Job description
Core elements of the role include; Asset Management • Lead the development of a portfolio wide strategy to ensure the Group’s accommodation assets remain fit for purpose and attractive for students in the long-term. • Ensure a clear estates asset development strategy is established and an underpinning development control plan for all partner sites is developed. • Lead the development and delivery of UPP’s ‘refresh’ approach, a focused discipline established to enhance the standard of specific residential accommodation and communal facilities across the existing estates in order to meet the changing expectations of students. • Establish a framework for the successful delivery of complicated and material asset management redevelopment programmes. • Lead the development and implementation of capital programmes, supported by the Chief Finance Officer and other key departments. Develop business cases and financial plans. • Exploit opportunities for commercial development of estates and assets across the portfolio. • Engage other UPP departments and stakeholders as required (finance, UPP Projects Limited (UPL), UPP Residential Services (URSL) to deliver strategic and commercially sound solutions to the benefit of the Group and its university partners. SPV Management (MSA & Financial) • Ensure the effective and efficient leadership of the established SPVs with a view to optimising the delivery of each contract. • Ensure robust and transparent financial management of SPVs is in place and that all due governance protocols are followed. • Ensure the obligations contained in the Management Service Agreements for each SPV are effectively discharged. • Hold to account on behalf of the SPV the retained services provider, URSL, to deliver quality and timely services in line with the contract and spirit of partnership. • Ensure the services provided by URSL to the various SPVs are in accordance with specified performance and availability criteria and report on the same.
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