UEA - Deputy Director of Estates and Facilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

Main duties include: 1. Leadership, management and motivation of a multdisciplinary team of property professionals including Project Managers, Surveyors and Engineers. 2. To be responsible for the oversight of all Capital Projects, fabric and services, to ensure programme management of projects, allocating scarce resources to the benefit of the University. 3. Leadership of estates strategy development, estate master planning, strategic planning of LTM and asset management. Driving forward and delivering the wider Estates and Facilities strategy and sub-strategies as the Deputy Director: the Division’s Strategic Objectives; Estate Quality Campus Initiative; Built Assets IntegratedDevelopmentStrategy;AssetConditionreplacementplan; LTM plan; and Performance Standards for the Division. 4. Lead the Capital Investment Plan and LTM planning process to ensure that the University is fit for purpose to deliver excellence in research and teaching. 5. Lead on strategic estate issues including option appraisal and feasibility analysis of development schemes and collaboration with development partners. 6. Leadership of the capital programme consisting of refurbishment and new build construction projects generally from £250k to in excess of £30m in value. 7. Responsibility for demonstrating value for money and improving delivery of capital and refurbishment projects. 8. Leadership of in-house design, engineering, energy and project management functions and processes to deliver best in sector at best value. 9. Lead on the delivery of flexible, cost effective, efficient MEP services infrastructure and maintenance to standards appropriate to meet statutory and business needs and operationally resilient and robust. 10. Lead on the creation of University Design Guides for use in capital and revenue projects, acting as the Intelligent Client for all infrastructure schemes. 11. Leadership of minor works and estate improvement programmes consisting of refurbishment, maintenance and alteration projects with individual projects ranging from £25k to £250k in value.

12. Lead the space management function to ensure efficient and appropriate use and development of space. 13. To integrate Space Management Group policies within the Capital Investment Plan and lead on developing an innovative approach to spaceuse through capital or refurbishment projects and liaisonwith Learning and Teaching services. 14. To lead on property and asset management of University owned property including management and delivery of University asset/ condition surveys. 15. Working with colleagues, lead the development of a coherent team and structure, encouraging cross functional and cross directorate working. 16. Provide leadership at all levels of the University, on all aspects of estate building and services improvement programmes to support Faculties and Directorates in meeting the needs of students/staff/ service users. 17. Develop strategic initiatives for the Division in response to the Division’s strategic goals and leading on the delivery of them (creating a great campus – always works, sense of place, inspiring spaces, safe and secure, fit for purpose, offering great service and sector-leading in sustainability). 18. To ensure the service is proactive and customer-focused, cost effective and efficient and meets statutory regulations and standards and is able to record and report its activities using industry standard systems. 19. To manage the University’s capital programme and deliver projects through from planning to completion having budgetary responsibility for the Department and its outputs; contributing to forward planning of budgets with Assistant Director of Estates Finance, Risk and Administration . 20. To develop and implement the Space Management Policy to achieve optimum estate use and value.

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