Durham University - Senior Heritage Surveyor

The Role

Core responsibilities: • Provide professional building surveying services in relation to heritage buildings, with managerial and leadership expertise. • Provide expert guidance, advice and problem- solving skills to stakeholders, on building surveying matters, specifically in relation to conservation of historic buildings. • Manage and develop service, infrastructure and people performance across one or more teams. • Provide feedback on team and individual performance and identify development needs, conducting regular staff ADR and performance reviews. • Recruit, induct, train and develop new team members. • Help to shape the skills and expertise of future team members and design work structures to meet operational and strategic goals. • Handle the vast majority of HR issues within • Liaise and engage with key stakeholders and internal and external contractors to influence opinion, delivery and reputation of services within a heritage setting • Contribute to the scoping and resource planning across a range of activities at operational and possibly strategic level. • Lead on the design, implementation and monitoring of policy and quality standards, procedures and systems to ensure effective working and continuous improvement. • Promote and develop a deep understanding of organisational policy and external developments. • Devolve responsibilities to team members, both internal and external stakeholders to ensure continuity of service provision and encourage skills development. a team, referring more complex issues to appropriate support services/senior management.

• Ensure all activities, processes and transactions are accounted for accurately and promptly to meet regulatory and professional service and policy standards. • Implement processes to manage the integrity and security of all commercially and professionally sensitive and personal data. • Lead internal & external business meetings, working groups and sub-committees at strategic & operational service level to influence governance, organisational policy and standards for the service. • Responsible for allocating and monitoring financial budgets and resources. • Analyse stakeholder feedback, implementing and reviewing service provision. building and infrastructure planned and reactive maintenance services across the University’s Heritage estate; ensuring that all operational activities are carried out in a structured, professional and customer-focussed manner, delivering value for money services. • Lead the management of conservation projects from inception to completion, providing cost estimates, where appropriate. • Manage compliance with statutory responsibilities and maintaining records, as required. Role responsibilities: • Ensure the delivery of high-quality estates • Manage and develop the University’s asset management information, including condition reporting and lifecycle replacement, to inform future strategic planning and budgeting. • Management of surveys, investment/ development appraisals, feasibility studies and property options, developing subsequent business cases for submission to University Committees. • Delegate authority and responsiblility to make decisions about the quality, level and nature of service and staffing, necessary to

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