LSEEG - Director of Capital and Strategic Projects

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

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