DIRECTOR OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
CANDIDATE BRIEFING PACK OCTOBER 2022
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Introduction to University Partnerships Programme
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Our Partnerships
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The Student Experience
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The role of Director of Energy and Environmental Sustainability
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Job description and person specification
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Benefits of working at UPP
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Further Information and Application Process
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Introduction
We are the UK’s leading provider of on-campus residential and academic accommodation infrastructure. We have over 36,000 rooms in operation or under construction through long-term, bespoke partnerships with 15 leading UK universities. With approximately 1000 employees, since 1998 UPP has invested well over £3bn in the UK higher education sector and provided homes to over 400,000 students. Our unique, long-term partnership approach enables our university partners to develop their estates whilst reinvesting in their core services of teaching and research. We design, build, finance and operate (DBFO) new, on-campus residential and academic infrastructure, and complete estate transfers of existing accommodation, for concession periods ranging from 40 years to 125 years. By providing high-quality and affordable accommodation on campus we aim to deliver the very best student experience in partnership with universities.
University of London
Our Vision
To be the leading infrastructure and services partner to UK universities by delivering next-generation campuses. To deliver on this ambitious vision we have developed a strategy focused on preserving and growing the value of our business through partnership, innovation and delivery. 1. Preserve the value of our business through active asset/investment management, maintaining a compliant estate and enhanced proactive marketing 2. Grow the value of our business by expanding our offer and working with leading UK universities 3. Partner more actively with universities through strategic relationship management 4. Innovate to deliver next generation products and services, driven by a new Innovation and Enterprise hub 5. Deliver for our partners by empowering our teams to provide an exemplary service, building the capability of our people, technology and processes, and driving a performance culture through strong leadership
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Student Experience
Transforming the Campus Experience
Great space and services with student experience built in.
At UPP we want to reinvent the way students live and learn at university by transforming the campus experience. Our new and clearly defined strategy for growth is based on our overarching mission to develop long- term partnerships, supporting universities in improving the quality of their physical infrastructure and services to students. In aligning the interests of both parties, our unique approach provides security in the delivery of revenues and, in turn, expected returns to investors. Our strategy seeks to protect and grow the value of our existing business, innovate our partnerships, and deliver the very best experiences to our student residents. Our strategy will: • Grow the number of partnerships we have with selected universities • Expand and innovate our next-generation product offer to universities • Enhance our experiential offer for our partners and their students • Empower our teams to deliver by building capability • Transform and optimise our Portfolio through strategic asset management • Drive a proactive and multi-channel approach to business origination • Develop an energetic performance culture with leadership at its heart • Embrace technology in our products and services and to improve our processes • Expand our complementary facilities management strategy
Our partnerships enhance the support and connection we have with the students who make their home with us. We currently manage the needs of more than 35,000 students every term and this means we never stop learning and we share our experience with our partners. We also know that every university is as unique as the thousands of students it serves and this ensures that we are never complacent, and never take a one size fits all view.
Listening, responding, adapting
Students can be demanding, and their needs constantly evolve. Independent qualitative and quantitative research helps us understand the evolving needs of students, and face to face focus groups and regular surveys with our residents enable us to check and adapt our approach quickly. As specialists, the quality of our teams and their in- depth understanding of the unique environment and the people for whom we provide services enables us to support universities, understand their aims and their strategy and together deliver tangible improvements to the student experience. Our design teams work to understand how students want to use space, and how they interact with each other, leading to seemingly small improvements to the specification of a bedroom, or major changes that impact on construction or technology. At UPP we aim to deliver great places to live, with student experience literally built in.
Our Business Units
UPP comprises three business units;
• Asset Management Responsible for the long-term asset management of the Portfolio
• Residential Services Delivering facilities management services to our residences
• Business Development Designing, funding and development of new assets, as well as delivering strategic programmes
Each business unit, and the wider Group, is supported by a range of corporate services
Asset management
Our University Partners
Imperial College London
1,172 Rooms / FM Services
Lancaster University
4,347 Rooms / Eco-Residences / FM services 479 Rooms / Eco-Residences / FM Services
Leeds Beckett University Loughborough University Nottingham Trent University Oxford Brookes University
1,310 Rooms / FM Services
4,406 Rooms / Academic / Retail / FM Services
770 Rooms / FM Services
Plymouth University University of Exeter University of Kent
1,764 Rooms / Academic / FM Services 4,133 Rooms / Academic / FM Services
1,840 Rooms / Eco-Residences / Academic / FM Services
University of Nottingham University of Reading
2,229 Rooms / FM Services
4,982 Rooms / Accommodation Office / FM Services
University of York
1,043 Rooms / FM Services 1,711 Rooms / FM Services
University of London University of Hull Swansea University
1,750 Rooms / FM Services (matching the other lines)
2,440 Rooms / FM Services
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The role of Director of Energy and Environmental Sustainability
This is a senior leadership position with accountability for developing and leading on UPP’s Energy and Sustainability strategies ensuring that UPP continues towards becoming a sector leader for energy and environmental sustainability. The Director of Energy and Environmental Sustainability will build and manage relationships with our senior leaders and partners ensuring energy and environmental sustainability strategies, policy and plans are integrated effectively across all that we do. Working closely with the business development team, you will position energy management and environmental sustainability at the heart of our core offer, representing UPP at relevant sector events and as a key figure in our work winning dialogues. You will lead on energy and utilities strategy and management across our portfolio ensuring that directly and indirectly procured utilities are cost optimised, and their supply arrangements are stable and secure. The role calls for exceptional influencing skills, and you will drive our environmental agenda across the key business value areas, ensuring we meet our commitments and objectives. This is an exciting time to join a commercially focused, high performing, customer and results oriented organisation that operates with energy, pace, and passion – and a to play a key role ensuring that UPP provides sustainable, high-quality and industry-leading facilities.
University of Kent
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Job Description
• Establish energy and environmental best practice, compliance, and consistent management principles across the business. • Act as lead on ISO 14001 compliance. Energy • Manage development of a utilities metering and monitoring system for each site and ensure its effectiveness in relation to targets and reducing energy consumption. • Working with the Director of Procurement, continue to develop and implement a utilities procurement strategy. • Manage formulation of energy and utilities forecasts and budgets, setting energy and utilities projection estimates for each year. • Create monthly utilities consumption and financial reporting, identifying savings against proposed targets. • Establish benchmarking for energy costs and consumption to understand performance and areas for improvement. • Lead energy projects to ensure returns on investment and agreed savings are delivered. • Liaise with site teams to agree local energy reduction and sustainability initiatives. • Agree and deliver energy/reduction targets. • Coordinate any potential contract amendments where required and possible payment contributions from our university partners for capital investment to aid energy reduction. Environmental Sustainability • Manage and monitor delivery of net zero strategy to align with SBTi commitment to achieve net zero by 2035. • Lead on the development and roll out of revised sustainability induction for all staff. • Identify UPP’s carbon footprint and process for reporting to mandatory schemes (SECR, ESOS, EU ETS) • Develop energy and sustainability initiatives into firm business case proposals for carbon reduction to meet contractual requirements for reporting and energy savings. • Review opportunities and, where agreed, implement framework agreements with suppliers for key technology upgrades and replacements. • Collate all data to for inclusion in Annual Sustainability Report. Business Development and Sector Representation • Input to product development/innovation, building and services design– embedding sustainable development principles across our business such as BREEAM, Renewable technology assessments, EPCs/DECs/TM44, Wellbeing and energy assessments. • Liaise with partner institutions to support their objectives particularly around net zero and student engagement. • Represent UPP at key sector events and provide expertise during bid and stakeholder dialogue. Other • Flexible working out of hours may be necessary from time to time. • National role requiring some travel across the UK, including overnight stays. • Maintain appropriate level of qualification and competence commensurate with this role.
Job Title
Director of Energy & Environmental Sustainability Executive Director – Construction & Capital Programmes
Reports To
Location
London with National Coverage
Job Purpose
The Director of Energy & Environmental Sustainability is accountable for developing and leading on UPP’s Energy and Sustainability strategies, management and delivery. Our goal is for UPP to continue towards becoming a sector leader for energy and environmental sustainability. Assuming a senior leadership position within the organisation, you will position UPP as a progressive organisation with a strong and commercial environmental agenda. A significant influencer, both within the business, and with our partners, supply chain and shareholders, you will drive positive change across energy, environmental and cost focused initiatives. You will lead on energy and utilities strategy and management across our full portfolio ensuring that directly and indirectly procured utilities are cost optimised, and their supply arrangements are stable and secure. Driving our environmental agenda across the key business value areas, ensuring we meet our commitments and objectives. Managing and reducing energy consumption, carbon and costs across our national portfolio are key deliverables. The Director of Energy and Environmental Sustainability will build and manage relationships with our senior leaders and partners ensuring energy and environmental sustainability strategies, policy and plans are integrated effectively across all that we do. This will also include the identification of strategic relationships across the business as well as leading internal working groups. Working closely with the business development team, you will position energy management and environmental sustainability at the heart of our core offer, representing UPP at relevant sector events and as a key figure in our work winning dialogues.
Role & Responsibilties
Overall • Define and deliver our vision and strategies regarding energy and environmental sustainability. • Set and deliver our energy strategy and plan. • Provide clear leadership and day to day management across these subject areas. • Ensure that UPP is fully compliant with all current and any future environmental & related legislation. • Formulate other relevant strategies, policies, processes and guidance for energy and sustainability. • Work in close consultation with our energy procurement partners, general managers, energy champions, project leads, and maintenance teams ensure that energy efficiency targets are incorporated into all development planning and operational activities, establishing sustainability principles for decision making and replacement planning. • Lead on the completion of the annual GRESB assessment and set out an annual plan that will lead to improved scoring.
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Desirable Criteria
Experience
• Proven experience in delivering utility consumption, cost and carbon reduction and in energy procurement • Portfolio of proven energy management and strategy, and sustainability initiatives • Strong leadership and demonstrable experience of implementation of energy saving projects • Experience in developing and deploying environmental and sustainability impact strategies • Demonstrable knowledge and experience of environmental & associated regulations, as well as relevant industry sector legislation • Communicating and influencing at executive level • BEMS system knowledge • Sound working knowledge of utility markets and procurement strategies / methodologies • Commercial acumen / approach to environmental planning • Strong technical expertise to deliver industry leading energy management • Knowledge or understanding of the principles of GRI reporting • Ability to develop procedures and protocols in specialist areas • Ability to advocate for UPP and sell sustainability proposition • Ability to develop and deliver inspirational environmental training programmes • Ability to develop and deploy excellent coaching attributes • Persuasive, compelling and influential written and verbal communication skills • Strong financial acumen in terms of budgeting, forecasting and cost control • Strong stakeholder management skills • Relevant technical qualifications in Energy Management and Sustainability • Membership of relevant professional body • Innovative and forward thinking with a ‘can do’ approach • A positive thinker who influences through coaching and recognition • Ability to work to defined deadlines, autonomously and on own initiative
• Experience
gained within a property/building/ residential services
management environment
Skills/ Ability/ Knowledge
Education/ Qualification
• Certified Energy Manager etc. • CIBSE, Energy Institute
Personal Qualities
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The benefits of working at UPP In addition to a competitive basic salary level and industry leading annual bonus potential UPP offer a diverse range of employee benefits, including: • Salary exchange pension – matched contributions of 5% • Private Medical Insurance – single cover with the option to add dependants • Private Health Insurance (Group Income Protection) • Life Assurance x4 salary (x2 salary if opted out of pension scheme)
Further information and application process
For a confidential discussion to learn more about the role and opportunity please contact UPP’s appointed recruitment partner Michael Hewlett of The Management Recruitment Group.
Michael Hewlett | Director T: 0203 962 9900 M: 07972 579 938 E: michael.hewlett@mrgpeople.co.uk Applications should consist of a CV and covering letter and should be sent to michael.hewlett@mrgpeople.co.uk
• 29 days annual leave, plus 8 days bank holiday • Holiday purchase option – up to 5 days (FTE) • Bonus Exchange • UPP Payroll Giving (Give as You Earn) • UPP Rewards (discount portal) • Employee Assistance Programme
This is an exciting time to join a commercially focused, high performing, customer and results oriented organisation that operates with energy, pace and passion. We strive to develop a highly-engaged, skilled and collaborative organisation that is diverse and has an embedded culture that promotes equality of opportunity. We offer the opportunity for flexible working and an inclusive environment for our people. We have an ongoing commitment to making UPP a great place to work for our teams, and as a reflection of this, the Company has been awarded Gold accreditation by Investors in People (IiP). This internationally recognised accreditation is the sign of a great employer and a great place to work with a clear commitment to sustained success through people.
All candidates are also requested to complete an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form which will be available upon submission of your application. Privacy Notice: Please note that by submitting your details, you are accepting that MRG and UPP is a “data controller”. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal information about you. You will receive an ‘Applicant Privacy Notice’ if your application is progressed. This notice will make you aware of how and why your personal data will be used, namely for the purposes of recruitment, and how long it will usually be retained for.
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