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**THIS IS A RE-ADVERTISEMENT, PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY**

The Department of Chemistry is looking for a Deputy Facilities Manager & Project Lead who will be responsible for project managing departmental building-related projects, managing the front of House/Soft Services team and deputising for the Chemistry Facilities Manager as needed.

You will be responsible for all aspects of the management of departmental capital building projects including planning, budgeting, delivery and health and safety compliance. This will include a wide variety of projects such as academic moves, new equipment installations, lab refurbishments, improved service delivery projects and innovation and improvements projects.

You will be able to demonstrate experience of managing multiple projects and people in both a hard and soft facilities role, successfully line managing both technical and support staff responsible for a wide range of hard and soft services. You will work with other managers in the Facilities team to ensure that academic/research staff get the service require to enable them to carry out their research and teaching.

The successful candidate will be educated to HNC/NVQ 4 level in a Mechanical, Electrical or Building Services related subject and/or equivalent professional qualification. You will have excellent communication skills and will be able to interact with university staff at all levels from front line staff to director level as well as establishing working relationships with contractors and service providers.

You will be part of the on-call rota and be required to attend on site out of hours in a timely manner (within 30 minutes) as required.

This post is a full time, permanent post, based in the Chemistry Research Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford.

Applications for the vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your application. This vacancy will close at midday on Friday 16th June 2023.

The University of Oxford and the Department of Chemistry are Silver Athena Swan award holder. The Department of Chemistry is committed to equality and valuing diversity and welcomes applications from minority groups.