About Us
The Estates and Facilities Directorate is responsible for the delivery of the Estates and Infrastructure Strategy which covers the areas of major construction and refurbishment projects; facilities operation and space management, including timetabling and energy management.
The Directorate aims to ensure that the quality, functionality and operation of the estate and its associated infrastructure meets the needs of its users and supports the activities of SOAS.
The Campus Security and Risk Manager’s role is to manage and be accountable for the provision of security policies, codes of practice, strategy and operational activity for SOAS and provide professional advice to ensure that strategies adopted meet all external and internal estates strategy delivery requirements for security services, supporting and reporting into the Director of Property and Infrastructure in delivering a professional customer focused security service to University staff, students and visitors ensuring the health and safety of the SOAS environment for the students, staff and visitors. The post holder needs to be aware of the nature of the spaces and to be able to work with a diligent and professional attitude. The key purpose of the role is to carry out duties to ensure service level agreements are met, whilst providing line management duties of the security services team including continuous improvement. The role holder will have a commitment to providing excellent customer service to enhance the Estate and the student experience alongside working with internal and external stakeholders on a regular basis. Candidates will need a pleasant manner and to enjoy working with a wide variety of people. Experience of working with the Higher Education sector would be an advantage. Candidates should be able to demonstrate skills and a willingness to cope with a variety of routine and reactive tasks. The role also requires an ability to respond immediately to requests. All members of staff are required to be aware of the SOAS environment and to be active in communicating and cooperating with other staff and departments, this includes assisting with other tasks as required. They need to be prepared to work in accordance with the equality and diversity plan, comply with health and safety and safeguarding rules and abide by all guidelines, procedures and policies. It is the responsibility of all members of staff to contribute to the financial resilience and the environmental sustainability of SOAS by working to the best of their ability, contributing to staff meetings and working groups, promoting and engaging with the programme, and making a commitment to supporting and ‘living’ our values.
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