Leading Management Consultancy with lovely London offices needs a proactive temp to assist with their Graduate Recruitment. This is a great opportunity to temp until the Christmas break, working with a friendly team and taking on interesting and stimulating work.

Responsibilities include:

• Scheduling interviews
• Administration support
• Liaising with potential candidates
• Supporting the busy team
• Updating details on their ATS – they use Greenhouse

You will need:

• Administration experience within a fast-paced environment
• Able to work to tight deadlines
• Ability to multi task and change priorities at a moment’s notice
• Excellent customer service skills
• Strong communication skills
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Being able to work using your initiative
• Excellent organisational and prioritising skills
• Good knowledge of all Microsoft packages
• Database experience – if you have used Greenhouse that would be of interest but not essential

Are you a seasoned Facilities Management professional with management experience within Soft Services? We are recruiting for a confident Facilities Operations Manager on an ongoing basis to support during a time of staff changes. This role is working within a World Class University, in their Estates department which covers areas including Estates Strategy, Capital Projects, Maintenance, Energy, Carbon and Environmental Management, Health & Safety and Catering. You will manage Soft Services including delivery of cleaning, janitorial portering and waste management services, managing the Facilities Management Supervisors and working closely with the Head of Facilities Management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing the delivery of cleaning, janitorial and portering services, ensuring agreed standards are consistently met
• Managing and coordinating FM Supervisors within Soft Services
• Overseeing periodic deep cleaning programmes, conference and summer schools cleaning and housekeeping, event setups and clear‑downs, and seasonal work
• Acting as the operational escalation point for urgent issues, customer concerns, and incidents
• Ensure integration between Cleaning, Janitorial and Portering teams
• Approving rotas and annual leave and oversee absence management
• Delivering training where required
• Overseeing operational compliance with Health & Safety legislation, COSHH, RAMS, risk assessments, PPE and Fire Safety
• Ensuring that regular audits and inspections are carried out in line with internal procedures, analysing trends, and implementing corrective actions
• Ensuring effective incident and accident, near miss reporting and follow-up (RIDDOR awareness), coordinating incident investigations and learning outcomes
• Maintaining secure, compliant stores and cleaning cupboards and high standards of equipment care
• Providing visible leadership and hands on operational support during summer schools, conference seasons, open days, Welcome Week and exam periods
• Coordinating event cleaning and portering logistics
• Ensuring use of CAFM (e.g., MiCAD, ), for job assignment, monitoring, SLA compliance and closure
• Producing regular reports on KPIs  
• Managing day-to-day relationships with suppliers and contractors
• Supporting Estates’ sustainability priorities: waste reduction, recycling, responsible chemical use, energy efficient equipment and process optimisation
• Contributing to business continuity and contingency planning, maintaining resilience for incidents, closures, and seasonal pressures
• Overseeing ordering, stock control, distribution of consumables, chemicals, PPE, uniforms and equipment
• Maintaining asset registers, planned servicing schedules, PAT testing coordination and machine lifecycle planning; ensure prompt repairs and safe operation
• Monitoring expenditure and provide information to support designated operational budgets

You will have:

• Managerial experience within Facilities Management or Cleaning Services
• Soft Services experience
• Confident Excel and Outlook user
• Strong knowledge of cleaning, janitorial, portering and waste management operations
• Leadership of multi functional teams across complex multi building estates
• Contractor and supplier management
• Management of formal processes such as attendance, conduct and performance
• Knowledge of H&S legislation – COSHH, RAMS, SSOW and risk assessment
• Understanding of BICSc standards and methodologies
• You will ideally be a BICSc accredited trainer or have a similar qualification with a recognised professional qualification in Health & Safety (e.g. IOSH). If you have a recognised Facilities Management qualification and Membership of a relevant association that would be an advantage
• It would be useful if you have worked in Higher Education or large Public Sector environments, have used CAFM systems (e.g MiCAD), have managed waste services and have designed or delivered staff training

Leading professional membership and education body is recruiting for this great permanent role – they offer the chance to become part of this busy friendly team, enjoying a varied hospitality role waiting tables in the favourite restaurant of their members. This role offers great work life balance and comes with excellent benefits including generous annual leave, free cooked lunch, Private Medical Insurance, and non-contributory 12.5% Pension.

This is a great career step for you if you have at least a year’s solid experience serving in a reputable restaurant, an enthusiastic team based approach, highly professional presentation and a real interest in settling into a permanent role.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing excellent food and beverage service to all members and guests in the Restaurant and Bar to the highest possible standards
• Ensure bookings are taken accurately and politely
• Taking orders
• Welcoming guests
• Handling payments
• Working as part of a team

Skills and Experience needed:

• You will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the catering industry
• Minimum of 1 year’s experience in a restaurant
• Flexible in your approach to work
• Willing to adapt to changing work situations as they arise
• Able to bring a fresh approach to daily routines
• Honesty and integrity
• Enthusiasm, positive and helpful with a strong work ethic
• Collaborative and proud to embrace diverse backgrounds and respect different experiences

Are you an experienced Legal Contracts Manager looking to join a growing Research & Innovation team within a world-leading university?

This is a varied role for someone who enjoys getting into the detail of contracts, providing practical advice and working closely with a wide range of stakeholders. You’ll play an important part in supporting research, innovation and commercial activity, helping projects move forward while ensuring contractual and commercial risks are properly understood and managed.

What will you be doing?

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of research and commercial agreements

• Working on research funding and collaboration agreements, NDAs, MTAs, data sharing agreements, studentship agreements and framework agreements

• Advising academics and professional services colleagues on contractual obligations and risk

• Providing guidance around areas including IP, publication rights, confidentiality, liability, indemnities and data protection

• Identifying contractual risks and finding practical, commercially sensible solutions

• Managing contracts through to completion and ensuring relevant obligations are met

• Working collaboratively with research, business development, IP and commercialisation teams

• Helping develop processes, guidance and best practice within a growing contracts function

What are we looking for?

You’ll have experience of drafting, reviewing and negotiating legal contracts and a good understanding of key contractual issues such as liability, warranties, governing law and jurisdiction.

You’ll also be confident communicating complex contractual matters to people who may not have a legal background. Strong organisation is important, as you’ll be managing multiple agreements, stakeholders and deadlines at different stages.

A Law degree or equivalent legal qualification is required.

Experience within Higher Education, research funding or a research/commercial environment would be useful, but it’s not essential. More important is your ability to provide sound contractual advice, manage risk and deliver a responsive, high-quality service.

This is an opportunity to join a developing Research & Innovation contracts team at an important stage in its growth, supporting a wide range of research and commercial activity while helping shape how the contracts function operates.

If you have strong legal contracts experience and are available for a 3-month contract, please apply now.

High profile Museum needs proactive and well presented Department Administrator to help with all aspects of activity across the Philanthropy team. This is a varied and interesting temp role supporting the team at an exciting time. You will regularly engage with senior stakeholders meeting and greeting donors as they visit the Museum. This will suit you if you have a sound grasp of Admin processes, are confident and well presented and have experience within Heritage and a strong interest in this area. This role is working in the office Monday to Thursday and WFH on Fridays. The role could be extended.

Responsibilities include:

• Acting as first point of contact for the team, managing emails, phone calls, and correspondence
• Team diary and calendar management, including travel arrangements
• Liaising with key donors, sponsors, and stakeholders, keeping contact details up-to-date in the database and meeting them when they visit the Museum
• Processing expenses and purchase orders for the Director and the department, ensuring compliance with financial guidelines
• Overseeing departmental supplies and ensuring efficient office operations
• Coordinate logistics for VIP/benefactor visits and Museum events, including liaising with Security

You will have:

• An understanding of the Museum, its approach to fundraising, its supporters, and the relevance of the key issues to the department
• Strong Administration experience preferably within the Heritage or Arts sector
• The ability to manage diaries and travel arrangements efficiently
• The ability to handle confidential information appropriately with discretion at all times
• First class communication skills with the ability to build inter departmental relationships
• A professional and friendly manner – very well presented
• The ability to work unsupervised, accurately

Leading professional membership and education body is recruiting for this exciting permanent role to become part of the busy team within hospitality, catering and events for internal and external clients. You will supervise staff and assist Managers with smooth running of operations.

Benefits include generous annual leave, free cooked lunch, Private Medical Insurance, and non-contributory 12.5% Pension. This role is working 5 days out of 7 and based on a 35 hour working week. They pride themselves on a great working environment in this multi venue site with a committed and supportive team.

This is a great career step for you if you have hands operational experience in hospitality and catering, an enthusiastic team based approach and highly professional presentation.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead operations for functions as required
• Ensure all mise-en place and preparation of the service areas are completed ahead of scheduled event start/service times
• Give clear directions to Front of House and agency workers to ensure all staff briefed on the Events
• Assist in the training and development and motivation of the team
• Ensure all tasks carried out meet company health, hygiene, and quality and safety standards and comply with the Safe Food Act 1995
• Monitor and maintain a high standard of Health & Safety throughout all areas of the catering department
• Communicate details of any accidents to the senior manager
• Record accurate accounts of drinks consumption
• Assist in monthly stock take
• Monitor the control of the money for bars, highlighting any discrepancies
• Assist in any data analysis as requested by the Head of Catering
• Be aware of any client specific budgets
• Collate sales reports as requested
• Assist in the cleaning and maintenance of the silver
• Ensure planning and monitoring of the laundry/linen requirements according to the events schedule
• Ensure all cleaning is carried out in accordance with cleaning schedule and complete records
• Ensure security policy and procedures are adhered to by all staff at all times
• Be responsible for event licensee or security issues
• Act as First Aider and Fire Marshall when needed

 Skills and Experience needed:

• Events operations and supervisory experience which could have been gained in 4 or 5 star hotels or leading venues / office in which catering and events are organised
• People focused - enthusiasm for proving great service
• Strong people management skills, able to guide and motivate junior team members
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written plus Word and Excel
• Ability to manage a team to achieve objectives and to delegate duties
• Proven organisational and planning skills and able to meet deadlines under pressure
• Flexible with the ability to adapt and respond to priorities
• Conscious of minimising waste and how to reduce costs
• If you have COSHH and WSET training that would be useful as would awareness of H.A.C.C.P and Allergen regulations and instructions