DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ESTATES AND FACILITIES (DEVELOPMENT)
Job Title
Deputy Director of Estates
Faculty/ School/Department:
Estates & Facilities
Responsible to:
Director of Estates and Facilities Between £60m to £70m p/a
Budget:
Job Purpose Work closely with colleagues in the Estates and Facilities’ senior leadership team to ensure the department supports the delivery of the University’s strategic plan. Lead and manage the teams delivering all university space allocation/planning strategy, town and campus planning, transport planning, asset management and land management services, project management, maintenance, (PPM, LTM, RM) and project/investment, costing and property investment appraisal, CAD/Design services and building information modelling (BIM) environmental and design management. Act as departmental Lead on ICT and space strategy. Main activities and responsibilities 1. Help generate and review the University’s Estates and Facilities strategy by providing leadership in the areas of assessing Estates investment priorities, future opportunities and evaluating project and investment risk and reward profiles. 2. Work with the Assistant Directors of Facilities and Commercial Services to develop cyclical, medium to long term investment strategies for existing University buildings, Mechanical and Electrical infrastructure and external spaces, maintenance (PPM, LTM, RM) grounds and transport strategies. 3. Lead and develop estates, space planning and asset management teams, engendering a high performance, service orientated culture and ensuring optimum performance, environmental and CRC. Utilise robust service level agreements, key performance indicators, contract services management and continuous improvement initiatives ensuring different functions communicate and work together. 4. Work closely with the timetabling team and the finance department to improve institution wide space efficiency developing appropriate space resource management policy supporting the universities strategic objectives. Ensure sufficient and robust space allocation and use data is available to inform decisions and planning. 5. Manage budgets and the financial performance of services and regularly review options for delivering services efficiently, achieving value for money and controlling direct and indirect costs. 6. Work with senior managers across all areas of the University in order to develop and improve service delivery, ensuring services meet customer needs and expectations. 7. Facilitate the delivery of customer focused services and maintain effective relationships with client departments and other stakeholders. Provide appropriate feedback so that customers are aware of service standards and levels of performance. 8. Provide effective leadership and manage and motivate staff to ensure a committed and highly motivated team focused on delivering efficient and effective services in line with the estates and facilities strategy and goals. This includes setting a clear vision for the team, managing and developing structures, regularly reviewing resource and ensuring the composition of the team includes appropriate technical and professional skills, leadership and management competencies. 9. Manage external service providers ensuring optimum performance through robust contract management. 10. Develop robust mechanisms to establish and monitor the effectiveness of service related strategies, delivery arrangements, policies and procedure. Incorporate sound cost management, budgetary controls and delivery targets.
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