Research & Facilities Manager

The University of Manchester; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK university seeks a Facility Manager to oversee research facilities in Manchester. The role involves financial reporting, stakeholder liaison, and management of engagement activities to support advanced materials research. Ideal candidates will have experience in facility management and a proactive approach to work. The university offers excellent health services and a competitive pension scheme.

Benefits

Market leading Pension scheme

Excellent employee health and wellbeing services

Exceptional annual leave entitlement

Paid closure over Christmas period

Local and national retail discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in facility management or similar roles.
• Strong communication skills for liaising with various stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Manage facilities and engagement activities for assigned research areas in Manchester.
• Prepare and monitor budgets and provide financial reporting.
• Liaise with facility end-users, external stakeholders, and research communities.
• Support Royce activities across the A2D and related themes as required.

Skills

Financial reporting

Budget management

Stakeholder engagement

Proactive approach

Job description

Overview

The Henry Royce Institute (Royce), a UKRI-funded national institute, supports advanced materials research and innovation. With its Hub at The University of Manchester, the Institute has spokes at ten Partner and Associate organisations: the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool, Cambridge, Cranfield, Oxford and Imperial College London, as well as at the UK Atomic Energy Authority, the National Nuclear Laboratory and the Advanced Forming Research Centre Catapult. Royce's vision of 'advanced materials for a sustainable society' is delivered through:

• Enabling national materials research, collaboration, fore-sighting, and strategy
• Providing access to world-leading facilities and research expertise
• Catalysing industrial collaboration and accelerating translation
• Fostering materials science skills development, innovation, training, and outreach

Royce, driven by a vision of 'advanced materials for a sustainable society', supports the UK in growing its world-leading research and innovation in advanced materials. Extending across nine floors, the new £105m Royce Hub Building in Manchester fosters world-class collaborative research. The building hosts £45m of new equipment in specialist laboratories supporting research as diverse as biomedical materials, digital fabrication, advanced metals processing and nuclear materials. Several Royce facilities under the Atoms to Devices (A2D) theme are integrated with the Photon Science Institute (PSI). The PSI is a multidisciplinary research centre in which physicists, chemists, engineers, and material scientists use light to enable science as well as to develop new ways of generating, manipulating, and detecting it. Housed in a state-of-the-art, purpose-built facility, the PSI benefits from a comprehensive suite of laser sources covering a wide range of wavelength, energies, and pulse durations.

Overall purpose of the job

We are looking to recruit one facility manager who will join the existing team at Manchester who provide support to Royce activities across six of the following areas: Atoms to Devices, Advanced Metals Processing, Materials Systems for Demanding Environments, Nuclear Materials, Chemical Materials Design and Biomedical materials. This team reports to the Senior Facility Manager and forms part of the National Facilities team led by the Chief Technology Officer. The post holder will be primarily responsible for efficient management of facilities and engagement activities related to their assigned research area(s) in Manchester. A proactive and energetic approach is important, as activities are expected to include financial reporting and budget management, liaison with facility end-users, external stakeholders, and engagement with research communities.

Responsibilities

• Manage facilities and engagement activities for assigned research areas in Manchester
• Prepare and monitor budgets and provide financial reporting
• Liaise with facility end-users, external stakeholders, and research communities
• Support Royce activities across the A2D and related themes as required

What you will get in return

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

Equality, diversity and flexibility

As an equal opportunities employer we support an inclusive working environment and welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit. Our University is positive about flexible working - you can find out more. Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Application process

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies. Any CVs submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift. Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews: Name: Sarah-Jane Clelland, Senior Facilities Manager; General enquiries: Email; Technical support: [contact details not provided in original]. This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date. Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria. Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.