Facilities Assistant

Location
Cambridge
Workplace
On-site

About this role

At Gearset, we're committed to creating the best possible workplace experience for our people — an office that's genuinely great to work in, not just functional.

We're looking for an organised, proactive facilities assistant to help keep our Cambridge HQ running like clockwork. It's a hands-on role focused on the everyday things that make an office actually work, clean, stocked, safe, and a genuinely nice place to be.

As a Facilities Assistant at Gearset, you'll be at the heart of the day-to-day office experience for the whole team. This is a great opportunity whether you're new to the workplace or looking to make a real difference as part of a high-performing facilities team.

What’s the opportunity for a Facilities Assistant at Gearset?

  • You'll have a direct, visible impact on how the whole office experiences their working day - your work is felt by everyone, every single day

  • You'll get variety in your day — no two days look the same, from managing deliveries to supporting onboarding to troubleshooting small facilities issues

  • You'll build genuine, transferable skills in supplier coordination, office operations and health & safety practice

  • You'll play a real part in shaping how our office feels, a well-run, welcoming workplace doesn't happen by accident, and you'll be at the heart of that

What you’ll achieve

  • Keep shared areas (kitchens, coffee bar and meeting rooms) stocked, tidy and ready for use

  • Own day to day food and drink provisioning: placing orders (e.g. Sainsbury's), unpacking deliveries, rotating stock, and keeping storage organised

  • Support daily office hygiene routines (e.g. dishwasher runs, waste and general housekeeping tasks)

  • Help with onboarding logistics: liaising with our landlords, supporting first day office tours, and setting up basics like access cards and photos where needed

  • Coordinate with suppliers and our landlord site team (e.g. post/couriers, canteen headcount comms, coffee bar maintenance & callouts, plants)

  • Carry out simple, repeatable maintenance tasks and checks and raise/escalate issues promptly

  • Support request handling by monitoring facilities requests and helping triage and action straightforward tasks

  • Provide day-to-day support to the Facilities Coordinator and Facilities Manager, helping the wider team stay on top of priorities

About you

  • Dependable and approachable, and take pride in keeping things running well

  • Strong organisation and delivery — comfortable multi-tasking, managing procurement and deliveries, and a steady flow of small requests from around the business

  • A practical, can-do attitude and willingness to get stuck into hands-on tasks

  • Confident communicating with peers and suppliers

  • Excellent problem solving skills

Great to haves

  • Previous experience in an office, or facilities role

Perks and Benefits (the stuff you’d expect!)

  • This is a full time opportunity, working Monday to Friday in our Cambridge HQ. We are also open to discussing part-time options for this position.

  • Generous personal development budget for courses, conferences, or whatever is useful to your professional development in the role of up to £1500 per year

  • Top end hardware provided

  • Opportunity to join our Long Term Incentive Plan

  • Free lunch in the office

  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to buy an extra 5 each year)

  • Company Pension Plan (matching up to 5%)

  • Bupa health care and dental insurance

  • Enhanced family leave from day 1, including 26 weeks full maternity/adoption pay, OTE-inclusive

  • Bupa Menopause Plan offering specialist consultations and support

  • Life Insurance & critical illness cover

  • Discounted gym membership, as well as a range of health and wellness benefits

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Top Benefits

  • Personal development budget
  • Hardware provided
  • Long term incentive plan
  • Free lunch
  • 25 days holiday
  • Company pension plan
  • Bupa health care
  • Dental insurance
  • Enhanced family leave
  • Bupa menopause plan
  • Life insurance
  • Critical illness cover
  • Discounted gym membership