Job Introduction
- Full time - 12 Months Fixed Term
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Monday - Friday
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Up to £45000 per annum plus our Sodexo employee benefits package
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Opportunities for professional development
Space Planner - 12M FTC
Remote
At Sodexo, we’re passionate about our people. We know that our teams are the key to delivering exceptional service and creating meaningful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.
We’re looking for a proactive and detail‑driven Space Planner to join our team and support a major EMEA‑wide contract. In this role, you’ll manage space planning projects from initial brief through to completion, using data analysis, workplace insights, and creative problem‑solving to design and optimise effective workplace layouts.
As the first point of contact for space planning needs, you’ll collaborate closely with clients, site teams, designers, architects, and a wide range of stakeholders. Your ability to understand requirements, translate them into practical solutions, and present clear data, reports, and design outputs will be essential to your success.
You’ll also maintain accurate space data and may support additional activities such as occupancy planning, space utilisation studies, and other client‑driven tasks as they arise.
This is a remote role open to applicants across the EMEA, with travel required to client sites and locations across the EMEA region.
Join Sodexo and be part of something greater. You belong in a team where you can act with purpose and thrive in your own way.
As a Space Planner you'll:
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Ability to identify opportunities for optimization of workspaces
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Analyse data from various sources.
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Create and communicate new floor plans while ensuring optimal department adjacencies.
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Consideration of accessibility and sustainability strategy in application to space design
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Identify and resolve design issues.
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Prepare and present reports.
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Support project implementation.
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Maintain design documentation.
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Ensure drawings conform to regulations.
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Maintain floorplans and building information accuracy.
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Coordinate with Global Workplace Services for reporting requirements.
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Source and report reliable headcount/occupancy data.
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Manage and interpret data for insights.
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Produce business intelligence reports.
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Able to visualize complex data in a simple format.
What we're looking for:
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Experience in space/occupancy planning & design.
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Strong understanding of spatial planning principles.
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Analytical, able to identify occupancy trends, knowledge of current trends in space planning.
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Detail-oriented with a passion for effective and aesthetic spaces.
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Excellent communication, presentation, and project management skills.
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Proactive and collaborative team player with strong problem-solving abilities.
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Ability to manage multiple projects consistently.
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Report writing experience.
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Strong organizational and technical skills (incl. AutoCAD, MS Office)
Why Sodexo?:
Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.
Belong in a company and team that values you for you.
Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.
Thrive in your own way.
We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:
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Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
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An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
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Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
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Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
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Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
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Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
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Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
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Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies
A little more about Sodexo:
At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.
We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.
Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.
Ready to be part of something greater?
Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications
