"Buildings and Facilities Coordinator"

Join the University’s largest Faculty and take a pivotal role in creating safe, inspiring, and high-performing environments for teaching, research, and cultural events.

About the Faculty

The Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences (FABSS) is home to over 700 staff and more than 7,000 students across three schools (Surrey Business School, School of Arts, Humanities and Creative Industries, and School of Social Sciences) distributed across eleven buildings on the University’s Stag Hill campus. It is a vibrant, multicultural community delivering research and student events year-round, including renowned Guildford School of Acting productions and Music and Media concerts.

The opportunity

Buildings and Facilities Coordinator supported by Operations and Facilities Manager will be key at ensuring that Faculty premises meet the high standards (including, but not limited to, Health and Safety provision) set by the University. Your key focus will be to ensure that all spaces are safe and suitable for the activities that take place throughout the year, including teaching, research, performances, academic conferences, Open Days and Applicant Days. This means that your work will directly influence student experience, recruitment, and staff wellbeing.

You’ll combine day-to-day operational excellence with forward planning, ensuring our spaces are safe, compliant, welcoming, and resilient, ready for the demands of a busy academic calendar. Very occasional evening, early morning, and weekend work required to support peak activity and high-profile events.

What you’ll lead and deliver

• Coordinate building works and maintenance, owning work orders, tracking progress, and driving timely resolution in partnership with Estates maintenance, porters, and cleaning services.
• Visible Health and Safety leadership, conducting checks, championing safe systems, and enabling activities to meet the University’s standards across teaching, research, and public-facing events.
• Event readiness across eleven buildings, anticipating operational needs for conferences, theatre productions, and concerts so that spaces are functional, compliant, and welcoming for participants and visitors.
• Stakeholder engagement and communication, acting as the first point of contact for academic, professional services, and technical teams; translating requirements into actionable plans and keeping colleagues updated.
• Continuous improvement, spotting patterns, improving processes, optimising use of space and resources to enhance student experience and staff productivity across a high-footfall estate.

About you

You are organised, agile, and thrive in a busy university environment with shifting priorities. A confident communicator, you take initiative and build strong working relationships with Estates, technical teams, academic disciplines, and frontline services. You bring a customer service mindset, understand the needs of colleagues, students, and visitors, and have a keen eye for detail that ensures our buildings consistently meet high expectations.

What we offer

We offer generous annual leave, excellent development opportunities, a pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, and discounted membership to Surrey Sports Park, in addition to an on-site nursery. We operate a blended working policy that, within operational limits, allows staff to work from home up to two days per week, with some flexibility around start and finish times.

Beyond competitive benefits, you will join a team that values innovation and continuous improvement. You will have opportunities to contribute to sustainability projects, space planning initiatives, and strategic developments that shape the future of our campus.

How to apply

Please submit your application with a CV and Cover Letter on the University website.

For questions or an informal chat about the role, please email Michelle Rimmington, Operations and Facilities Manager: m.rimmington@surrey.ac.uk.

Interview date: Wednesday 28th January 2026

Further details

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