UCL Assistant Director, Property & Asset Management

JOB DESCRIPTION

Post Title:

Assistant Director, Property & Asset Management

Division:

UCL Estates

Reporting To:

Director, Estates Strategy

Grade:

10

Key dimensions The UCL Estate comprises over 230 buildings valued at a reinstatement value of £3bn+. UCL is in the midst of a 10 year Capital Programme with a value of £1.25bn in which UCL Estates is helping shape the transformation of the university. The role of Property & Asset Management within Estates encompasses all strategic and operational property and asset management activities across UCL’s extensive portfolio, ensuring optimised use of the existing portfolio and responding to future institutional ambitious. The Property & Asset Management team plays a crucial role in enabling the transformation of UCL’s world-class estate by helping secure valuable planning consents, the negotiation of S106 agreements, the acquisition of space (both freehold and leasehold) outside UCL’s existing footprint and to act as a link with colleagues in Estates Strategy to ensure UCL’s academic departmental needs are met, having regard to the Institution’s wider needs and resources. Job purpose The Assistant Director, Property & Asset Management is responsible for leading on all property and asset management activities across UCL’s extensive portfolio, ensuring optimised use of the existing portfolio and responding to future ambitious. The post holder will: • Contribute to the wider Institutional Estates Strategy by working closely with the senior Estates team, acting as the subject matter expert for property & asset management. • Continually review and further enhance the Property & Asset Management Strategy in line with the wider Estates team aims. • Provide a highly commercial approach, ensuring property transactions represent value for money and remain in line with the institutions wider aims and reputation. • Manage, lead and mentor a team of Estate Surveyors, ensuring that they meet and deliver requirements of the estate strategy, whilst ensuring their own professional development. • Act as an ambassador of UCL, demonstrating a service of excellence at all times. • Responsibility for all recommendations and delivery relating to strategic acquisitions, disposals, asset management and other property related issues.

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