B-made Workshop Manager - Internal UCL applicants only
The Bartlett is unrivalled in its breadth and depth of disciplines, programmes and departments. It is made up of 9 departments, which are constructed of 13 schools, Institutes, Centres and Units, providing teaching and research in a wide range of subject areas to over 4,000 students each year from across the world. The Bartlett is ranked #1 in the world for Architecture and the Built Environment and remains #1 in the UK for the tenth year in a row, in the QS World University Subject Rankings 2024.
The Bartlett School of Architecture is a world-leading place to study, teach and research architecture. The School is a key part of UCL, a top-world-ranking university, where architecture has been taught for over 175 years. With over 400 permanent staff, across two state-of-the-art London sites, the school enjoys a rich reputation for cultivating innovative ideas in architecture and is currently the top architecture school by the Architects’ Journal AJ100 for the 17th consecutive year. For further information about the School, please visit www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/architecture
About the role
The Bartlett School of Architecture is seeking to appoint a full-time Workshop Manager position in (B-made 22 Gordon Street). ON-SITE.
The post holder will be responsible for the daily management of B-made’s Workshop at 22 Gordon Street while collaborating and supporting the goals of B-made’s overall facilities.
Working closely with the management team at both the Bloomsbury and Here East sites, the post holder will have a demonstrable set of technical expertise that will underpin their daily advisory and technical duties supporting students, researchers and staff in the advancement of their projects.
This role is responsible for the effective line-management of the team of Technicians and academics, ensuring their development and training is integrated and enforced alongside their daily workloads.
The post holder will rely on their Health and Safety expertise to advise and enforce safe working practices. Provide clear lines of communication between senior management and shared governance, and the wider B-made team.
About you
The successful candidate will:
* Ensure compliance with B-made objectives.
* Manage the development of design and fabrication expertise and its provision within the Faculty, and to ensure that both facilities and staff at B-made are kept up-to-date with related design and manufacturing technologies within manufacturing and its relationship to other B-made disciplines.
* Help develop and deploy the programme of teaching directly and indirectly relating to strategic plans.
* Delegate and monitor technical, operational Health and Safety, and personal performance compliance obligations within the team.
* Carry out regular monitoring of UCL, Faculty and School strategic plans and assess how they are being addressed and supported.
* Define and execute short, mid and long-term management programs for the workshop within B-made and its service provision within the school as a whole.
* Develop Risk Assessments and Standard Operating Procedures for Workshop activities, rooms and equipment. Advise, train, review and approve/reject Risk Assessments completed by students and staff.
* Ensure that B-made’s inventory of equipment is kept up to date and integrated with strategic plans for equipment replacement or disposal.
Application Process
The advert will close on Wednesday 27th November 2024 at 23:59 GMT, however we may close applications early if we receive a high volume of applications. Early application submission is recommended. As a minimum we will keep all adverts open for 2 weeks.
A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
If you have any queries about the role, please contact martyn.carter@ucl.ac.uk.
If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact the HR Team at bartlett.arch.hr@ucl.ac.uk.
The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
* 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave, 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
* Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
* Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
* Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
* Immigration loan
* Relocation scheme for certain posts
* On-Site nursery
* On-site gym
* Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
* Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
* Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
Our Faculty holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.
You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/
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