Facilities Maintenance Manager

The Ashmolean Museum is the University of Oxford's world-class museum of art and archaeology, and its Facilities Team plays a key role in maintaining the building and supporting its operations. You will lead the Hard Facilities Management function, overseeing maintenance, compliance, and building services across the museum estate. You will manage staff, contractors, and budgets, and support projects while working closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a safe and efficient environment. This is a full-time, permanent post, working 37.5 hours per week on site. Due to the nature of this post, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a satisfactory DBS check as well as a Known Consignor check. Please see page 6 of the Job Description for further information.

You will have proven experience in facilities management within a relevant environment, supported by a professional qualification or equivalent experience, and a strong understanding of health and safety and project management principles. You will bring experience of managing staff, contractors, and budgets, alongside excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships. You will be organised, able to prioritise competing demands, and confident in delivering work to a high standard. Strong IT skills are essential, and a full UK driving licence is required.

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees' wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• An excellent contributory pension scheme
• 38 days of annual leave
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Cycle loan scheme
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans, An automatic annual increment each year will be paid up to (and not including) the discretionary range within the University of Oxford's grade 7 salary scale.