Facilities Assistant (Administrator)

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: Tuesday 17 February 2026 at 12 noon


• Interview date: TBC


• NB: this role includes reimbursement of work-related mileage expenses.

Are you an organised, 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 operate effectively 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

• Providing day‑to‑day administrative support to the Facilities team and helping maintain safe, well‑managed premises. 


• Keeping facilities documentation organised, including health & safety records, servicing certificates and compliance paperwork. 


• Scheduling and coordinating contractor and service provider visits across multiple sites.


• Carrying out building checks and supporting risk assessments and general compliance activity. 


• Managing stock, consumables and raising purchase orders. 


• Supporting and coordinating volunteers in reception, gardening and other facilities activities. 


• Assisting with room bookings, access cards, parking permits and general facilities enquiries. 


• Occasionally supervising contractors and assisting with small projects. 


• Providing flexible cover for reception, housekeeping and other tasks when needed.

What you will need

• 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.

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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.