Facilities Project Manager

An exciting role to lead the delivery of Project FootpRint, ensuring the successful retrofitting of our Grade I listed building to enhance energy efficiency and reduce its carbon footprint.
Image credit: Matt Chung, The Royal Institution (Ri) is a charity with a mission to give everyone equitable access to engage with science. Our historic Grade I listed building is a hub for science programmes, lectures, and public talks. It also serves as a space for venue hire and hosts tenants who help us sustain our mission. We are now embarking on Project FootpRint, a transformative retrofitting initiative to reduce the building's carbon footprint while maintaining its unique heritage.

We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Facilities Project Manager to lead this exciting project and ensure it is delivered to the highest standards. The role will also involve managing smaller facilities projects, supporting our internal facilities team, and overseeing key internal governance processes.

The Facilities Project Manager will lead the delivery of Project FootpRint, ensuring the successful retrofitting of our Grade I listed building to enhance energy efficiency and reduce its carbon footprint. This role is critical in coordinating the works with the ongoing activities at the Ri, including science programs, talks, venue hires, and tenant operations. Additionally, the Project Manager will manage internal governance processes, smaller facilities projects, and provide expert advice and support to the Ri's facilities management team.

Do you have:

• Excellent project management experience with proven experience in managing complex construction or retrofit projects, ideally within listed or heritage building and/or government funded?


• Experience working in environments with multiple internal stakeholders, including public programs, events, or tenant management?


• Demonstrable understanding of sustainability and energy efficiency principles in building retrofits?


• Strong background in hands-on facilities management, with the ability to support and advise internal teams on day to day operations, best practices and operational challenges?


• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience managing internal and external stakeholders?


• Excellent stakeholder management, budgeting and financial acumen, with experience managing large-scale project budgets?