Facilities Management Co Ordinator

We’re looking for an exceptional Facilities Management Co Ordinator to help us make a difference to our planet.

As our Facilities Management Co Ordinator, the job may be suitable for hybrid working, which is where an employee works part of the week in the office and part of the week from home. This is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and the location advertised will be your contractual place of work.

Our opportunity is full time, 37 hours per week, based in Exeter HQ. Our people are at the heart of what we do and we'll do our best to agree a working pattern that works for everyone.

World changing work

From science to technology, from meteorology to management, and from planning to communication, our expertise helps us stand out as the authority on weather accuracy and climate prediction. We help individuals, industries and government to make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This is the Met Office. This is who we are.

• We’re a force for good - focusing on our environmental and social impact
• We’re experts by nature - always learning and developing to do things better
• We live and breathe it - putting our purpose at the heart of decision-making
• We’re better together - understanding partnerships and inclusivity make us greater
• We keep evolving - pushing boundaries to make tomorrow better for our customers

You will assist the Facilities Manager in managing all facilities management related activities to ensure that workplaces and the environment remain suitable for all occupants to stay safe and thrive. You will support all aspects of day-to day hard and soft facilities management services, including contract and supplier management, in addition to the planning and delivery of an extensive maintenance/minor works programme acting as the key customer interface

Your key duties:

• Scheduling Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), reactive maintenance and minor works to support and maintain statutory compliance obligations for Hard FM services for both Exeter HQ and Frontline sites
• Scheduling Grounds Maintenance – supporting sites across the UK
• Support the day to day management of cleaning, waste, MFD Printers, mobile telephony contracts and suppliers across Exeter HQ and Frontline sites
• Support the management of the Catering, vending & staff shop at Exeter HQ
• Reviewing, updating, recording works on internal systems such as CAFM (Computer Aided Facility Management) Asset system
• Reviewing and progressing work requests and orders, and subcontractor quotes for approval
• RAMS review and liaison with technical team for approval
• Purchase Orders – raising, progressing and receipting POs
• Invoices – approval and processing for payment
• Stakeholder and contractor / subcontractor liaison for attendance, work requirements etc – complex and varied for frontline sites
• Internal property team liaison with estates, technical and FM team
• Reviewing and updating the FM Manuals
• Identify, consult and advise on changes to administrative working practices in the wider Property Team to enhance service delivery and reduce Corporate risk.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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If you share our values, we’d love to hear from you! Click apply to begin your application. Please complete your career history and provide evidence against each of the essential criteria in the supporting statement questionnaire. We recommend candidates use the CARL method (Context, Action, Result and Learning) for presenting evidence of experience and skills.

Closing date 18/10/2026 at 23:59 with first stage interviews commencing from week commencing 9 November 2026. You will hear from us once the closing date has passed.

For further information on all our vacancies in Property Management please check out our prospectus here.

Using AI in your application

We welcome applications that use AI tools for support in drafting or refining, as long as they accurately reflect your own skills and experience. All hiring decisions at the Met Office are made by people, not AI. For more details, visit our approach to recruitment.

How we can help

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact us at careers@metoffice.gov.uk.

If you’re considering applying and need support to do so, please get in touch. You can request adjustments either within your application or by contacting us. Should you be offered an interview, please be aware there may be a selection exercise which could include a presentation, written test or a scenario-based activity. You can select in your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme. To be invited to interview/assessment under this scheme, your application must meet the essential criteria for the role.

We understand that great minds don’t always think alike and as an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from those with all protected characteristics. We recruit on merit, fairness, and open competition in line with the Civil Service Code.

We can only accept applications from those eligible to live and work in the UK - please refer to GOV.UK for information. We require Security clearance, for which you need to have resided in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years to be eligible, 2 of these years must be immediately preceding the point of your application.

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