RECRUITING OUR NEXT Assistant Director of Estates
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CONTENTS
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Introduction
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University Key Numbers
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Welcome to the University of Central Lancashire
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Connecting through Research
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Connecting with the World
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Connecting with Business and Enterprise
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Student Life
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Working at UCLan
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The City of Preston and the Region
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The Estate and Campus Masterplan
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Job Description & Person Specification
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How to Apply
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INTRODUCTION Liz Gatheral Director of Estates Services & Capital Projects
The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is a leading modern University and one of the UK’s largest with a student and staff community approaching 38,000. The UCLan core campus in the University’s home city of Preston covers a significant swathe of the city (an area of approximately 15 hectares with 63 buildings) and has commenced a £200m Campus Masterplan. UCLan has also invested significantly in recent years in its Burnley campus to serve Pennine Lancashire. Collectively the campus estate creates an eclectic and highly visible built environment to support UCLan’s Mission and Strategic Aims. UCLan is seeking to make the crucial leadership appointment to the role of Assistant Director of Estates. Reporting to the Director of Estates Services and Capital Projects, the postholder will play a key role in the development and realisation of the estates strategy with specific responsibility for capital development, estates maintenance and property & space management.
The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leading and implementing estates strategies across large-scale, high-footfall estates portfolios for complex and diverse organisations. We are seeking an individual with broad estates management experience, with proven experience of leading estates operations across a large-scale portfolio, together with knowledge and experience of capital programme delivery. To be a success in the role you will need to be highly motivated and results-focused with excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills. You will develop and manage a large and diverse team therefore experience of leading teams of estates professionals is essential. The role offers a fantastic career progression opportunity for an ambitious and enthusiastic individual to play a key part in the continuing and future success of the University and its wider role in the North West region.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Liz Gatheral Director of Estates Services & Capital Projects
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UNIVERSITY KEY NUMBERS
38,000 Staff and student community £200m UCLan’s contribution to the North West econom y each year • 800+ Number of research students currently enrolled 95.5% Of our graduates are in employment or further study within six months of graduating* 1 23 Number of partnerships UCLan has with international institutions
3rd Largest University in the North West • £35m Invested in our new Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC) 1 00+ Clubs and Societies run by the Students’ Union 6 .5 % We are ranked in the top 6.5% of universities worldwide (Centre for World University Rankings 2020-21)
• In the latest Regeneris report *Full-time, home-domiciled, first degree leavers. (HESA Employment Performance Indicator 2018)
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WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE
The University of Central Lancashire is the international, multi-campus university tracing its roots back to 1828 and leading the way in modern learning today. We’ve always believed in helping people to seize every opportunity to flourish in education, at work and for life. We’re proud of our mission and we take it seriously. With our universal, second to none support, whatever your goal, together we’ll make it happen. We’re innovative by nature, offering more choices and creating more possibilities. Combining academic excellence and real-world teaching, we give our people the skills and experience industry needs. That’s why our talented graduates are in such high demand in the world.
Leading the way in modern learning
Today we’re one of the UK’s largest universities with a staff and student community approaching 38,000. Our employment-focused course portfolio with over 350 undergraduate programmes, nearly 200+ postgraduate courses and rich array of CPD courses means we offer you the skills and experience that industry needs. Building on last year's impressive rise of 27 places, we’ve climbed a further 5 places in the Complete University Guide 2021 and are now ranked 70th out of 130 institutions. And we’ve been ranked first for the money invested into student wellbeing services according to the 2020 Student Welfare League Table. We have been awarded Silver in the UK Government’s 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Our TEF Silver rating is based on high quality teaching, excellent teaching facilities
Whoever you are, wherever you are in life, there’s always a way.
Where opportunity creates success.
and the good careers that our graduates go on to discover.
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Our graduates
Our research On the world stage, our research teams work collaboratively with major international organisations, from the United Nations and the World Health Organisation to the European Space Agency and NASA. Whether it’s helping to produce the world’s first photograph of a Black Hole, advising the Government on the potential fire risks to those living in high rise tower block, or supporting the wellbeing of those living with dementia, our researchers are delivering accessible and impactful research that is relevant to society. Investing in the future Right now, our Preston Campus is undergoing a radical transformation as our £200mmasterplan project nears completion. Our vision to create a world-class campus for the benefit of students, staff and the whole community is becoming a reality. A new Student Centre, opening in 2021, will look out over our new civic square, which will become an exciting hub of activity, a focal point for community events and an iconic gateway linking together the city and the University. Our new £35m Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC), which opened in 2019, has become a hive of innovation, bringing together University researchers, industry experts, local businesses and students in a spirit of collaboration and discovery. Crucially, we see the EIC helping the region’s businesses to link-up with us to deliver the benefits of what has become known as the ‘fourth industrial revolution’ in areas
Multi-campus University
We’ve always believed in helping people to seize every opportunity to flourish in education, at work and for life. Through the combination of academic excellence and real-world teaching, we inspire people to transform their lives by seizing opportunities and achieving things they never thought possible. Our graduates achieve outstanding results and are highly employable. Over 69% of our students graduate with a First or 2:1 while 95.5% of our graduates enter employment or further study within 6 months of graduating ( Higher Education Statistics Agency 2018). Discover what our talented graduates are doing now.
We started life in Preston and have since grown the number our UK campuses. As well as Preston, we are also based in Burnley (East Lancashire) and Westlakes (West Cumbria). We were honoured to establish the first British University in Cyprus in 2012 having been granted an academic license by the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture. We are embarking on an ambitious Campus Masterplan vision is to create an attractive and inviting, world-class campus compatible with our status as one of the UK’s largest universities. A core principle of our plan is to integrate our campus seamlessly with the rest of the City, benefitting current and future generations of students, staff, visitors and the wider community.
A global University
Our community is made up of students from more than 100
Connecting with business
countries around the world. And we are partnered with 125 institutions across the globe making us a truly international University. We are ranked in the top 6.5% Centre for World University Rankings 2020-21 and we hold the maximum 5 QS stars for the quality of our teaching.
We are a national leader in the number of student and graduate start-up businesses we support. We’ve been ranked in the top five of UK universities for the number of graduate start-up businesses created, that’s 201 start-up businesses! Our University is Lancashire’s largest provider of graduate level qualifications and we have established links with global businesses, police constabularies, NHS trusts and more than 1,000 regional enterprises across a variety of sectors.
such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and 3D printing.
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CONNECTING THROUGH RESEARCH
“Growing a vibrant
The University cultivates a research environment that delivers demonstrable benefits to industries, organisations and communities. From advising the Red Cross over the identification of human remains to leading international studies on stroke care, our research stimulates the innovative ideas required to tackle the global challenges of the modern world and some of our research influences government policy. UCLan’s research delivers highly cited academic outputs, as well as providing a broad range of benefits and impact to the industries, organisations and community groups with whomwe work around the world. We are a leading research institution whose 16 subject areas in which our research was assessed were judged to contain ‘world-leading’ elements in the last assessment exercise, REF2014, and demonstrated both 4* and 3* quality.
We are dedicated to cultivating a supportive and stimulating research environment that will generate the innovation required to tackle today’s global challenges. Key achievements Winners of the Digital Innovation Award at the Guardian University Awards 2017 for our online resource that provides vital training to clinicians caring for stroke patients. In 2017, Professor Lubaina Himid CBE won the Turner Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious art awards, and in January 2019 she was selected as a Royal Academician in painting by the Royal Academy of Arts. UCLan were winners of the Times Higher Education Awards 2018 for Most Innovative Contribution to Business for our University collaboration with the Recycling Lives project.
community of academic innovators, nurturing postgraduate students and early-career researchers.” University of Central Lancashire Strategy 2015-2020
Professor Lubaina Himid CBE
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CONNECTING WITH THE WORLD
The University of Central Lancashire has always maintained a global outlook, focused on providing students and staff with unique opportunities and cultural experiences that impact, influence and encourage innovation in teaching, research and partnership. UCLan’s journey began in the late 1980s with Shenzhen University, when the locality amounted to nothing more than a small fishing village. Shenzhen is now one of the most successful and largest cities in China. Further partnerships followed with Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, which has seen more than 1,500 students graduate over recent years, Beijing Institute of Technology and Shanghai University of Business and Economics. It is more than 30 years since UCLan started out on its journey with China, leading the British Higher Education sector in delivering UK degrees in partnership. As China has developed so has UCLan’s offering, becoming more diverse and innovative and reflecting UCLan’s strategic approach to China. The University now enrols students from more than 120 countries and has partnerships with 125 international institutions. Its growing global reputation and reach is
stretching even further as the University encourages UK students to broaden their educational horizons, and builds on established international links to work with new partners around the world. The University’s Travel Bursary Scheme continues to go from strength to strength, providing students with the opportunity to add an international dimension to their studies. Globalisation provides life changing opportunities and our University is a true trailblazer. In September 2017, Hurricane Irma had a devastating impact on Sint Maarten where the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine is based. The University responded quickly and decisively to accommodate the displaced 643 medical students and staff who were transferred to Preston to continue their tuition in just nine days. This resulted in winning the Internationalisation category in The Guardian University Awards 2018. We achieved excellent results in the 2017 international student barometer survey in which we ranked top in the country for ‘fair and transparent assessment of work’ and ‘explanation of marking criteria and satisfaction with assignment feedback’.
“Growing strategic,
high quality partnerships in targeted overseas locations, providing
international students with
access to cutting- edge UK higher education.”
University of Central Lancashire Strategy 2015-2020
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CONNECTING WITH BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE
Growing new income streams through commercial endeavours is critical to the future financial success of the University. We believe in establishing collaborative partnerships with our business customers. What sets us apart is our strong reputation for applied business research, entrepreneurship, innovation and bringing academic excellence to life. Innovation is part of our culture and we need to continue to work hard to establish links with local, regional, national and international businesses, sharing and exchanging our expertise and research to help give our customers a competitive edge. We believe in creating a University that works for everyone - students, businesses, investors and the community. To achieve this, we build strong partnerships for sustained success, delivering excellence through collaboration. The challenges and pressures of the business world are brought together with the latest specialist expertise, research and applied practice from the world of Higher Education to achieve real results.
We have a strong track record for securing funding aimed at supporting and developing the region’s small business community. Specific projects, hosted by UCLan, or in collaboration are all aimed at wealth creation, safeguarding jobs and helping businesses gain a competitive edge. The Centre for SME Development UCLan’s Centre for SME Development is a business membership network and a gateway for small, medium enterprises (SMEs) and all types of businesses to access the wealth of support and expertise that the University has to offer. The Centre for SME Development is committed to sharing and using all the resources available to help the region’s SMEs to prosper. Our focus is on engaging with the business community to create a vibrant, co-operative and constructive network where everybody benefits from being a member.
“Cultivating a dynamic, supportive and enterprising environment in which our students, graduates and
staff can establish resilient businesses - an area in which we will continue to be sector- leaders.”
University of Central Lancashire Strategy 2015-2020
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STUDENT LIFE
Investing in our campus Our £200m Masterplan is well
Sport and wellbeing We pride ourselves in having a
healthy campus so the majority of our students are eligible for free sports membership. Students are encouraged to get involved in one of the many sporting opportunities at UCLan, either in our four-storey indoor sports centre on campus or at our outdoor sports arena, which features an international standard athletics track, cycle track, all-weather football and hockey pitches, tennis and netball courts, alongside facilities for strength and conditioning. Students’ Union The Students’ Union (SU) has over 150 clubs and societies, offering something for everyone regardless of interest or ability. They even offer students the chance to set up their own group, which range from the Disney Appreciation Society to a Quidditch group. The SU also run a range of recreational sport activity and the Give it A Go programme runs throughout the year providing numerous activities, events and trips. There are also over 25 Sports Clubs run by the Union.
underway - a major investment in creating a world-class campus which will provide all our students with an exceptional learning and social experience. Our brand new social spaces are bright, modern areas packed with comfy sofas, table tennis, pool tables, beanbags and study spaces, and are perfect for students and staff alike. Our new c.£60m student centre, will enable us to provide even better advice and support to all students. Our brand new £35 million Engineering Innovation Centre is a state-of-the-art facility, with integrated teaching and research space. It creates an environment that inspires teaching, research and knowledge exchange, establishing UCLan as a leader in engineering innovation. Our newly-opened Oasis Multi-Faith and Spirituality Centre offers a warm welcome to students of any faith or none. The creation of the new Adelphi Square will connect the University and the surrounding city like never before, providing an attractive public space which will play host to community events and become a vibrant hub of activity.
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WORKING AT UCLAN
UCLan is an organisation that is committed to delivering a welcoming and inclusive culture which promotes equality and values diversity, a commitment reflected in the shared values of those who work and study with us. Our vision is to strengthen our culture of equality, diversity and inclusion for our diverse University community, where everyone can feel safe, valued and supported. We proactively work to promote and embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in everything we do; through a range of equality awards, accreditations, networks and equality leads. We strive to ensure that our work is central to all policy development, decisions and practice, and that employment, study and other services are genuinely accessible to everyone. At UCLan we believe in allowing everyone an opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our framework of equality, diversity, dignity, respect and fairness extends to all of our community; staff, students, partners, visitors and the wider community and is strongly aligned to the University’s overarching strategy of proudly ‘transforming lives’. We recognise that continuing to draw on the widest and most diverse range of talent for our students and staff is essential to the continuing success of the University.
UCLan values the unique contribution of all staff, students and the community. We strive to create a trans-inclusive culture, workplace and learning environment; free from discrimination, harassment or victimisation where all trans people are treated with dignity and respect in the gender with which they identify. As well as offering a welcoming, inclusive and aspirational environment, UCLan offers a comprehensive benefits package to staff.
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THE CITY OF PRESTON AND THE REGION
Economically the University is one of Preston city’s biggest assets. The University is one of the largest employers in Preston. It employs one in every three staff working in universities in Lancashire and one in every 14 HEI staff from across the region. Last year our students spent more than £220 million in the region. Despite being a university city and home to 135,000 people, over two-thirds of Preston is classed as rural. Situated in the heart of North West England, Preston forms a key part of Lancashire’s diverse offer. The city of Preston is a vibrant, cultural and friendly city with a very long history. It was given the status of a market town in 1179 and obtained city status in 2002, becoming England’s 50th city in the 50th year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The city centre boasts the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, which was announced as one of 16 additional visual arts organisations across the UK to join Plus Tate, the contemporary visual arts network. The city’s historic Winckley Square Gardens have been officially reopened to the public following a £1.2 million restoration backed by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Campus life at UCLan is city-based but in less than an hour you can be on the Fylde Coast, walking in the stunning Lake District or the Forest of Bowland, sight-seeing in Lancaster, shopping
in Manchester or Liverpool, or enjoying the best local food at one of the many farmers markets in the county. Preston also has many parks, including Avenham Park, which is a fine example of traditional Victorian parkland in the heart of the city. Beacon Fell Country Park is located just 10 miles outside Preston and offers a variety of trails as well as spectacular views of the nearby Forest of Bowland and Morecambe Bay. The city is also home to Preston North End Football Club. Brockholes is an award-winning local nature reserve which is home to a range of woodland and lakeside walks and includes a variety of hides to suit all visitors; its Visitor Village scooped awards for Design and Innovation and Tourism and Leisure in 2011.
Located a short distance from the coastline, the Lake District and larger cities of Manchester and Liverpool, both of which have international airports, Preston is also one of the most networked cities in the country, easy to get to from across the UK - by road, rail and air. The city is well served by the M6 motorway both north (J32) and south (J31), and the University is half a mile from Preston railway station - a major hub on the West Coast Mainline and just under an hour away from Manchester Airport.
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THE ESTATE AND CAMPUS MASTERPLAN
The UCLan core campus in the University’s home city of Preston covers a significant swathe of the city - an area of approximately 15 hectares with 63 buildings totalling 138,000 sqm of space. UCLan has also invested significantly in recent years in its Burnley Campus to serve Pennine Lancashire. It also has campuses in at Westlakes in Cumbria and an international base in Cyprus. Collectively the campus estate creates an eclectic and highly visible built environment to support UCLan’s Mission and Strategic Aims. The University has commenced an exciting £200 million transformation plan (Masterplan) for the Preston Campus, with a vision to create a unified, sustainable and welcoming campus which will enchance the experience for all those visiting the University. The investment principles are to deliver transformational change: • Creating a shared public realm strengthening connections to the city of Preston. • Creating a physical ‘heart’ for the University - a major new public square.
• Optimising the student experience through improved learning and support spaces. • Creating specialist spaces to support areas of growth critical to the local economy - engineering, medicine and health. • Equipped to be at the heart of economic, social and cultural development and growth - responding to Preston and Lancashire’s Strategic Ambitions. • Committed to sustainability, both environmentally and financially. • Major projects emanating from the Masterplan include the £35m Engineering Innovation Centre, the c.£60m Student Centre and New Square, the Oasis Faith and Spirituality Centre as well as significant investment into social spaces and public realm across the Preston Campus. With the completion of this phase of the Masterplan in 2020/2021 we are now seeking to drive forward plans for further development and investment in our estate into the next decade.
Further details can be found at uclanmasterplan.co.uk
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JOB DESCRIPTION & PERSON SPECIFICATION
Job Title: Assistant Director of Estates School/Service: Estates and Capital P rojects Grade: Management G rade Responsible to: Director of Estates Development and Capital P rojects Responsible for: Development and Maintenance Team
• 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. • Wo rk with senior managers across all areas of the University in order to develop and improve service delivery, ensuring services meet customer needs and expectations. • Facilitate the delivery of customer focused services and maintain effective relationships with client departments and other stakeholders. p rovide appropriate feedback so that customers are aware of service standards and levels of performance. • P rovide 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.
• Wo rk with the Assistant Directors of Facilities and Commercial Services to develop cyclical, medium to long term investment strategies for existing University
Job Purpose: Wo rk closely with colleagues in the Estates and Facilities’ senior leadership team to ensure the department supports the delivery of the University’s strategic plan.
buildings, Mechanical and Electrical infrastructure and external spaces, maintenance (PP M, L TM, RM ) grounds and transport strategies.
L ead 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, PP M, L TM, RM ) and project / investment, costing and property investment appraisal, CAD / Design services and building information modelling (B IM ) environmental and design management.
• L ead 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. • W ork 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.
Act as departmental L ead on ICT and space strategy.
Main Duties and Responsibilities: • 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.
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• Manage external service providers ensuring optimum performance through robust contract management. • 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. • Take a lead role in delivering the University’s space management strategy to optimise the use of space ensuring it meets University needs and provides effective learning, teaching and research environments which have a positive impact on student experience and University life. • Ensure all managed services meet all statutory compliance requirements of current legislation and that the university is prepared to respond to foreseeable future legislative changes. • Support the Director and co- own and develop the institution wide land and buildings asset management strategy covering all sales and acquisitions protecting the universities position and maximising value
Additional Key Requirements: Managing People and Resources Manage teams of specialist professional and technical staff. Manage external contracts. Manage budgets and resources including oversight of capital project budgets.
Initiative, problem solving and decision making Have a lead role in Estates strategy and directly influence University decisions through providing professional expertise on a wide range of estates matters and lead or participate in relevant programme boards, working groups, committees and consultations. Work environment Ensure health and safety arrangements are embedded in policies, procedures and working practices throughout estates and facilities. Ensure that appropriate risk management processes are operational within own areas of responsibility
Communication
Communicate complex, sometimes contentious information to a wide variety of audiences in order to influence, achieve change where necessary and achieve results. Undertake significant negotiations on behalf of the University. Actively engage diverse stakeholder groups. Represent the University in key external networks.
Teamwork and collaborative working
Maintain positive, productive and mutually beneficial relationships with estates and facilities staff, and colleagues in Faculties and professional services departments. Ensure estates and facilities teams work effectively with colleagues across the Universit y.
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PERSON SPECIFICATION
• A degree or equivalent in a relevant subject. • A relevant professional qualification. • Significant professional experience of estates management at a senior level including relevant experience in a large, complex organisation. • Experience of managing and controlling substantial budgets together with good understanding of financial management systems. • Significant experience of planning, reporting and presenting at senior management level. • Strategic planning and organisational skills with experience of delivering agreed strategic goals in line with organisational priorities. • Experience of managing teams of professional staff. • Experience and understanding of the challenges and opportunities for estates and facilities services within the higher education sector is desirable. • An ability to understand and empathise with key issues and challenges that may present themselves in higher education over the next ten years, and to analyse the implications and opportunities that these present for the University. • Experience and demonstrable success in the management of innovation and change and of securing the support of others in process. • A sound knowledge of financial management, including experience of forecasting, formulating and managing income and expenditure budgets in a commercial environment. • Commercially astute with experience in financial and budgetary management and planning, with an excellent track record in delivering ‘best value’. • An open, empathetic and consultative style of management, combining an ability to listen with the confidence and authority to reach decisions and determine a clear way forward. • Excellent influencing skills with an ability to persuade senior management of appropriate courses of action in strategic matters. • Organised and proactive with capability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines and strong personal resilience, with high levels of drive and vision. • Excellent motivator and communicator with first class leadership, management and interpersonal skills, with strong staff management skills.
Special requirements
Able to undertake duties at different premises including any University campus as required. The postholder will need to access all areas of the University estate. Additional travel may be necessary from time to time to attend conferences and events and effectively represent the University in key professional networks. Some work outside normal office hours to effectively support University operations can be expected. There is also a requirement to attend out of hours emergencies and access to live construction sites, so the candidate will need to hold a Professionally Qualified Person CSCS card.
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HOW TO APPLY
The University is being supported on this recruitment campaign by the search consultancy The Management Recruitment Group (MRG).
To arrange a briefing conversation please contact our advisors Ben Duffill (ben.duffill@mrgpeople.co.uk / 07976 125 010) or David Craven (david.craven@mrgpeople.co.uk / 07932 717 438).
Applications should consist of a comprehensive CV (of not more than four pages) and a covering letter (of not more than two pages). Applications should be sent to ben.duffill@mrgpeople.co.uk and david.craven@mrgpeople.co.uk
The closing date for applications is 21st February 2021.
MRG will undertake preliminary interviews with selected candidates during the weeks commencing 22nd February and 1st March 2021.
Selection interviews with UCLAN will take place during March 2021.
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