Facilities Management Graduate

Graduate role focused on learning and developing expertise in facilities and workplace management, with rotational experience across property, repairs, and operational teams to build a career in facilities management.

Role Overview 

As a Facilities Management Graduate at Great Places, you’ll rotate across key operational teams to build a deep understanding of how our workplaces, properties, and services are managed, maintained, and improved. Across two years, you’ll take on real project responsibility, develop professional expertise, and grow into a workplace facilities management role where you’ll make a meaningful impact on our people, customers, and communities. 

 What you’ll be doing as a Facilities Management Graduate at Great Places… 

• Developing Facilities Management expertise and management capabilities 

• Spending your first year rotating through our Facilities Management, Estates, Grounds Maintenance, Repairs, and other core Head Office teams 

• Learning how housing organisation operates their facilities management strategy from offices and workplace management to logistics and supply chain 

• In your second year, you’ll develop into a role in workplace facilities management 

• Taking on real project responsibility and make a tangible difference to our business 

• Gaining exposure to a regional corporate property portfolio and learning the national Workplace Facilities Management operations inside-out 

• Understanding how a successful Facilities Management team operates and what skills you need to thrive 

What We are looking for 

• Someone who wants to build a career with purpose   

• A team player who brings a positive, helpful attitude   

• Someone open to learning and developing their skills and experience   

• A good listener who takes pride in detail and follow-through   

• Someone who is motivated by improving people’s lives   

What you’ll need….  

• A degree (2:2 or above) in Quantity Surveying, Facilities/Building Management, Engineering or Business by September 2025 or graduated no earlier than September 2023  

• To be legally entitled to work in the UK on a full-time basis 

• A clean UK driving licence and access to a car  

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills  

• To be able to work as part of a team, as well as using your own initiative and time management skills to deliver tasks on time  

• To be an enthusiastic self-starter with passion, resilience, and adaptability 

• To be able to communicate confidently and effectively across all levels of the business 

• Self-motivation and determination to succeed in a fast-paced, challenging environment 

• To possess an aptitude for problem solving and creative thinking when approaching tasks.  

• Keen eye for detail and good organisational skills  

• Experience of working in a customer focused environment, with a proven ability of delivering customer service  

• Competent level of ICT skills including the full range of Microsoft applications  

• Commitment to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist in the communities in which we work. We particularly value lived experience in social housing  

• Commitment to work in partnership with others for the benefit of Great Places  

• Commitment to completing all parts of the training programme  

• Ability to work flexibly 

• Due to the nature of the role this predominantly in-office, in-person role, you will need to live within a commutable distance from our Head Office in Didsbury, Manchester 

How we support you and your career at Great Places…. 

• A fully accredited apprenticeship/ qualification plus additional short qualifications to aid in your development   

• Full equipment to help you perform best at your role   

• Dedicated time each week for studying and learning   

• Mentorship and line management from senior professionals   

• A warm, inclusive team where your ideas and growth matter   

• Opportunities to shadow across the business and contribute to the social housing sector   

• Access to our Growing Greatness talent programme including workshops, networks, and development activities   

• Support from our Emerging Talent and Development Specialist which will include reviews, check-ins and the opportunity to discuss your progress   

The Company

Great Places Housing Group exists to improve the lives of the people living in our 25,000 homes across the North West and Yorkshire. We are much more than just a landlord, providing a wide-range of services and promoting partnership work to create vibrant, sustainable communities.