Estates Strategy Manager

Job title:

Estates Strategy Manager

Company:

University College London

Job description

About usUniversity College London (UCL) is ranked 9th in the QS World University Rankings and was UK University of the Year 2024 (The Times and Sunday Times). We are also the second largest University in the UK and ranked second in the UK for research power. We have over 440k alumni in 190 countries and lead the field in a wide range of academic disciplines.Together, Campus Experience and Infrastructure and Estates Development (CE&I and ED) is responsible for managing all aspects of the UCL estate from the strategic to the operational, including property asset management, master-planning, capital projects and seamless end to end operational support. The function comprises approximately 350 facilities management, construction and property professionals, project managers and customer facing operational colleagues. This key activity supports the student and campus experience for our 47,000 students and 13,000 staff across our sites.About the roleWe are hiring a Estates Strategy Manager for our campus in central London a short walk from Kings Cross St Pancras Station (hybrid working).The main purpose of this role is as follows:

• Help in the development and implementation plan for the UCL Estates Vision (currently under development) having regard to agreed Institutional and Faculty priorities.
• Support the transition to a strategic and holistic approach in managing the estate, ensuring it can accommodate and adapt to growth in student numbers and research activity.
• Promote a customer focused, constructively challenging, responsive and adaptable service to drive value and deliver a wide range of strategy projects.
• Engage collaboratively across the University, with Estate colleagues, academic staff and students, to understand requirements and to drive and promote space optimisation and efficiencies.
• Engage with service providers when seeking expert advice/work.
• Help to develop and implement short, and longer-term strategies, programmes and policies.
• Support in the preparation of high-quality business cases through Estates and University governance processes.

**Please see attached JD for a full list of duties and responsibilities**About youEssential requirements for this role is as follows;

• The post requires the professional background and experience necessary to provide professional, technical and strategic advice at a senior management level within UCL, to identify and implement opportunities for improvement and the management of change.
• Excellent presentation, communication, negotiation and influencing skills
• Excellent analytical skills with an ability to interpret and present complex data, including property financial/cash-flows
• A natural collaborator, working cross functionally and at all levels, internally and externally
• Proven influencing, negotiating and communication skills at all levels within UCL and externally
• A track record of effective stakeholder engagement and delivering high quality customer service
• Experience of managing stakeholder relationships
• Following through on commitments to people and tasks
• Taking Responsibility for making tough calls when necessary
• Using appropriate influence and persuasion to ensure outcomes that are aligned to the organisations values and goals
• Coordinating information and activities with relevant parties
• Proactively working with other people, teams, partners and functions for the benefit of the wider institution
• Being able to evaluate information and quickly identify key issues
• Encouraging innovative approached that benefit the organisation

What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme

• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)

• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan

• Immigration loan

• Relocation scheme for certain posts

• On-Site nursery

• On-site gym

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.Available documents

Expected salary

Location

North West London

Job date

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 03:54:58 GMT

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