Estates & Facilities

Location:  1 Guildhall Square
Salary:   £26,396 to £31,412
Full Time Permanent
Closing Date:  Thursday 25 August 2022
Reference:  1936522TD

The University of Southampton is committed to excellence in all we do, applying our insights and inventiveness to solve the most complex societal and environmental challenges. As a world-leading, research-intensive university, with a strong and high-quality educational offering, we are renowned for our innovation and enterprise and are within the top 1% of universities worldwide. We occupy a vast estate that is the lifeblood of this activity.

The Sir James Matthews Building in Guildhall Square Southampton has recently been purchased by the University of Southampton. The continued use of the building for education will ensure it continues to benefit learners, local businesses and the city. 

The role

The Building Manager will support the delivery of teaching and learning and a high-quality student experience within this newly acquired building, through the coordination and supervision of effective and efficient operational services (student and staff support, maintenance, cleaning, health and safety, security, resource management, building inductions and staff training).

About you

You will bring experience of working with various stakeholders in a managerial capacity ideally in a Facilities renvironment. You will have a strong knowledge of Health and Safety management ideally with IOSH Managing Safely qualification (or equivalent). You will be able to accurately analyse and interpret complex quantitative and qualitative data, presenting summary information in a clear and concise format. You will demonstrate the ability to organise your own work and that of the team and contractors along with the ability to motivate service staff as part of the wider Estates and Facilities team.

What we can offer you

Working at the University of Southampton gives you access to a wide range of benefits in addition to our competitive rates of pay. Our core benefits include pension scheme membership; a generous annual leave allowance (supplemented by University closure days and public holidays) and excellent family leave arrangements (including maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave). All our benefits can be viewed here

As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work. We welcome applications from candidates who are committed to helping us create an inclusive work environment. We encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, people who identify as LGBTQ+; and people with disabilities. We would particularly welcome applications from candidates from working class, first generation Higher Education, the Global South and other underrepresented groups.

Committed to supporting our staff and students, we are open to a flexible working approach. We give full consideration to applicants that wish to work flexibly and those who have taken a career break.

If you would like to have an informal discussion about this role before applying please contact Mark Errington on M.Errington@soton.ac.uk

Application Procedure 

You should submit your completed online application form at https://jobs.soton.ac.uk. The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please call Sam Stubbs (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 2750, or email recruitment@soton.ac.uk. Please quote reference 1936522TD on all correspondence. 

Please upload a copy of your CV as part of the process.