Facilities and Despatch Manager

Organisation: Royal Yachting Association
Salary: £51,000-£54,000 per annum
Location: Hamble, Southampton
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 29 October 2026
Interview date: 9 November 2026
Job Description: Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: £51,000-£54,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hamble, Southampton

Do you enjoy creating safe, efficient and well-managed workplaces where people can do their best work? We're looking for an experienced Facilities and Despatch Manager to oversee our facilities and despatch operations, ensuring our buildings, services and logistics functions are safe, compliant and operating effectively across our sites.

Key Responsibilities
As Facilities and Despatch Manager, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Maintain the fabric and grounds of RYA House, Compass House, and RYA Portland House, planning and implementing routine maintenance and overseeing cleanliness standards to ensure that all facilities are maintained to a high standard.

• Manage the warehousing of sales inventory items and lead the team processing and despatching sales orders within two working days of receipt in Despatch. Provide overall management of all logistics in the despatching of any items by the RYA, to include maintaining of relationships with third parties and continually reviewing arrangements to balance the needs for efficiency, cost and quality.

• Lead the team of staff and contractors to provide management of RYA Portland House, our 24-bedroom facility in Portland, Dorset.

• Resolve equipment failures, carrying out repairs or replacements or liaising with external contractors as appropriate and provide maintenance assistance and support for our premises and our tenants. Negotiate and keep under review maintenance contracts with external suppliers, for example air conditioning, lift, firefighting equipment, alarm monitoring and cleaning.

• Ensure that working practices and other HASAWA issues in RYA House, Unit 27 Compass House, RYA Portland House and, in conjunction with the relevant staff members, other RYA locations, are maintained to recognised standards and meet relevant legal requirements. Requirements are met by implementing and reviewing areas of Health & Safety incorporating staff induction, building risk assessment, fire risk assessment and staff risk assessments. Review and maintain procedures for the security of RYA House, Units 26 & 27 Compass House, and RYA Portland House, providing the first point of contact and callout in the event of the Fire or Intruder alarms for these premises being activated out of hours.

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• At least 3 years’ experience within a purchasing, stock control, Health and Safety at Work, or Facilities Management environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage a varied workload effectively.
• Confident using Microsoft Office.

The RYA offers a range of benefits which include:
• 36 days holiday including public holidays
• Birthday day off
• 10% RYA Pension Contribution
• Free life insurance
• Discounts platform for retail, entertainment, holidays & gym membership
• Up to two paid volunteering days per annum (voluntary)
• Free on-site charging point for electric vehicles whilst on your working days at the office
• Social events
• RYA membership
How to apply: Closing date for applications: 12:00, 29 October 2026 https://www.rya.org.uk/about-us/careers (Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications). Interviews: w/c 09/11/2026

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Facilities and Despatch Manager