). Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity!