Assistant Director of Space Management and Campus Planning

Commonwealth of Massachusetts • Salem, MA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Director of Space Management and Campus Planning serves as the subject matter expert for space inventory, utilization analysis, facilities information management, GIS mapping, campus planning data, and wayfinding systems. Reporting to the Director of Capital Projects, this position supports institutional decision-making, campus master planning, capital planning, facilities management, and strategic space utilization through the collection, maintenance, analysis, visualization, and reporting of campus facilities information.

The role collaborates with academic and administrative departments, university leadership, consultants, and external agencies to maintain the integrity and effective use of facilities information. Its data, analyses, reports, and documentation may support planning, operational, compliance, and capital investment decisions by university leadership, consultants, DCAMM, MSCBA, accreditation organizations, and other stakeholders.

The Office of Capital Planning and Facilities maintains campus floor plans, space inventories, infrastructure records, maps, and facilities documentation for university-owned and leased properties. The Assistant Director supports annual space surveys, utilization studies, campus master planning, strategic facilities planning, deferred maintenance planning, accessibility assessments, wayfinding initiatives, decarbonization planning, and capital project development. This is an onsite position in Salem, Massachusetts, with in-person campus responsibilities and occasional evening or weekend work.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Planning, Facilities Planning, Engineering, Geospatial Sciences, Geography, Construction Management, or a closely related field.
• Three to five years of professional experience in facilities planning, architecture, engineering, campus planning, GIS, space management, facilities information management, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience using AutoCAD, GIS applications, and Microsoft Office software.
• Demonstrated expertise in space planning, facilities information management, and campus planning.
• Proficiency with GIS, including spatial data management, mapping, analysis, visualization, and reporting.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in higher education facilities planning, campus planning, institutional space management, architecture, engineering, or facilities information management.
• Experience supporting campus master planning, facility condition assessments, deferred maintenance planning, utilization studies, and capital project programming.
• Experience maintaining facilities information systems, space management databases, computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), or asset management platforms.
• Familiarity with Massachusetts public higher education facilities operations, capital planning processes, and state reporting requirements.
• Experience supporting projects funded, managed, or reviewed by DCAMM, MSCBA, or comparable public-sector agencies.

Responsibilities

• Collect, maintain, analyze, visualize, and report campus facilities information.
• Manage and support space inventories, utilization analysis, facilities information management, GIS mapping, campus planning data, and wayfinding systems.
• Support institutional decision-making, campus master planning, capital planning, facilities management, and strategic space utilization initiatives.
• Collaborate with academic and administrative departments, university leadership, consultants, and external agencies.
• Support annual space surveys and utilization studies.
• Support strategic facilities planning, deferred maintenance planning, accessibility assessments, wayfinding initiatives, decarbonization planning, and capital project development.
• Maintain and support accurate facilities information for university-owned and leased properties.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager