Space Manager

Department: Estates and Facilities Directorate
Salary: £52,549 – £67,499 per annum (Grade 6)
Reference: 293
Location: Mile End
Date posted: 15 November 2023
Closing date: 29 November 2023

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Overview

About the Department

The Strategic Space Management Team provide an in-house advisory and planning service which focuses on workplace and occupancy strategy, space management and analytics, new ways of working and change management.

About the Role

Reporting to the Assistant Director Space and Workplace Transformation, the successful candidate will work at a strategic and operational level to plan and advise on campus space strategies and the requirements for the short, medium and long term requirement.

The Space Manager will play a pivotal role in improving the way the University uses its space, supports strategic growth, improves the utilisation of the estate, and enhances workplace experience.

About You

You will possess proven experience and a track record of successfully leading the development and implementation of space and workplace strategies at a senior and influential level, preferably in a Higher Education environment.

The successful candidate will establish a strong evidence base for space planning, including the production and analysis of utilisation data, establishing benchmarks, and constructing strategic scenario plans to forecast the demand for space to inform decision making. The Space Manager will work closely with our internal clients at a strategic level to ensure that facilities are fit for purpose and achieve optimum use of space.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability.

Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality

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