Deputy Head of Accommodation Services

We are looking for someone to lead and manage a team of permanent and temporary staff, providing a 7-day, 52-week service to ensure the maintenance and management of student accommodation and the residents therein. The role also currently leads and manages the Student Life Team, ensuring the appropriate use of resources to provide events and activities for the benefit of the student residents.

There will be an element of budget management related to the day to day running and ongoing maintenance (short and long term projects) of the building, bringing specialist expertise and ensuring coordination across multiple teams meeting key priorities and to the required timescales. 

There will be a requirement to proactively develop the service, delivering high quality to satisfy the expectations of student residents. Collaborating with other senior managers of the department and wider university to ensure continuous improvement.

About you

You will have breadth and depth of experience in a professional service in a large complex organisation (e.g. Higher Education) and can show full working knowledge and proficiency of Accommodation Management.

You will have specialist expertise and knowledge within the area of Accommodation Management.

You will have experience of analysing and interpreting data, drafting complex reports and delivering briefings to others.

You will have leadership and management experience in a service delivery environment, showing evidence of motivating and supporting your team to achieve objectives.

Where is this role based?

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol, one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.