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Building and Maintenance Coordinator
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £31,720 – £39,520 per annum
Our client is more than just an educational institution; they are a vibrant community dedicated to nurturing creativity and empowering students to reach their full potential. With campuses across the UK, Ireland, and Germany, they offer a diverse range of courses in modern music, performing arts, filmmaking and creative technology. Their commitment to excellence in creative arts education sets them apart, providing students with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities they need to succeed in their chosen fields.
About The Role
As Building and Maintenance Coordinator you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of campus buildings, ensuring they are safe, well maintained and ready to support teaching, learning and wider activity.
You’ll oversee building operations and maintenance, while providing day-to-day support to a small team. Acting as a key point of contact on campus, you’ll work closely with colleagues, contractors and central services to keep things running smoothly and address any issues as they arise.
What You’ll Do
- Coordinate the day-to-day operation of campus buildings, ensuring spaces are appropriately set up and maintained to support academic and operational needs.
- Oversee the opening and closing of buildings in line with agreed procedures and security requirements.
- Take ownership of building presentation, identifying and resolving issues that affect the campus environment.
- Line manage Building and Maintenance Officers, including allocating work, managing rotas and supporting day-to-day activity.
- Provide guidance to team members to maintain consistent standards and safe working practices.
- Support the delivery of health and safety processes on campus, including inspections, audits and routine checks.
- Manage reactive and planned maintenance, working with contractors to ensure work is completed safely and to specification.
- Maintain accurate records of maintenance activity, compliance checks and contractor work.
- Act as a first point of contact for building and maintenance queries, resolving routine issues or escalating where needed.
- Work with IT and other service teams to coordinate local support and resolve operational issues.
- Contribute to service improvements by identifying recurring issues and suggesting practical solutions.
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What You’ll Bring
- Experience coordinating building, maintenance or facilities activity in a busy or complex environment.
- Experience supervising or guiding colleagues on a day-to-day basis.
- Good organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and respond to changing demands.
- Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills.
- A practical, problem-solving approach and sound judgement in day-to-day situations.
- The ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues, contractors and service teams.
- Good digital skills, including experience using systems to manage records or track activity.
- A working understanding of health and safety requirements in a facilities or maintenance setting.
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Why Our Client?
They are a values-led organisation, meaning their core values underpin all that they do:
- Believe in Everyone. Challenge the Norm. Grow Together. Do the Right Thing. Own It.
In addition to joining a committed and dedicated team, you will have access to:
- 25 days holiday per year (FTE)
- SMART pension
- A comprehensive benefits package
They continually strive to create a culture of inclusivity so that they truly represent their diverse communities. They particularly welcome applications from people of colour who are underrepresented in their organisation.
They are committed to promoting the safety and welfare of their students therefore, all successful applicants are required to complete a basic DBS disclosure. Depending on the role, you may be required to complete an enhanced check / enhanced check with barred list if required by statute and internal policy.
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