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School buildings operations manager

Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Operations manager
Posted: 21 August
Offer description

Grade UE07:£41,064 to £48,822 per annum

CSE / School of Geosciences

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Open-ended (permanent)

The Opportunity:

An excellent opportunity has arisen within theSchool of GeoSciences on the Kings Buildings Campus for a School Buildings Operation Manager. The post holder will play a critical role contributing to theSchool’s estate, facilities, technical and scientific services in order to deliver high-quality infrastructure underpinning the School’s research and teaching.The role offers variety and stretch across a range of support functions, enabling you to develop professionally, within a supportive and collegiate environment.


This post is full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering flexible working patterns

Your skills and attributes for success:

* A good honors degree or equivalent qualifications or experience preferably in a subject area relevant to the school’s scientific activity.
* Experience in a leadership role preferably in a Facility or Buildings capacity.
* Knowledge of buildings maintenance and ability to identify appropriate specialist trades required to remediate defects.
* Proven ability to co-ordinate and oversee projects involving multiple stakeholders.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Capable of establishing and maintaining productive working relationships with colleagues within and out with the School, ability to negotiate and influence colleagues to deliver on Building Infrastructure priorities.
* Driving Licence.

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Application Information

Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

* CV
* Cover letter

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

* A competitive salary
* An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
* To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
* Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

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.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to work webpages (opens new browser tab)

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 25th August 2025.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.

Interviews will be held as soon as possible after the advert closing date.

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