Director of Estates
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Professional Services at Birmingham The Director of Estates is a member of the University’s Professional Services. The University’s Professional Services span: Academic Services, Development, Alumni and Business Engagement, External Relations, Finance, Hospitality and Accommodation Services, HR, IT, Legal Services, and Planning; as well as University administration based in the University’s five academic Colleges. Professional Services are led by the Registrar and Secretary, Lee Sanders, who is supported by the Registrar’s Leadership Group (RLG), made up of the Directors of Professional Services and the Directors of Operations in the Colleges. The Registrar and Secretary is equivalent to the University’s Chief Operating Officer, reporting to the Vice-Chancellor and Principal. Professional Services deliver excellent and diverse services to University students, staff, visitors and external stakeholders; contribute to the development and implementation of University policy and strategy; and provide professional support for decision-making and management information. There is a strategy of continuous improvement, service transformation and a drive for efficiency in the delivery of Professional Services linked to the objective of an integrated administration across the University in support of Birmingham’s mission to enhance its academic performance. This ensures: n A joined up and collaborative relationship between staff wherever they are located. n That structural boundaries of the organisation do not inhibit the efficiency and effectiveness of the University. n Professional Services and academic staff work together in partnership to enhance the University’s academic performance. The University Estate The University estate in the UK consists of two main sites (Edgbaston and Selly Oak), along with properties at Stratford-upon-Avon, Ansty, Coniston, and Ironbridge. Those sites accommodate the majority of the core academic and residential facilities that support the work of the University. The facilities extend to approximately 500,000 square metres of floor space in over 200 buildings, and over 300 acres of grounds and sports fields, thus making the estate one of the largest and most diverse portfolios in the UK higher education sector. The University is in the midst of one of the most exciting and transformational campus redevelopments since the first phase of building on our Edgbaston campus was completed in 1909 under the auspices of Sir Aston Webb. In August 2012 the University obtained planning approval for its phase 1 Capital Plan comprising 20 schemes of varying size and complexity. The development projects, in the region of £500 million over the next five years, will create outstanding new facilities which will benefit students, staff, visitors and the local community – whilst drawing on Aston Webb’s original campus master plan, as well as subsequent plans, laying a sound basis for the future. For more information on Professional Services, please click here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/professional/index.aspx
Many of these schemes are now in design or on site including: n A new Sports Centre (£54m) n A new Library (£57m) n A new Student Hub (£13.4m) n A pedestrian route to the Vale (£1.3m) n Green Heart Landscaping (£12m) In addition the University is developing its residential portfolio including: n The Chamberlain Hall redevelopment (£47.6m) n The Grange Road Residences and Sports Pavilion (£16.8ml) Away from the Edgbaston Campus we are constructing: n A University Training School (£23.1m) n The Birmingham Institute of Forestry Research (£13.25m)
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