ROLE DESCRIPTION (CONTINUED)
• To ensure that the College is in compliance with all statutory and legal requirements relating to the estate. • To build strong relationships with relevant local agencies (e.g. the local London Boroughs, neighbouring educational and public sector organisations) to find opportunities for collaborative working (e.g. working together to maximise use of space) for mutual benefit. • To seek out and identify opportunities for local estate development (e.g. freehold, long lease acquisition, short term rental arrangements) in line with the College’s space needs, including opportunities for Student Accommodation, working collaboratively with the Director of Student Experience. • To work with other senior College stakeholders (e.g. Director of Finance, Director of Development & Alumni, Director of Enterprise) to identify third party funding opportunities in support of infrastructure development projects. • To ensure that the College manages effectively such rentals and leases as it undertakes. • As a senior member of the College professional services staff, to work with other departments to ensure that the professional services as a whole support the College’s activities. • To take overall responsibility for managing the College’s Estates-related budgets and to ensure that the College achieves value for money from this expenditure. In addition, you will be required to: • Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required. • At all times to carry out your responsibilities with due regard to the College Code on Equality and Diversity and its Dignity at Work Policy. • At all times to help maintain a safe working environment by attending training as necessary and following the College’s Health and Safety Codes of Practice and Policy.
• To take overarching responsibility for the College’s carbon reduction programme, ensuring that the College moves towards an ever more sustainable estate, minimising its impact on the environment and encouraging environmentally sustainable behaviour by users of the estate. The College has an ambition to achieve the highest standards in this regard. • To maintain a culture of compliance across the Estates & Facilities Department with particular regard to policies and procedures in connection with risk management, HR, financial probity, Health & Safety, and Diversity and Equality. • To ensure that all Estates activities are conducted in line with the College’s internal governance arrangements, including those which govern strategic and capital projects. • To be the lead professional and technical adviser and to provide specialist advice to the College’s Senior Management Team and the Council on all estates-related matters, building a constructive working relationship with the Chair of the Council’s Estates & Infrastructure Committee. • To ensure that the Estates & Facilities department operates in an open, transparent and customer-focused manner, with particular focus on remove organisational and cultural barriers which prevent effective working both within the Estates & Facilities Department and with other College departments. • To provide leadership to all staff within the Estates & Facilities department and maintain a performance management culture with a clear focus on effective staff appraisal, a commitment to support professional and personal development, and use the College’s reward systems in a fair and transparent manner. • To promote efficiency and flexibility in the use of physical resource and realise operational efficiencies through effective resource management, process re-design and implementation of change initiatives to achieve improvements in service quality and value for money. • To take overall responsibility for maximising the commercial revenue generating potential of the estate through appropriate activities (e.g. events, conferences, lettings).
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