Design Coordinator

Overview

We’re looking for a proactive and skilled Design Coordinator to join our Estates team and help shape the future of UWE Bristol’s campus environments. In this role, you’ll play a key part in planning, designing, and delivering a wide range of estates projects — from feasibility through to construction. You’ll work closely with internal colleagues, external design teams, and contractors to make sure our buildings and spaces are well designed, technically sound, and aligned with our estate strategy, sustainability ambitions, and regulatory requirements.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to broaden their experience across multidisciplinary design, influence the development of high quality learning and working environments, and see their work delivered across a large and diverse university estate. If you enjoy problem solving, collaboration, and bringing clarity to complex design information, this role offers variety, autonomy, and a supportive team environment where your skills will make a visible difference.

You’ll bring experience coordinating design information on construction or estates projects, along with a good understanding of multidisciplinary design, technical detailing, and building services. You are confident working with Revit, AutoCAD and Adobe design tools, and you know how to interpret drawings, specifications, and data to support informed decisions.

You communicate clearly, build positive relationships, and enjoy working with a wide range of stakeholders — from academics and operational users to technical consultants and contractors. You take ownership of your work, manage tasks effectively, and are committed to continuous improvement.

Your values align with ours: you are collaborative, reliable, curious, and motivated by delivering well designed, sustainable, and accessible spaces that genuinely improve user experience.

UWE Bristol is a campus-based University, with vibrant campus communities that are central to student life. In this role, you’ll be based at our modern Frenchay Campus where we’ve invested in state-of-the-art facilities designed to help both staff and students succeed.

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 vibrant Bristol, our ambitions are to make a positive difference to our planet, transforming futures through actions and solving real world challenges.

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

UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community. We’re part of a vibrant, multicultural city and welcome talented people from all backgrounds. Diversity is our strength, enhancing creativity, decision making, and problem solving. Join our supportive community and thrive. We particularly encourage applications from global majority as we are currently under-represented in this area, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

As a Disability Confident employer we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role, you can contact Mireia de la Nogal on  or email:  Interviews are scheduled to take place at our Frenchay Campus on w/c 23 rd of March 2026. This is a full-time, permanent post, working 37 hours per week. This post is available on a job share basis for applicants wishing to work part time.

Salary offers are made in line with the University’s salary assessment guidelines, reflecting your relevant skills and experience in parity with colleagues. Right to Work in the UK:
If offered a role, you will need to provide valid documentation confirming your right to work in the UK before employment begins. Guidance on acceptable documents is available via the Home Office Right to Work Checklist. Please note that UWE Bristol does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.

We’d love to hear from you — if this role excites you, please complete our application form as soon as possible and tell us how your skills and experience meet the criteria listed in the Person Specification, using clear and relevant examples wherever possible. In addition to our application form, please include your portfolio work as part of your submission. We’ll keep you informed of the outcome by email once shortlisting is complete.

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