University Of Sussex - Deputy Director of Estates and Facil…

Person Specification

Person Specification Element

Criteria

Skills

• Exceptional leadership skills • Capability to leading and managing multi-disciplinary internal and

external teams of estate professionals • High degree of professional acumen • Financial planning and management skills

• Ability to operate successfully in a large scale organisation • Report writing - condensing and prioritising, so the reader can suinclty understand the relevant level of information.

Qualifications • Degree in a relevant construction and property related subject • Relevant construction and property related professional membership • Post-graduate qualification in a relevant subject • Relevant project or programme management qualification

• Excellent knowledge of the construction and property industry including: * Masterplanning * Capital planning including development appraisal * Construction design

Knowledge

* Procurement and construction contracts * Project delivery methods and process * Space planning and management * Sustainability * Property procurement and leasing * Project budget development and management

• Property and asset management • UK HEI and research environment

Experience

• Experience of leading and managing capital programmes and projects on a significant scale (projects and programmes up to and in excess of £100m) * Experience of academic and research buildings and facilities * Experience gained in the higher education sector * Experience of acting as a Deputy Director of Deputy Head of Service • Experience of public procurement • Experience of team leadership • Experience of operating a large and complex estate portfolio, within a large organisation. • Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills • Credibility at a senior level within a large scale, complex organisation • Strong negotiation and influencing skills • Possessing a high degree of determination and drive, yet a collaborative and collegiate disposition

Personal Attributes

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