SCHOOL / SERVICE
Professional Services
DEPARTMENT
Estates, Environment and Facilities
LOCATION
Tooting Campus
CONTRACT TYPE
Permanent
JOB CATEGORY
SALC / Clerical / Technical / Support
HOURS
Full-time
SALARY MIN
£63,606
SALARY MAX
£71,566
PUBLICATION DATE
03-Oct-2025
CLOSING DATE
12-Oct-2025
City St George's, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George's, University of London into one institution. The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students. Combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, law, creativity, communications, science and technology, we are creating a 'health powerhouse' for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university. We are now one of the UK's largest health educators, where staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and more interdisciplinary opportunities. The merger creates opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare including changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy.
Background
The role is a crucial post in ensuring that the activity within the Estates, Environment and Facilities directorate across the multi campus estate is compliant with legal and statutory requirements for all operational and project service provisions. It requires highly developed and emotionally astute leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individual and teams to achieve departmental targets for compliance.
Responsibilities
The role will provide effective compliance assurance, risk management, and business continuity coordination ensuring the compliance needs of, statutory and mandatory requirements are measured and met to agreed deadlines with a specific responsibility for reviewing, commenting and providing technical solution for potential challenges. In addition, the post holder will be supporting, co-developing and shaping plans and processes to ensure the directorate and the university remain safe and wholly compliant at all times. Key to success is the ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them.
Person Specification
This position is suited to a dynamic, problem solver who cares about output and improvement. It is suited to someone who wishes to work alongside senior colleagues to continuously drive improvement throughout the directorate and provide assurance across all aspects of technical estates compliance. The incumbent will work with the senior team to ensure that proactive risk management is embedded in all processes for greater assurance and improved safety, and that local incident response plans and business continuity plans remain relevant, refined and optimised.
Additional Information
Please note: This role is only open to redeployees at City St George's. Applications from individuals who are not redeployees will not be considered at this time. To apply, please quote the job reference number and job title in your email and send your CV and cover letter to, demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. Closing date: 12 October 2025 at 11:59pm. Interviews are scheduled to take place on TBC. The selection process will involve an interview. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage. To apply and for more information about the post please use the links below. City St George's offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development. City St George's, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors. We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City St George's operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants. For inclusion in adverts for Professional Services roles that are suitable for hybrid working – Local HR Team to remove if not relevant to the role At City St George's, subject to agreement, relevant Professional Services roles may be undertaken in a hybrid way, involving a mixture of working on campus and at home each week. Where a hybrid working arrangement can be accommodated, it is expected that colleagues will spend the majority (at least 60%) of their usual working time on campus each week. Specific details will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate. A hybrid working arrangement will not detract from any comprehensive induction, that will include relevant on-site activities. Regardless of where colleagues are working, City St George's, University of London's premises will be their primary and contractual place of work. The University of business, practice and the professions.