Deputy Director (Facilities Management)

Royal Holloway, University of London; Egham; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working

Free parking on estate

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Job summary

Royal Holloway, University of London is seeking a Deputy Director to provide strategic leadership across Facilities Management (FM). The role reports to the Estates Director and covers governance, investment, maintenance and compliance across the institution.

This is a high-profile, permanent, full-time position with a 35-hour week and hybrid working options. You will drive digital self-service solutions, ensure safety compliance, and manage multi-disciplinary projects within budget and

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership across Facilities Management (FM).
• Oversee governance, delivery and performance of investment and maintenance programmes.
• Lead the adoption of digital self-service solutions for students, staff and visitors.
• Foster health and safety compliance with robust reporting and management systems.
• Manage multi-disciplinary projects, ensuring delivery within budgets and standards.

Job description

£71,400 per annum - including London Allowance

Full-Time (35 hours per week), Permanent

Royal Holloway is one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities. To meet the increasingly contemporary needs of those who study, work and visit here, our Estates team is focused on developing a campus that is fit for the 21st century. Now, as this department enters the final stages of a post-pandemic restructure, we’re seeking a Deputy Director to provide strategic leadership across Facilities Management (FM). In doing so, you’ll help to shape the future of our historic estate for generations to come.

This is a key senior strategic planning and operational position. Reporting to the Estates Director, you will ensure our FM services and related resources, staff and materials deliver transformational change in line with Royal Holloway’s priorities. It’s a role with plenty of scope. With your experience, you’ll oversee the governance, delivery and performance of investment, maintenance and compliance programmes across the institution.

Among your responsibilities, you’ll drive the adoption of new digital self-service solutions that enhance the experience of students, staff and visitors. You’ll also direct and manage a proactive, engaged culture of health and safety compliance, backed by robust management and reporting systems. As someone with a track record in customer-focused service provision, you’ll be confident managing multi-disciplinary projects and delivering results in line with budgets and agreed standards.

You’ll build relationships with professional service and academic stakeholders and the Student Union to ensure facilities are safe, secure and fit for purpose. This includes championing a new environmental, sustainable approach to all estate-related activities in support of our target of being net zero by 2035. With your leadership skills, you’ll support and motivate colleagues to reach objectives with limited resources, against tight deadlines when required.

• generous annual leave entitlement
• pension scheme
• training and development opportunities
• option of flexible working to support your work-life balance
• free parking available on the estate
• cycle to work scheme
• season ticket loan to help with the cost of travel

Right to work:

Please note that it will not be possible for the University to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship to the successful candidate for this position. Therefore, the appointable candidate will need to be eligible to work in the UK or have leave to remain in the UK and associated right to work for the duration of their employment with the University, in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

Closing Date: 23:59, 30 October 2026

Interview Date: To be confirmed

The university has adopted hybrid working for some roles therefore some remote working may be possible for this role.

Royal Holloway is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and encourages applications from all people regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, parental status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or trans status or history. More information on our structures and initiatives around EDI, including information on staff diversity networks, can be found on our Equality and Diversity Intranet page.