DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL AND STRATEGIC PROJECTS CANDIDATE INFORMATION PACK
INTRODUCTION
London & South East Education Group was formed in 2018, bringing together Further and Higher Education, together with a Multi-Academy Trust and an Apprenticeship company. The Group is now a leading provider of Education across London and the South East for over 13,000 learners, and has aspirations for both growth whilst holding our existing provision to increasing standards. From the Alternative and Special provision offered by our schools in our Academies Trust, to vocational courses of all levels in our College Corporation to degrees and professional qualifications as part of our Higher Education provision, we make educational accessible to everyone across the region, whatever their age, ability or interest.
We are on a journey of transforming our Estate to support our ambitious plans and as part of this investment are seeking to appoint a Director of Capital and Strategic Projects. Reporting to the Group Chief Strategy Officer, the Director of Capital and Strategic Projects will lead the delivery of the Group’s capital programme, as well as playing a key role in the evolution and executing of the Estates Strategy, ensuring that the Estate supports the Group’s strategy and growth plans and is inspiring, sustainable and fit for purpose.
INTRODUCTION ABOUT US
THE ROLE – JOB DESCRIPTION & PERSON SPECIFICATION WHAT MAKES LONDON AND SOUTH EAST EDUCATION GROUP A GREAT PLACE TO WORK? APPLICATION PROCESS
ABOUT US
London & South East Education Group was formed in 2018, encompassing our Colleges (with 8 campus sites) and multi-academy trust (of 8 schools).
This new over-arching organisation reflects our growth since merger and position as the leading educational provider in south east London.
London South East Academies Trust is a thriving multi-site(s) trust consisting of specialist schools offering special and alternative provision. London South East Academies Trust was established in 2014 as Bromley Education Trust by what was Bromley College at the time. The Trust changed its name in 2017 to reflect the growth. Initially the Trust had two schools but has recently expanded to eight with further coming on stream through conversion. All offer outstanding alternative and specialist provision across Bromley and Bexley. The Trust ensures that children have access to a high quality alternative to mainstream school when needed as well as developing systems for prevention and reintegration.
London South East Colleges was created in August 2016 following a three-way merger between Bromley College, Bexley College and Greenwich Community College. The college has eight campuses across the region, offering education and training to around 13,000 people. Since the merger, the College has been working hard to strengthen provision and safeguard itself financially for the future. The college offers over 300 courses at a range of levels, to suit people of all ages, abilities and interests. From Adult Community courses and apprenticeships right through to degree-level and professional qualifications.
From the Alternative and Special provision offered by our outstanding schools, to vocational courses of all levels – right through to degrees and professional qualifications, we make educational accessible to everyone across the region, whatever their age, ability or interest. Led by CEO Sam Parrett, London & South East Education Group provides a strong and united brand that encapsulates all the work being undertaken in each part of the organisation. It also gives us the scope to expand our activities across London and the South East going forward. We want to ensure that our stakeholders recognise the breadth of our work, the exceptional quality and the level of service that comes from being part of the new Group. Our group supports education across the full spectrum of learning and is made up of the following family of companies:
WHY A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE?
We are developing a workforce and culture that STANDS OUT. We will recruit and develop STAR performers to deliver high quality service every day, in everything we do: STAND OUT we are a good education group, keen to innovate, push boundaries and create social value TEAM WORK we get the job done together, we step in to help one another, we achieve our goals OUR VALUES: LEARNING IS AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO. This strategy sets out our vision, mission and values for the next five years. Central to this new strategy is our decision to position the Group as a social enterprise, going beyond simply delivering education. We are determined to make a difference to our communities by improving economic and social health, generating impactful social value across the regions we serve.
Over the next five years we will play a key role in the social and economic improvement of the region by working closely with our partners, students, staff and stakeholders. This will impact on what we teach, how we do business, how we develop our staff and how we support our learners.
OUR VISION
Social enterprises reinvest the money they make back into their business or the local community in order to improve people’s lives. When a social enterprise profits, society profits. As a Group, we are working within our local communities to support people of all ages to develop their skills and reach their full potential.
Promote social and economic prosperity
Maximise impact
the group
Improve LIVES
Build STRONG Sustainable COMMUNITIES
GENERATE social value
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WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS: » Share good practices across the Group » Become part of our local communities and ensure that residen businesses fulfil their potential » Build Strong partnerships with stakeholders and employers » Motivate our staff and students, supporting opportunities for them » To help build the Group’s ‘One Organisation’ culture and ensu and students make the jump to collective impact » Become part of something bigger , a greater purpose Our estate plays a crucial role in providing an inspiring environment for our learners and staff to thrive. We have embarked on a transformation programme which will see us invest in creating an industry-leading estate team that will in turn deliver a fit-for-purpose, inspiring education estate portfolio. we serve 13,000 learners 75,000sqm of estate space across the existing portfolio 8 College sites, with significant redevelopment and refurbishment plans 11 school sites, with ambitious plans to increase the schools portfolio Significant opportunity to derive value from surplus land and property for reinvestment in the estate £50m capital programme confirmed, with further plans to expand this Extensive estate condition survey and costed lifecycle complete Embarking on the creation of a Masterplan for the estate Drive to achieve Net Zero Carbon OUR ESTATE
Be a STAND OUT organisation that learners want to join and employers want to do business with OUR AMBITIONS?
TO PLACE employers and communities at the heart of what we do
ACCOUNTABLE we own our actions, we take responsibility RESPECTFUL we all respect everyone, diversity is valued STRIVING we constantly strive to achieve more, individually and as a group
TO BE KNOWN FOR OUR WIDER SOCIAL VALUE
To never be satisfied, to continue to ask questions as to how we can improve from GOOD TO OUTSTANDING
WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS: » Share good practices across the Group » Become part of our local communities and ensure that residents and businesses fulfil their potential » Build Strong partnerships with stakeholders and employers » Motivate our staff and students, supporting opportunities for them to ‘give back’ » To help build the Group’s ‘One Organisation’ culture and ensure that staff and students make the jump to collective impact » Become part of something bigger , a greater purpose
WE WILL ACHIEVE THIS BY
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Empowering our staff to volunteer Supporting initiatives that improve the well being of our communities Delivering social action projects
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Working with individuals and organisations who will help us to amplify our social impact
THE ROLE
• Ensuring accurate and detailed project briefs are established and remain the project deliverables • Managing curriculum leaders expectations and changing requirements • Appointing and managing contractors • Driving performance and achieving KPls • Project & Programme forecasting (time/ money) • Project & Programme reporting and dashboard summary • Leading/Coordinating completion, snagging, handover and commissioning into the FM function (Soft Landings) • Managing defects, latent defects, and design/operational issues post completion • Ensuring a system and process of post project evaluation and continuous improvement • Managing the strategic capital asset data set; advising on priorities and capital liabilities to best manage and prioritise reinvestment programmes and grant focused income; providing space planning services and advice. • To lead environmental sustainability and other initiatives on behalf of the department and Group to achieve the programme and outcomes defined • Ensure all procurement is undertaken in line with policy complies with public procurement requirements, and value for money is achieved at all times, with maximised opportunity taken through bulked up procurement. • Manage all contracts/professional term appointments in accordance with the contract and progressive, high quality partnership working to achieve a consistent high quality service provision, aligned to our service level agreements (SLAs), challenging and supporting high performance. • Establish an operating manual/set of procedural driven processes that achieve a consistent high quality of operation and profiled risk.
Job Description for:
Director of Capital & Strategic Projects
Grade: Hours:
SP 55-60
Full time - 37 hours per week Out of hours on call responder on rota attendance
Responsible to:
Group Chief Strategy Officer
Site:
All Sites
Significant Relationships
Group Chief Financial Officer, Senior Leaders, Capital Team, Estates Team, Visitors and 3rd party Consultants and Contractors
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB: • To deliver the estates strategy; operational plans; and departmental targets and objectives as a senior leader with collective responsibility for our service. • Develop and manage a range of policies; procedures and operating processes to achieve a consistent high quality at all times. • To lead, coordinate and deliver strategic capital planning, projects and procurement on behalf of the department to a consistently high professional standard on time, within agreed budgets and with high levels of customer satisfaction and to other agreed targets. • To achieve consistently high levels of customer satisfaction; project delivery to agreed outcomes and deliverables; and overall performance at and above the departmental services level agreements and other targets set. • Establish, maintain and continuously improve systems of operation to reduce duplication; improve efficiency; and provide up to date data to support operational dashboard reporting and business intelligence. • Lead a team of highly motivated staff, with a shared collective responsibility and high focus on customer satisfaction, delivery, and performance at and above the departmental services level agreements and other targets. • To create and manage successful and positive relationships with key stakeholders, staff and third parties to support delivery. • To act and administer our service in full compliance with all policy, departmental procedures and operating practice and statutory requirements.
• To act in a highly professional and diligent manner at all times. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: • To support the Group Chief Strategy Officer and Group Chief Financial Officer in the delivery of the estate strategy and ambitions of the Group. • To form and maintain excellent relationships
with external stakeholders at all times, working with the Group Chief Strategy Officer.
• To positively represent the department in internal forums, groups, governance committees and leadership meetings. • To line manage designated staff in line with policy and ensure staff in secondary lines management staff are well line managed both with a common consistency; support and mentor staff through their personal development and career journey, ensuring all complete mandatory and developmental training to sustain suitable levels of technical competence. • To lead, coordinate and manage the professional delivery of all strategic capital planning, projects and procurement on behalf of the department including: • Being responsible and accountable • Providing and coordinating good professional advice • Acting with integrity and diligence at all times • Optimising opportunities for grant funding through bids • Appointing, coordinating and managing professional advisors when needed
PERSON SPECIFICATION QUALIFICATIONS Essential:
• Develop key relationships with senior leaders, establishing trust and openness as a basis with proactive open reporting of performance on a regular frequency. • Support leaders and other staff in all estates functions and operations. • Complete all activities and operations in accordance with all mandatory, statutory and directed standards,
diversity issues and a practical • awareness of how to support staff and/or students accordingly • (e.g. implementation of reasonable adjustments) SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES Essential: • Highly developed and effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to prepare clear and • accurate reports. • Skilled in a range of data systems, service desk systems, and • the MS suite of normal software • Skilled understanding in a range of building services • (electrical and mechanical)
• Qualified Project Manager • Qualified to degree level in
Surveying/Construction/Project Management or other suitable discipline
• Project Management,
together with Acts of Parliament, Statutory Regulations, and policy given regulations and standards.
Construction, Surveying or other building related
• qualification • Evidence of continuous
• Ensure all activities always achieve a high quality of works and a direction of travel to include the following: • Only enhance the student and staff experience • Improve the condition of the estate in the long term • Improve fire separation, compartmentation and detection • Improve the acoustic separation between spaces • Contribute to reducing our carbon reduction • Improve health and safety standards • Improve security • Ensure all contractors and services providers attending sites are inducted, managed and monitored in accordance with statutory requirements, policy and procedural standards, together with safeguarding and health and safety requirements. • To be a lead contact for out of hours emergencies to manage an appropriate response and plan of emergency out of hours actions to quickly re-establish a safe, secure and operational environment. GENERAL • The particular duties and responsibilities attached to posts may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. All employees are required to undertake the following general duties. • Carrying out such other duties as may be reasonably requested by the Line Manager, or any Senior Manager. • Compliance with Health and Safety Policy, procedures and risk assessments. • Sharing in the commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. • Awareness of the Equality and Diversity Policy and targets, and actively promoting equality of opportunity. • Complete mandatory training timely.
professional development
Desirable: • Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) • Qualified Quantity Surveyor KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE: Essential: • Extensive experience of working client side in an education setting • delivering building fabric/ building services/and other capital projects and programmes • A minimum of 5 years experience in leading a capital/ projects • function in an educational setting • Leading a capital programme and projects function in a large and or complex organisation
systems; BMS; and asset management systems/ approaches
• Preparation of Tender documentation • Good skills in utilisation of technology • Ability to set, monitor and manage budgets, meeting financial targets • Ability to analyse, solve problems and implement change • To keep professional expertise up to date both within education and in other related areas, to acquire new knowledge and skills • and to work flexibly to meet the needs of the LSEC. OTHER QUALITIES: • A strong commitment to student success and student experience • An understanding of issues relating to safeguarding young people • and vulnerable adults • Resilient, positive attitude and robust personality
• Legislation (including EU)
concerning tendering limits and • procedures • Experience of managing large contract values of capital • reinvestment and new development • Experience of line management responsibility and ability to • motivate team members • Experience of strategic asset management and capital • programme setting; space planning and capital bidding • Experience of equality and
We are keen to recruit and retain talented people who can play a key role in realising our mission and welcome applications from people with a wide range of skills and experience. We will value your ideas, develop your skills, treat you with respect and recog- nise your endeavours. In return we offer training and development, competitive pay and benefits in a positive and inclusive working environment. Benefits include: • LGPS with excellent employer contribution rate • 43 days annual leave/year plus bank holiday and further three days provided at Christmas • A flexible working approach • Staff personal development week and discounted FE/HE cours- es • Employee assistance programme to support health and wellbe- ing • Travel season ticket loans • Cycle to work scheme • Volunteering Initiative Scheme providing a day per year addi- tional leave • Discounts on food and drink in campus • Discounts on hair and beauty treatments • Free gym access at our Bromley and Bexley Campus sites WHAT MAKES LONDON AND SOUTH EAST EDUCATION GROUP A GREAT PLACE TO WORK?
EQUALITY & DIVERSITY
London South East Education Group actively welcomes individuals from all backgrounds to be a part of our cohesive community of teaching, learning and working. We proudly celebrate the diversity of our students, staff, stakeholders and our wider communities. We are deeply committed to the promotion and advancement of equality in every aspect of our operation. The Group does not accept or tolerate any form of discrimination, victimisation or harassment on any grounds. We aim to develop the full potential of all staff and students within an ethos which recognises and values the benefits that a diverse workforce supporting a diverse student body can bring to both the local and wider world.
Further detail on the benefits of working at LASEEG can be viewed here.
For a confidential discussion please contact our retained advisors Ben Duffill and Nick Coppard at MRG
Ben Duffill M: 07976 125 010 E: ben.duffill@mrgglobal.com
Nick Coppard M: 07896 079 495 E: nicholas.coppard@mrgglobal.com
Closing date 28th January 2024.
Applications should consist of a CV and a covering letter and should be sent to ben.duffill@mrgglobal.com and nicholas.coppard@mrgglobal.com
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