Job Description
Responsibilities:
·Management of the estate's hard & soft services, health & safety and fire compliance
·Planning and implementation of building, PPM programmes, space usage and allocation
·Managing capital and revenue estate budgets
·Plan, implement, manage and review the staff, processes and procedures
·Leading and developing the annual operational planning cycle for the Estates department
·To research and compile reports as required for internal and external stakeholders
·To have overall responsibility for site works, both major and minor including consultants and contractors and ensuring their compliance with contract standards and liaising with the Health and Safety Manager to ensure all health and safety requirements
·To ensure building contracts are delivered on time and to cost/budget
·Attend meetings with funding bodies and with consultants and building contractors during the course of construction works
·Ensure the security and safety of premises for all users, ensuring they are welcoming, safe, clean and enjoyable places to learn, work and visit
·To co-ordinate environmental and sustainability policy, including energy and water conservation policies and determine an annual energy conservation programme
·Champion and implement human resources initiatives
Essential:
·Recognised degree and /or professional building services related qualification
·Significant experience of operational management of estates
·Experience of managing and implementing change programmes
·Experience of managing a complex team
·A good understanding of the Health & Safety at Work Act and its implications for Estates / Accommodation management and planning
·Extensive knowledge of strategic accommodation planning processes
·Excellent organisational and administrative management skills, including an ability to use IT
·Experience of efficient financial management, including project costing, and the management of budgets
·Pro-active approach to problem solving with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines and targets
·Ability to analyse and present information in a variety of forms (written and verbal) to a range of audiences in a range of settings
·Adaptability and willingness to encourage and support new methodologies and initiatives
Desirable
·Appropriate management qualification
·Experience of strategic and operational management of estates in Educational setting
·Experience of the control of asbestos containing materials
Right Talent is an online Flat Fee recruitment agency providing fixed fee recruitment and low cost advertising services. We offer an alternative to very high fee recruitment agencies.
We help our clients reduce their costs on staff recruitment by providing talent sourcing and management solutions that complement their in-house recruitment processes.