OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE
Our estates master plan details our ambitious plans which will see £1bn of investment to enhance and deliver a sustainable and inclusive estate over the next decade; the Associate Director of Infrastructure Projects will play a crucial part in the delivery of this. Reporting to the Director of Estates Development, the Associate Director of Infrastructure Projects leads the planning and delivery of Faculty and Infrastructure projects and programmes, ensuring that the University benefits from a world-class estate portfolio to support its institutional purpose and vision. Projects include refurbishment, fit-out, retrofit, strategic maintenance, compliance and sustainability projects, delivered within a highly congested and busy operational environment where quality of student and staff experience throughout the works is crucial. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a proven track record of leading programmes of refurbishment and infrastructure improvement across a live, operational, multi-building estate portfolio. You will have communication skills, a positive and inclusive approach to leadership and will demonstrate a genuine passion for delivering an outstanding estates environment for the University.
Sustainability and biodiversity are an important part of our work. To give just a few examples: in our Valley Gardens, we have introduced habitat piles to the woodland areas, which we hope will encourage stag beetles and small mammals such as hedgehogs. We have added bat boxes to the tree canopies and are experimenting with wildflower areas to encourage insects. We also collect all the spent coffee grounds from the University’s restaurants and mix these in with our compost. This adds nutrients to the soil as well as stopping weeds from germinating.”
Malcolm Jenks and his landscaping team
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