Director of Estates & Facilities

About the role

• Lead the Estates service, enabling a culture that delivers an efficient, ambitious and successful service, whilst balancing the multiple requirements and priorities of colleagues, students and other stakeholder groups.
• Lead the strategic development of the University’s estate through any capital development, refurbishment, acquisitions and disposals as well as effective and efficient Facilities Management inline with the strategic plan.
• Create, enhance and fully exploit the potential of BU’s built assets through the provision of value added Property and FM services throughout the University. Be responsible for the provision of client-centred services for estates planning, management and facility support activities.
• Lead the development and implementation of the University’s strategic plans for the estates service.
• Lead BU’s Sustainability and Carbon Management agenda ensuring we continue to be and be seen to be an environmentally sustainable university and achieve a commitment to net zero in line with agreed strategy and timescales.
• As a member of the University Leadership Team, play a pivotal role in strategy definition and executive management maximizing the value gained from investment in the estate.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous review of the university’s Business Continuity Plan (BCP), ensuring alignment with institutional risk management and emergency planning frameworks.

Interview will be held on 26th March 2026.

Our Estates team are a multi disciplinary department that create inspirational and sustainable environments in which teaching, research, sport, enterprise and living can thrive. We offer a range of diverse roles as we continue to develop our sites and help to drive BU’s Climate & Ecological Crisis Action Plan. At BU, sustainability is a key component when undergoing works to improve our estate.

This involves increasing biodiversity around our campuses and taking inspiration from the non-human world to live in harmony with nature.

Bournemouth University’s vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society through the fusion of education, research and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences that help to build our global learning community.

BU values and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We seek a diverse community through attracting, developing and retaining staff from different backgrounds to contribute to inspirational learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society. To support and enable our staff to achieve a balance between work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job‑share arrangements.

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