Workplace Ambassador II Full-time Job

The role of the Workplace Ambassador will collaborate with various partners to ensure a high-quality seamless workplace experience is provided consistently for all employees.  These partners include facilities and workplace experience teams, client employees, BGIS facilities and project teams, food service operators and fitness center operators.  In this role, there is a unique opportunity to influence how employees work, and directly impact their workday.  You will work with a team of professionals delivering workplace services including hospitality, reception, event space coordination, space occupancy and mail/package deliveries.  In this role, you will be empowered to make decisions that are aligned with the organization’s workplace standards to ensure that the space continues to meet the needs of all employees.  This role will support the key differentiator of the organization – it’s people, by enabling a culture of high-performance teams.

 

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support a core set of office services consistent throughout designated high occupancy buildings.
• Liaise with BMO as required
• Support LOB's in redirecting or escalating issues to appropriate teams. 
• Collaborate on areas of opportunity for workplace efficiency and effectiveness.
• Coordinate with Mail / Courier support as required; receive packages and courier distribution
• Support Reception services (where applicable) for general building and shared conferencing floors
• Support LOB's with activities related to visitors and new hires, including how to effectively utilize services and amenities
• Observe, support and re-direct occupants, visitors and vendors where appropriate (Iron Mountain, day porter, FM services)
• Coordinate and validate Temporary Cards.  WA may coordinate requests and roster distribution between LOB, Security and/or Landlords.  Security/Badge Access for full-time and contract employees is the responsibility of the LOB's, including Onboarding/Offboarding requests and validating rosters.   
• Support maintenance of the reservation system in collaboration with LOB and BMO
• Support LOB's with updating distribution, phone directories, floor plan information, wayfinding, regulatory posters and other general office information and communications.
• Organize and order supplies in shared spaces, conference rooms, enclaves, connection café’s, business centers and any open spaces not business specific.  May include office supplies, kitchen supplies, cleaning kits, first aid kits (consumables), .   LOB retains responsibility for specific supplies not available for general use.
• Coffee Services; maintain supply in conjunction with coffee services vendor (where applicable)
• Manage office sundry equipment as required and/or available, including key maintenance, name plate printing
• Coordinate equipment maintenance in shared spaces, conference rooms, enclaves, connection café’s, business centers, quiet/wellness rooms and any shared spaces that are not business specific.  Ensure they are appropriately set up and supplied. Perform rounds daily and escalate any functionality issues to appropriate partners.  Personal equipment repair or servicing (laptop, desktop computer, mobile phone, dedicated printer) is the responsibility of the individual employee. 
• Support technology in shared spaces and redirect employees for support where required.

 

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• University degree with 1-3 years’ of job-related experience.
• Service oriented, able to be customer-facing and can-do attitude.
• Able to exercise sound judgement, make decisions, provide direction.
• Comfortable dealing with issues and people.  Strong communication skills.
• Strong computer skills, including MS suite of software.
• Self-starter, able to work independently as well as in a team.
• Pro-active, approachable, and solution-based.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Accuracy.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Strong organization skills.

BGIS is a leading provider of customized facility management and real estate services. With our combined team of over 6,500 globally, we relentlessly focus on enabling innovation through the services we deliver, while actively looking for new opportunities that will enable innovation for our clients businesses. Globally, we manage over 320 million square feet of client portfolios across 30,000+ locations in North America, Europe, Middle East, Australia and Asia. Further information is available at www.bgis.com