Head of Strategic Masterplanning Candidate Information Pack
About Imperial College London
and the Imperial College Business School – as well as a significant number of interdisciplinary research centres focusing on challenging world problems. The College’s mission is supported by 9,000 highly diverse staff, who collaborate widely in the UK and internationally, often across disciplines. In 2021-2022, the College had a total turnover of £1,163 million, of which £368 million directly supported research through grants and contracts. The College’s 2023 Strategy Refresh will build on underpinning foundations that make Imperial a great academic institution and the talented, diverse and inspirational people who help make up our university community. The College’s success is recognised all over the world, and is evidenced by daily coverage of Imperial discoveries and innovations in the international media. Imperial is a global top ten university. It was ranked 6th in the QS World University Rankings 2023, was named University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, this year’s University of the Year for Student Experience by the Good University Guide, and recently received the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its COVID-19 response. The Research Excellence Framework 2021 confirmed Imperial’s status as a world-class research university. The College ranked top in the UK overall – with a greater proportion of 4* “world-leading” research than any other UK university. Imperial College London’s mission is to achieve enduring excellence in research and education in science, engineering, medicine and business for the benefit of society.
Imperial College London is one of the world’s greatest universities, renowned for its ground-breaking research, talented community of staff, students and alumni and its international reach. With a mission to achieve enduring excellence in research and education in science, engineering, medicine and business for the benefit of society, the College was founded in 1907 in South Kensington, bringing together nineteenth-century institutions including the Royal College of Science, the Royal School of Mines and City and Guilds College. Today, Imperial collaborates extensively with neighbouring institutions, including the Royal College of Art and the Royal College of Music. From its location in this great cultural quarter, Imperial provides one of the world’s best educations in STEM subjects for a student population approaching 22,000, made up of 11,000 undergraduate and 11,000 postgraduate, over half of whom come from overseas, reflecting its status as the UK’s most international university. Its alumni and members also include 14 Nobel laureates and three Fields Medalists. Throughout its history, the College has been involved in many major breakthroughs, including the discovery of penicillin and the creation of the hologram. This tradition has continued with recent innovations such as wirelessly transferring power to drones in flight, the discovery of a new form of light and major new research in climate change, amongst much else. Imperial has four academic faculties – Engineering, Medicine and Natural Sciences,
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About Imperial College London Our Strategy Refresh Our campuses Diversity and Inclusion Job description Person Specification How to apply
Our Strategy Refresh
Shaping our vision and ambition for Imperial in 10-20 years time. Imperial College London is a world-changing global powerhouse that is truly distinctive. We have tremendous strength and focus on business, engineering, medicine and science. We are known for innovation, entrepreneurship, impact and societal benefit; and we are based in London, one of the greatest cities in the world.
‘It is precisely because of the recent tectonic shifts in our world that it is an opportune time to take a fresh look at Imperial’s strategy’ President Hugh Brady
Imperial’s staff, students and alumni are making the world healthier, smarter, safer, more prosperous and more sustainable. But, in a rapidly changing world, what is our ambition for the next two decades? If we are to maximise our potential as a force for good in the world, serve as a powerful catalyst for the UK’s future success; and continue to compete successfully in the top tier globally, we simply cannot stand still. To be launched in October 2023, Imperial’s new strategy will set our vision and ambition for the next two decades. It will guide our major decisions and position us to grasp new opportunities. And it will inspire others to join us, partner with us and invest in us. For further details on our Strategy Refresh 2023 click the following link here .
Our Campus
net zero carbon Institution by 2040
A platform for innovation, entrepreneurship and
multidisciplinary research. We are pioneering new ways of partnering and co-location through an entrepreneurial ecosystem with support, resources and facilities that span ideation, growth and acceleration. Imperial’s White City and Hammersmith Campus is a world-class centre of innovation, discovery and connection – a place where great ideas grow. This integrated multi-disciplinary campus brings together scientific innovation, academic research, and local communities, to create impact at local, national and international scale. Our plans will grow our student base by over 5,000 and enable us to build impactful, and strategic collaborations with partners. We are uniting Hammersmith Hospital, the northern built -out area (I-HUB, Sir Michael Uren Hub, etc) and the southern development pipeline into a welcoming, cohesive, and collaborative environment. A healthy campus, where a diversity of people live, work and play throughout the day.
£460m raised by Imperial White City incubator companies since 2016 22 acres Enables new Imperial strategy with world-class spaces and buildings £264m raised by companies in Scale Space & I-HUB in last year 110 co-locators currently on-site 15,000+ people expected to live & work on campus by 2032 2.6m sqft space consented & available for development
Learn more about our White City Campus here.
Diversity and Inclusion
Our aim is to embed equality, diversity, and inclusion into all of our work at Imperial. We take pride in our declared mission “to achieve enduring excellence in research and education in science, engineering, medicine and business for the benefit of society.” This reflects our civic role as a repository for knowledge and culture, as an institution that fosters independent and critical reflection, and as an agent of positive societal change. As a university, we are defined by our community of staff and students. Therefore, we will only succeed in our mission by cultivating an environment that respects, supports and celebrates all the people who come to Imperial, enabling them to enrich the world and their own lives through work and study. In order to ask the right questions and come up with the useful answers we need to harness the best minds across the broadest perspectives. Our community therefore needs to be diverse, inclusive and based on equality. Embracing equality, diversity and inclusion is not simply a matter of complying with the law, though clearly we are bound by its provisions. Nor is it simply a matter of social justice, though as a public institution it is absolutely right that we should strive to be representative of the society we serve. Nor is it an alternative to traditional notions of excellence. Rather, our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion recognises the fact that excellence comes
in many forms. If Imperial is to thrive in a world that has never been more diverse and interdependent, and to play its full part in advancing social progress and mobility through research, teaching, clinical practice, entrepreneurship, outreach and public engagement, we must become more cognisant of the benefits that will flow from moving equality, diversity and inclusion to the heart of our institution. Developing our Values Imperial is committed to creating a positive and inclusive culture for all staff and students. • Create clarity and consistency about the standards of behaviour we expect from all members of our community. • Raise awareness of what it means to be a positive member of our community. • Set priorities for the leadership behaviours that are important to our staff. Through the embedding of College Values, we will: • Build a culture where positive behaviour is recognised and rewarded, and poor conduct is addressed. • Support our College community to develop the confidence and skills to demonstrate our values effectively. • Provide a platform from which to improve our working practices and culture continuously. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/about/values/developing- our-values/
As a leading institution in the heart of London, Imperial College proudly upholds a longstanding commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. Valuing the diversity of our community is one of the four cornerstones of our recent strategy and we further inclusion and equality through numerous formal and informal practices across our institution.
Job Description
Purpose of the Post The purpose of this role is to provide a strategic helicopter view of the full estate (excl White City) and to identify the medium and long-term micro plans for each building. The role works in conjunction with the White City team to ensure that best practices are shared between the campuses. The role does not have operational delivery responsibility but has the mandate to scope and define high level concepts to a point where it is then appropriate to transfer to the operational teams for detailed design and execution. Key aspects include:
Job Title:
Department/Division/Faculty: Head of Strategic Master Planning
Property Division
Key Responsibilities
Campus location: South Kensington (Hybrid)
Head of Strategic Master Planning • Building level asset plan with strategic direction alignment to capital investment • Alignment of asset plans to Arup decarbonisation plan • Macro campus strategy for South Kensington and how we set and achieve new targets for space types, namely the transformation toward more communal spaces, higher levels of teaching space and more student facing collaboration areas etc. • High level space budget and utilisation trends to inform asset plans. • Innovation opportunities and new refurbishment/construction techniques to accelerate our journey to net zero in operation by 2040. • Primary point of coordination with Architect appointed to build the master plan (SK) • Macro plans for Silwood and the Medical campuses • Capital plan coordination with the Capital Projects team. • Strategy for program/project sequencing to drive financial economies and minimise operational disruption. • Strategy for campus interconnectivity to “join the dots” of the asset plans so that communal infrastructure and connectivity flows and aligns. • Concept designs with Design Teams • End user briefing and coordination to establish future principles and ways of working. • Donation readiness. Prepared schemes that can be accelerated from the longer-term capital plan should funds become available. • Coordination of feasibility assessments where specific requirements could be accommodated in either White City of other Campuses. • Share best practices with White City Development team. • Identify maximum potential capacity for SK and associated sub- projects and viability. • Swing space. Strategy to facilitate individual projects and minimising end user disruption. • High level visual “roof top analysis” to support senior stakeholder visualisation of the campus level strategy. • Brand. Incorporation of the brand into key projects
Job Family/Level:
Professional Services - Level 6
Responsible to: Chief Property Officer
Key Working Relationships (internal):
Deans, Property Division
Key Working Relationships (external): Architects, Masterplanners, Planners
Contract type:
TBC
Person Specification
Education Essential: • Achievement of a professional qualification or postgraduate degree in a relevant real estate discipline, or demonstrable industry experience equivalent to this. Experience Essential: • Experience of strategic planning in an estates environment including estates strategy, masterplanning and space management. • Experience of leading masterplanning exercises across large scale, diverse and complex estate portfolios. • Proven senior management and leadership experience in an influential role, including evidence of successfully instigating change. • Experience of developing capital plans taking into account the dependencies of projects including maintaining business continuity, ensuring decant space strategy and financial viability. • Experience of leading option appraisal exercises for large-scale capital projects. Desirable: • Experience of working in a campus environment compassing academic, education, health and/or research facilities. Knowledge Essential: • Knowledge of industry best practice relating to space utlisation across a range of different asset and space types • Understanding of masterplanning in a mixed-use campus environment • Knowledge of the UK planning system and process • Experience of property and asset management across a diverse estate portfolio. • Understanding of sustainability and the drive to net zero, enabled by real estate planning
Desirable: • Understanding of condition based assessment of real estate portfolio and life-cycle asset investment • Understanding of the UK higher education sector and the business planning cycle of a large complex higher education organisation Skills & Abilities Essential: • Stakeholder management skills • Strategic planning skills • Analytical skills with the ability to utilise data
Please note that job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, and the post-holder may be required to undertake other duties, which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities. Imperial College is committed to equality of opportunity and to eliminating discrimination. All employees are expected to follow the Imperial Values & Behaviours framework. Our values are: • Respect • Collaboration • Excellence • Integrity • Innovation Employees are also required to comply with all College policies and regulations paying special attention to: Confidentiality, Conflict of Interest, Data Protection, Equal Opportunities, Financial Regulations, Health and Safety, Information Technology, Smoking Private Engagements and Register of Interests. They must also undertake specific training and assume responsibility for safety relevant to specific roles, as set out on the College Website Health and Safety Structure and Responsibilities page. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
• Commercial acumen • Collaborative nature • Results focused • High level influencing abilities
• Exceptional communication skills • Demonstrable leadership abilities • Possessing a passion for the purpose and mission of Imperial and alignment with the Imperial value
To arrange a briefing discussion please contact our retained advisor at The Management Recruitment Group: Nicholas Coppard nicholas.coppard@mrgglobal.com Ben Duffill ben.duffill@mrgglobal.com How to Apply
Applications should consist of a CV and a Covering Letter and should be sent to nicholas.coppard@mrgglobal.com
Imperial College London values diversity, and is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. The university welcomes expressions of interest and applications from candidates from all communities and a diversity of backgrounds. We are committed to ensuring everyone can access our website and application processes. This includes people with sight loss, hearing, mobility and cognitive impairments. Should you require access to these documents in alternative formats, please contact leena.lais@mrgglobal.com
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