SOAS - Assistant Director of Estates – Property Services

Liaison and Networking

You will be required to carry out day to day liaison using existing procedures in order to ensure dissemination of information in the right format to the right people at the right time; build relationships and contacts to facilitate future exchange of information. As a senior manager within the Estates department, you will be required to participate in networks within the University and externally in order to influence events or decisions; undertake active collaboration to pursue a shared interest. You are required to initiate, build or lead internal networks; maintain relationships over time; establish communication channels for self or others to use in order to ensure dissemination of information in the right format to the right people at the right time; build relationships and contacts to facilitate future exchange of information.

For example:

• Ensure regular joint forums with customers and Campus Service teams are held to review and discuss performance and develop action plans from this. • Attend regular contract management meetings with FM specialist services supplier including risk reduction meetings. • Raise the profile of Campus Services and Facilities across SOAS through establishing formal and informal networks for this purpose (for example user forums and regular reporting through the committee structure). • Network with Facilities Management personnel from other HEI’s to compare and implement best practice. You are required to initiate, build or lead internal networks and maintain relationships over time and establish communication channels for self or others to use, in order to ensure dissemination of information in the right format to the right people at the right time and build relationships and contacts to facilitate future exchange of information.

For example:

• Represent SOAS at meetings of BIFM, AUDE and Bloomsbury Colleges. Developing and presenting information where required and feeding back information obtained to the Director of Estates and Facilities, the Estates and Facilities Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and where necessary, the Executive Board and other relevant SOAS meetings.

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