Estates Coordinator – Apprentice

JOB: Estates Coordinator – Apprentice

DEPARTMENT: Estates

REPORTS TO: Head of Estates Operations

SALARY: £22,984

HOURS: 40 hours per week (Mon-Fri)

About the RA

The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is one of the UK’s oldest Art Institutions dating back over 252 years, our vision is to be a clear, strong voice for art and artists alike.

The RA is truly a unique place, both as an attraction to our visitors, but also as a workplace. Our people are at the heart of all we do, and we support a broad and inspiring mix of departments; from curators, schools and access roles to front of house, fundraisers and corporate support.

Our teams are choosing our exhibitions, running our learning access routes, fundraising for our activities, keeping our building open and offering an exceptional customer experience to our visitors, sponsors and patrons.

About this role

Are you looking for your first, or next step into the world of estates and facilities? Estates and Facilities look after a range of areas from security and daily cleaning and mail services, to small building projects and creating and sustaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, staff and visitors.

Our busy RA Estates team has approximately 50 inhouse staff and various contracting partners. We’re a friendly bunch and we’re seeking an organised and efficient coordinator to join us and fulfil a key role in helping coordinate the various aspects of the wide-reaching department.

We perform a wide range of tasks from the support and installation of exhibitions to the development and realisation of major projects around the building – think adding a new staircase! All of which are completed swiftly and as seamlessly as possible to enable the RA to continue running day to day operations.

Reporting to the Head of Estates Operations, this role provides a great opportunity to gain key management skills, in both maintenance and support services including Health and Safety, Contract Management and support, Risk Management, Procurement and Sustainability. We want to support your development in this role and profession, so are offering the opportunity to take up this role as an apprentice if you wish to. This means you’ll study alongside your work and achieve a qualification to take you into the next stages of your career.

About you

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

You will be looking to start or develop your experience in Facilities Management (and we want to support you in doing this!) We will need you to be a keen and fast learner, as there will be thorough training on each of the responsibilities of the role.

The successful candidate will be exceptionally organised, with great communication skills and have a naturally numbers focused mind – you will learn lots about analytics and data. Candidates should also have an interest in the running and maintaining a visitor focused historic building. An interest in art, architecture and all things creative is beneficial, not least as you get access to some really special events and exhibitions!

Why join us?

You will be joining a team who are passionate about what they do and where they work and really care about the success of the people and the business. We really do put people first in the decisions we make and listen to your views before acting. We also offer a variety of benefits (some of which are pretty unique to us!)

• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Access to all our Exhibitions
• Access to Events held at the RA
• Access to Exhibitions with our reciprocal partners
• Enhanced Holiday (we have an extended Christmas break)
• EAP Programme
• Give as You Earn Scheme to Donate to a Charity of your Choice
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discount in our Café’s and Shops
• Employee Council where your Views can be Shared and Listened to
• Employee Choir
• Employee Life Drawing Classes
• A Variety of Employee Clubs, Run by Employees, from Running to Knitting

How to apply

To apply for this position, candidates must complete the Application Form. For further information about this role, and to find our application form, visit our website at: www.royalacademy.org.uk/careers

The interview process will be an initial telephone screening for shortlisted candidates and then a face to face interview onsite for those who are successful during the telephone screening.

Due to volume of applications if you have not heard anything within 10 days, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Closing date for applications: 13th February 2022