SOAS - Head of Space and Workplace

Person Specification

Job Title: Head of space and workplace Department: Estates and Facilities Directorate Criteria Headings Essential

Desirable

Qualifications/ Education/ Training

• Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience.

• Project management qualification

• Membership of professional body e.g. RICS, BIFM, RIBA.

• Relevant AutoCAD qualification. • Experience of working within the HE sector and knowledge of key challenges facing the sector.

Experience

• Significant experience of Space Management at a senior and strategic level in a complex multi-building organisation. • Successful track record of high-level stakeholder influence particularly with professional and specialist groups.

• Track record of implementing agile working.

• Track record of working with timetabling staff responsible for meeting the needs of the teaching programme.

• Project management experience.

• People management experience including experience of influencing others.

• Academic timetabling including occupancy and utilisation measures.

Skills/ Aptitudes/ Competences/

• Excellent communication skills, able to write clear and concise reports and give clarity orally to specialists and non-specialists at varying degrees of seniority.

• Knowledge of pedagogical learning styles.

• Specialist space planning software, advanced use of databases and spreadsheets.

• Good interpersonal skills.

• Knowledge of best practice in Space Utilisation.

• Proficient in the use of AutoCAD and Excel.

• Highly numerate and analytical.

• Analysis of data and make and implement recommendations.

• Highly organised with good attention to detail, deadlines and accuracy.

• Influencing skills.

Other

• Ability to work with competing priorities and work flexibly to meet deadlines.

• Knowledge of best practice in Space Utilisation.

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