facilities manager Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
UE07: £36,333.00 – £43,155.00 Per Annum
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Holyrood Campus (Moray House School of Education and Sport, and Centre for Open Learning)
Full Time: 35 Hours per week
Open-ended Contract - Permanent
We are looking for a Campus Facilities Manager to manage and oversee all matters relating to estates, facilities, equipment, health and safety and security across the Holyrood Campus.
The Opportunity:
The University of Edinburgh’s Holyrood campus is home to Moray House School of Education and Sport (MHSES) and the Centre for Open Learning (COL). It contains a wide range of specialist facilities including science laboratories, design and technology workshops, art and music facilities and sports labs and gyms, as well as general teaching and office space, spread across eight buildings off Holyrood Road.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a facilities, operations management or health and safety background to lead a team in the development and delivery of a complex facilities management service. We are looking for someone with exceptional customer focus, proactive problem-solving skills and team leadership ability.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Self-motivated, customer-focused, proactive approach to the efficient delivery of services through continual improvement of processes.
- Experience of supervising staff, developing individuals and building a team
- Excellent interpersonal, networking and communication skills with evidence of developing effective relationships with key stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and work to deadlines.
- Understanding of relevant health and safety legislation, regulations and codes of practice that apply to the role.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Interviews will be held approximately 1-2 weeks after the advert closing date.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.
The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.
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