University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is seeking a strategic leader for their Estates & Facilities Directorate. This role will focus on driving transformation across the organization, enhancing digital capabilities, and achieving sustainability goals. As a leader, you will oversee various initiatives aimed at improving performance and governance while fostering partnerships within the University and external stakeholders. Exceptional benefits include a leading pension scheme, health services, and generous annual leave.

The Role Reporting to the Chief Property Officer, you will provide strategic leadership bringing together Transformation, Technology & Innovation, Resources, Risk & Performance Management, Environmental Sustainability, and Health, Safety & Wellbeing into one integrated function. You will play a central role in delivering the Estates & Facilities Directorate Plan 2025 - 2030, helping to drive organisational agility, digital capability, service excellence and sustainability across the Directorate and wider University. You Will Lead large scale transformation and innovation initiatives across Estates & Facilities, driving operational and strategic improvement. Develop and implement coherent Technology, Transformation and Innovation (TTI) model, embedding digital capability, data driven services and emerging technologies across the Directorate. Provide executive leadership for Digital Estate, operational technology, automation, analytics and service transformation programmes. Lead governance, planning, performance and assurance activity across the Directorate, driving continuous improvement and organisational effectiveness. Drive progress towards net zero carbon, environmental sustainability and climate resilience objectives across Estates & Facilities. Provide strategic leadership for Health, Safety & Wellbeing, ensuring robust governance, risk management and proactive safety culture. Build strong partnerships across the University, industry and external stakeholders to support innovation, collaboration and long term strategic delivery. This is a role for a leader who combines strategic vision, transformation expertise and operational credibility, with the ability to influence and senior levels and deliver meaningful organisational change within a highly complex environment. You Will Bring Significant senior leadership experience with a complex public or private sector organisation. A strong track record of leading large scale transformation, innovation and organisational change programmes. Experience of developing operating models, performance frameworks and governance structures that drive measurable improvement. Demonstrable expertise in digital transformation, technology enabled services, data and performance management, or innovation delivery. Proven ability to lead high performing, multidisciplinary team through periods of change and growth. Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the credibility to operate effectively at executive and strategic levels. Experience of managing significant resources, business planning processes and organisational performance within a large scale environment. A collaborative and values led leadership style, with a commitment to inclusion, sustainability and service excellence. Why Join Us This is an opportunity to shape the future direction of Estates & Facilities. You will play a pivotal role in delivering transformational change across a major estate, helping to build a digitally enabled, sustainable and high performing organisation that supports the University's Manchester 2035 strategy. What will you 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.

Overview The University of Manchester is seeking an exceptional strategic leader to serve as Director Planning & Portfolio Strategy, playing a pivotal role in translating and delivering the University's long-term strategy. This is a unique opportunity to lead the transformation of our planning practices at scale, ensuring clear alignment between strategy, priorities, resources and delivery. The Role Reporting to the Executive Director of Planning, you will provide strategic leadership for the planning process and associated activities that translate the strategy into delivery across the university, embedding best practice, integrated approaches that enable effective strategy delivery as one university. You will: Lead the development and embedding of best practice planning processes Translate University strategy into clear, deliverable priorities and work packages that best deliver our outcomes Advocate for, and support delivery of, the university priorities across the university community Act as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, including the University Executive and Board of Governors Drive integration across planning, finance, change and academic activity Lead engagement across a diverse stakeholder community to build a coherent, high performing planning culture Oversee governance, performance insight, and reporting to support effective decision making Deputise for the Executive Director of Planning This is a role for a leader who combines strategic insight with delivery focus, capable of navigating complexity and driving institutional impact. The Person You will bring: Significant senior leadership experience in a complex, multi stakeholder organisation A strong track record of translating strategy into deliverable, long term plans Experience modernising planning, governance or strategic delivery practices Proven ability to influence and advise executive level stakeholders Experience building and leading high performing teams and organisational capability Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder engagement skills Deep understanding of strategic planning, performance management and governance Benefits This is a rare opportunity to shape and translate how strategy is delivered at one of the UK's leading research intensive universities. You will play a central role in defining planning excellence, enabling better decision making, and driving long term institutional success. What will you 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 Equal Opportunity As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

We are seeking a motivated and collaborative individual to join our team as Associate Director - Institutional Data. This is a key leadership role shaping how the University uses data to support decision-making, performance and strategy. You will play a central role in delivering the University's Manchester 2035 vision by strengthening our data foundations and enabling consistent insight, advanced analytics, AI and automation across teaching, research and operations. Working across faculties, research, teaching and professional services, you will lead the development of a unified, trusted view of institutional data. You will establish and lead a new enterprise Data Hub, ensuring data is well-governed, secure, reusable and supports both strategic decision-making and regulatory assurance. Responsibilities Leading the design, delivery and operation of the University's enterprise Data Hub, creating a single, authoritative foundation for institutional data Establishing clear ownership, governance and accountability for institutional data, acting as the University's authority on how core data is defined, managed and shared Ensuring institutional data supports high-quality insight, reporting, regulatory and statutory requirements, including external assurance expectations Building and leading a high-performing, multidisciplinary team spanning data architecture, governance and engineering Working in partnership with academic, professional services and IT leaders to embed a consistent, collaborative approach to data ownership and use across the University We welcome candidates who bring diverse perspectives, experiences and approaches to their work. About You We encourage applications from individuals with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. You should demonstrate: Essential Criteria Significant experience leading enterprise scale data, analytics or information functions in a complex organisation Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, master data management and enterprise data architecture Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and establish standards and governance across organisational boundaries Experience of leading teams and delivering through others in a collaborative environment Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex data concepts into clear decisions and priorities Desirable Criteria Experience in higher education or a similarly complex, regulated environment Familiarity with regulatory assurance, audit or statutory reporting requirements Experience enabling data platforms that support analytics, AI or automation Experience of driving cultural change to improve data literacy and adoption Knowledge of modern data platforms, integration patterns or data engineering practices Our benefits include Generous employer contribution pension 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays, along with Christmas closure Ride to work and EV car scheme available This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must demonstrate the right to work in the UK.

The University of Manchester is inviting applications for the role of Advice Service Assistant. This position serves as the first point of contact for students seeking independent and confidential advice across various areas including academic support, finance, housing, and wellbeing. As an Assistant, you will address inquiries efficiently, handle administrative tasks, and assist in promoting the Advice Service across campus. The role requires excellent communication skills and a commitment to student support.

The Role: Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across Campus & Building Management Services & Commercial Services, bringing together operational excellence, customer experience, commercial performance, safety, resilience and continuous improvement into one integrated operational function. You will play a critical role in delivering the Estates & Facilities Directorate Plan 2025 - 2030 helping to create a high performing, safe, sustainable and customer focused campus environment that supports the University's Manchester 2035 strategy. You Will: Lead large scale operational services across Campus Security & Support, Environmental Services, Campus Operations, Building Management and Commercial Services. Provide strategic leadership for Hospitality, Catering, Retail, Conferences & Venues, driving commercial performance, customer experience and sustainable income growth. Lead operational and cultural transformation programmes, embedding service excellence, performance management and continuous improvement across all service areas. Develop and implement operational strategies, service standards, KPI's and assurance frameworks that improve efficiency, resilience and organisational performance. Provide senior leadership for campus security, emergency preparedness, business continuity and major incident response across a complex 24/7/365 environment. Lead significant operational budgets, supplier frameworks, procurement activity and contract management across a large and diverse operational portfolio. Drive innovation, digital capability and modern operational practices that enhance service delivery and campus experience. Build strong relationships across the University and with external stakeholders including regulators, emergency services, commercial partners and sector networks. This is a role for a leader who combines operational credibility, commercial acumen and strategic leadership, with the ability to lead complex services at scale and deliver meaningful organisational improvement within a highly visible environment. You Will Bring: Significant senior leadership experience within a complex operational environment, ideally spanning estates, facilities, commercial services, hospitality, security or campus operations. A strong track record of leading large, multi disciplinary operational teams across customer facing and business critical services. Experience of driving operational performance, customer experience, compliance, resilience and commercial delivery. Strong financial and commercial capability, including budget management, supplier oversight, contract management and income generating services. Proven experience leading within highly regulated environments, with strong understanding of health & safety, risk management, emergency preparedness and business continuity. Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the credibility to operate effectively at executive and strategic levels. The ability to balance operational detail with strategic oversight, leading services that directly shape the daily experience of students, staff and visitors. Why Join Us: This is an opportunity to shape the future direction of Estates & Facilities. You will play a pivotal role in delivering transformational change across a major estate, helping to build a digitally enabled, sustainable and high performing organisation that supports the University's Manchester 2035 strategy. What will you 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. Interviews for this role will take place in July. We reserve the right to close the role early if a high volume of applications are received. Please see the link below for a Candidate Pack which contains the person specification criteria. For informal enquiries please contact the Talent Attraction Team .