Campus Facilities Manager (Hard/Soft FM)

Job Introduction

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in close collaboration with The University of Greenwich. As Campus Facilities Manager, you will be a Sodexo employee seconded to work directly with our client on a fixed term basis. You will therefore play an instrumental role in the delivery of a broad range of facilities across the University Campus, ensuring safe, quality and impactful service delivery across both student accommodation and academics spaces.

The University of Greenwich is an exciting and rewarding place to work with a growing reputation. One of the largest universities in the capital by student numbers, they are widely recognised for the quality of their learning and teaching, and the experiences their students enjoy. They are fortunate to have some major assets in excellent locations, state of-the-art campuses and diverse range of facilities.

Role Responsibility

• Management of services at the Avery Hill campus for the University of Greenwich, which includes a range of listed buildings, gardens, extensive sports grounds and a sports centre, plus residential accommodation for up to 1200 students.
• Responsible for ensuring the quality of the physical environment and standards of services provided.
• Lead a broad range of facilities services, including maintenance, cleaning contractors, security, grounds maintenance, building projects, post room and other contracted services
• Effectively lead, motivate and engage operational teams to deliver efficient campus services and student experience
• Liaise with campus users, local residents, local authority and other external bodies to build effective relationships
• Ensure all plant and equipment is maintained to a high standard and that a regime of preventative planned maintenance operates at all times to ensure standards of delivery and statutory compliance.
• Liaise with teams and professional advisors as necessary in the implementation of capital works and other project works.
• Effectively prepare and monitor budgets to ensure efficient use of resources
• Accountable for safety and security of the campus, including compliance and understanding of risk, reporting and governance processes, ensuring that these are fully applied, complied with and adhered to.  You will work with the University adhering to their processes, policies and procedures to maintain, work and operate a safe environment.
   

The Ideal Candidate

Strong leadership and communication skills, strong negotiation and influencing skills, high profile networking ability, customer relationship skills, change management, commercial management, strategy and planning, law and ethics, supplier development and relationship management, contract management and development, P&L and budgeting process, risk management. High degree of emotional intelligence required.

• Previous facilities management experience in a significantly sized operational environment such as University campus/Student Accommodation/Hotel/Leisure business to business services sector
• Building and project management experience
• Tactical experience of managing soft services, understanding BMS and technical services
• “Hands on” approach to managing teams and services
• Experience of 3rd party contract management and outsourced services.
• 3rd party Supplier management experience
• Experience of managing complex budgets
• Excellent customer and relationship management skills, including credibility and influence at senior levels.
• A self-starter with strong leadership skills and the ability to effectively leverage relationships that drive results
• Strong commercial acumen
• Strong inspirational leader that is able to articulate a clear vision and set direction
   

Package Description

The Campus FM Manager will be required to be on call for the campus on a roster basis, with shared responsibility to provide out of hours cover throughout the year.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.