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To provide professional and technical support to the Head of Estates Development
in the development and delivery of the capital works programme in line with
University policy and procedures including responsibility for the successful
management and delivery of development projects across the University
built estate in line with agreed budgets, timescales, and defined levels of quality.
The works will span buildings, associated plant and engineering assets covering
teaching areas, residential buildings, and commercial facilities together with
associated campus grounds.

Key Responsibilities
and Accountabilities:

• To take a senior lead on minor works and capital projects providing

professional advice and guidance on the project delivery processes, all
technical information on project management practices including
understanding of all relevant government legislation associated with the
delivery of estate development and redevelopment works.

support, clear direction and instruction regarding all activities in the
delivery of minor works, planned maintenance and capital projects from
inception to handover and beyond.

and monitoring of nominated capital projects spending and
associated profiling highlighting any spend risks together with
mitigation measures.

and preparation of advisory reports on selection of procurement routes
and timeframes.

procurement, ICT and legal services duties involved in the delivery of
nominated projects as required.

guide, advise and influence other Faculty/ Service teams, clients, and

customers to embed principles of compliance within day-to-day delivery of
services and future thinking.

robust business continuity processes in accordance with the
University/ Service business continuity plan.

implementation; contract administration and technical and operational
commissioning.

risk management, mitigation measures and resolution including provision
of regular, clear and detailed verbal/ written update reports, as required, to
the Head of Estates Development supporting all activities in the delivery of
projects from inception to handover and beyond.

and manage external consultants and contractors including via University
and other construction frameworks.

external agencies, funders and Planning and Building Control.

• Support University carbon reduction targets, implementing current best

practice associated with sustainable buildings.

construction industry regulations and good practice as it relates to the
University and the duties of this role, and to ensure all relevant written
records are produced and maintained for ‘in house’ or outside bodies
inspection as necessary.

Special
Circumstances:

• The University operates an Agile Working Policy with the expectation of a

minimum of 60% on site attendance across a 37-hour week.

• There may be an occasional need for evening or weekend out of hours

work

Part 2A: Essential and Desirable Criteria

Essential
Qualifications and Professional Memberships:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent standard, together with a

recognised qualification in surveying, engineering, or an estates or
development discipline.

Knowledge and Experience:
• Demonstrable experience of project managing multiple projects,

influencing others to work to high standards with integrity within a fast-
paced environment.

• Experience of managing professional staff/ teams, capital and revenue

budgets and risk within an estates & facilities environment.

• Experience of working in a project management environment.
• Experience in the development and implementation of a mixed portfolio of

different forms of construction contracts and a fuller
understanding of their respective applied benefits

• Demonstrable experience of managing construction projects from inception

to completion through the RIBA stages of work.

Desirable
Qualifications and Professional Memberships:

• Member of a recognised industry body.
• Relevant management qualification.
• Health & Safety qualification.
• Formal project management training.
  

Knowledge and Experience:

• Higher education sector experience

Part 2B: Key Competencies
Competencies are
assessed at the
interview/selection
testing stage

Service Delivery

• The role holder is required to deal with internal and external contacts where

service is usually initiated by the role holder, working with the organizations
overall procedures or policies OR proactively seeking to explore and
understand customer’s needs to adapt the service accordingly to ensure
the usefulness or appropriateness and quality of service (content, time,
accuracy, level of information, cost).

Decision Making & Outcomes

• The role holder is required to take independent decisions that have a

significant impact. The role holder is required to be party to some
collaborative decisions; work with others to reach an optimal conclusion
that have a major impact. The role holder is required to provide advice or
input to contribute to the decision-making of others that has a major impact.

Communication

• The role holder is required to, understand and convey straightforward

information in a clear and accurate manner and the role holder is required
to, understand and convey information which needs careful explanation or
interpretation to help others understand, taking into account what to
communicate and how best to convey the information to others and the role
holder is required to, understand and convey complex conceptual ideas or
complex information which may be highly detailed, technical or specialist

Written or electronic communication and visual media

• The role holder is required to, understand and convey straightforward

information in a clear and accurate manner and the role holder is required
to, understand and convey information which needs careful explanation or
interpretation to help others understand, taking into account what to
communicate and how best to convey the information to others and the role
holder is required to, understand and convey complex conceptual ideas or
complex information which may be highly detailed, technical or specialist

Teamwork & Motivation
• The role holder is required to clarify the requirements and agree clear

task objectives for team members; organise and delegate work fairly
according to individual abilities; help the team focus their efforts on the
task in hand and motivate individual team members.

Liaison & Networking

• The role holder is required to carry out standard day-to-day liaison using

existing procedures in order to influence events or decisions; undertake
active collaboration to pursue a shared interest. The role holder is required
to participate in networks within the organisation or externally in order to
influence events or decisions; undertake active collaboration to pursue a
shared interest. The role holder is required to initiate, develop, or lead internal
networks in order to influence events or decisions; undertake active
collaboration to pursue a shared interest. The role holder is required to
initiate, develop, or lead networks which are external to the institution in order
to ensure dissemination of information in the right format to the right people
at the right time; build relationships and contacts to facilitate future exchange
of information.

Planning & Organising

• The role holder is required to plan, prioritise and organise the work

or resources of self and others within own area on a daily, weekly or
monthly basis; plan and manage small projects, ensuring the
effective use of resources; receive information from and provide
information to others to complete their planning; monitor progress
against the plan and it is an important requirement to take
responsibility for the operational planning and implementation of
larger projects or an area of work; co-ordinate a number of teams or
projects on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis; set performance
standards and establish monitoring procedures to keep track of
progress across these different aspects of work; provide input to
longer term planning

Date Completed: February 2023