Head of Accommodation and Revenue - Leicester, United Kingdom - University of Leicester Recruitment Team

University of Leicester Recruitment Team

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Leicester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the role:

We have an exciting new position for an experienced facilities manager to lead our Accommodation, ResLife, Conference and Events teams, managing the continuing development of the teams in close partnership with the Head of Campus Services Operations and in line with the broader divisional strategy.

You will be responsible for ensuring professional delivery and development of services relating to revenue generation and student support and engagement, demonstrating innovation, effectiveness and positive returns.

This will include supporting students' transition into University accommodation and creating an engaged community with clear signposting to support services across the institution.

You will also be responsible for the management of the University's dedicated hotel and conference centre, as well as partnerships with accommodation providers.

About you:

As an experienced facilities manager, you should have significant vocational experience working at a management level, ideally within a similar establishment.

You will be experienced in managing successful teams and projects, alongside budget management. You should also have a keen financial awareness with strong outcome-focussed, commercially informed business judgement.

To support our continuing development, you should have demonstrable capacity to plan and implement change to service functions and management structures, and the ongoing monitoring of improvements within the service.

Previous experience implementing and delivering operational systems will also be key.

Additional information:

Applications for job share will be considered.

We anticipate that interviews will take place during the week commencing 21st August 2023.

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people's lives, for 100 years.

When you join us, you'll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into everything we do.

That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive.

We're committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond.

We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Vacancy terms:
Full time or job share considered, Permanent