Facilities Manager

Lead multi-site teams to new heights?"use your FM expertise, compliance know-how, and people leadership to transform student spaces.

Location: Portsmouth

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Starting from £45,000 + bonus + benefits

As a Facilities Manager, you`ll play a key part in delivering safe, well-maintained, and welcoming environments that support our students` success across a cluster of (number) properties. You`ll work closely with maintenance and housekeeping teams, the General Manager, and the Central Estates Function, making a real impact every day. Whether it`s urgent repairs, compliance checks, or supporting student events, you`ll apply your facilities expertise, team leadership, and problem-solving skills to keep our communities running smoothly and help students feel truly at home.

Your impact

Whilst no two days are ever the same at Unite Students, here`s a flavour of what you`ll be responsible for:

• Lead and develop the Facilities and Housekeeping teams, ensuring effective recruitment, retention, and performance management.
• Oversee the delivery of maintenance, safety, and compliance programs, ensuring properties meet all statutory and safety standards.
• Ensure rapid response to issues, identifying root causes and implementing solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Manage budgets, property projects, and future capital expenditure to deliver services on time and within budget.
• Maintain a high standard of cleanliness, security, and external presentation of all properties.
• Support the implementation of health and safety policies, ensuring all assessments, testing, and reporting are completed on schedule.
• Collaborate with internal teams, contractors, and stakeholders to deliver an excellent and safe resident experience.
• Promote sustainability initiatives and encourage the team to contribute to achieving environmental targets.

Your background

You don`t need to fit a box or follow a traditional path - what matters most is your mindset. We`re looking for curiosity, openness to learning, and the drive to make a difference. Whether you`re solving problems, leading change, or supporting our students day-to-day, it`s your attitude and approach that will help shape something bigger.

We`re looking for a Facilities Manager who is energised by making a difference and confident leading from the front. To be successful in this role you`ll bring:

• Experience in facilities management with a strong grasp of maintenance operations
• Proven ability to lead and develop diverse, multi-site teams
• Sound understanding of compliance and health and safety management systems
• Technical knowledge of M&E operations and CAFM systems
• A practical approach to problem-solving and innovation, encouraging your team to challenge the ordinary and stay on point every day
• Professional qualifications such as IOSH or NEBOSH are essential, with IWFM membership or a degree in Facilities Management desirable.

Why it`s great to work with US!

In this values-led organisation, you`ll do work that makes a difference, helping to shape welcoming, vibrant communities where students can thrive. Whether this is your first step or your next one, we`ll help you build skills, confidence and a career you`re proud of.

We believe that everyone thrives when they`re able to bring the best version of themselves to work. So, alongside a competitive salary, we`ve built a culture and a reward package to support you in bringing your full, authentic self to work, including:

• A performance-related bonus paid twice a year
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 extra days and earn up to 5 additional days for long service (FTE equivalent)
• A generous pension scheme where contributions between 4% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Life assurance worth 4 times your salary
• Share save scheme giving you access to purchase Unite Students shares at a discounted rate
• Enhanced Family Leave - including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Medicash (Health Cash Plan) - access to claim back the cost of routine medical care, such as dental, optical, physio, etc.
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to ensure that you`re supported as much as possible when you need it
• Free volunteering day per year to make a difference!
• Access to our online platform that provides access to a range of retail and hospitality services at a discounted premium

There`s even more to enjoy - find the full benefits package on our careers page.

Alongside all these great benefits to support you, we also want to ensure that we`re supporting your family too. You`ll also have access to 20% student rent at any of our direct let properties for your children, siblings, their children, or any student of depends on you!

Once you`ve joined US, you`ll also gain access to an extensive suite of essential learning to get you ready to take on your day to day, as well as wider catalogue to explore and elevate yourself and your career!

If you`re expecting ordinary, then think again. We`re US, we`re different - and we`re proud of it. How far could you go? Join US and find out.