Property Professional Lead

6 months ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom Scottish Government Full time

Overview:
An opportunity has arisen for the post of Professional Project Lead to support the Glasgow Office Project (GOP) Director in the delivery of a new purpose-built net zero carbon office Hub in Glasgow city centre for Scottish Government together with a number of its Public Bodies.

The GOP aims to consolidate the Scottish Ministers’ Glasgow estate from 5 buildings into 1 smaller, exemplar, energy efficient building designed to support new inclusive hybrid working policies, foster greater collaboration between departments, and to deliver financial efficiencies and value to the public purse in providing an accessible and modern working environment.

A dedicated project team is being created to deliver the Project reflecting the scale, complexity and range of activity that will be required to deliver the various stages of the project. The team will sit within the Property & Construction Division (PCD) of Scottish Government reporting to the Chief Surveyor/Deputy Director of PCD (Senior Responsible Officer for the Project) and be aligned with the governance of the Single Scottish Estate (SSE) Programme.

The SSE will support a more efficient approach to public sector property management, optimising costs and estate footprint, enabling the delivery of excellent public services The programme supports publicly-funded bodies to work across organisational boundaries to co-locate, share on-site services wherever possible, make best use of technology and changes in working practices to optimise the estate footprint, release surplus space and enable bodies to step towards a net zero estate. This work is aligned to Public Service Reform and to deliver a commitment in Programme for Government.

PCD leads, enables and delivers the best public sector property and construction procurement policy for Scotland, improving the work of property and procurement professionals and the stewardship of Scottish Ministers built assets to deliver social and economic outcomes aligned to Scotland’s National Performance Framework. PCD’s work is varied, fast-paced and high profile, and involves regular contact with Ministers and senior stakeholders and the postholder will have access to expertise across the division and beyond.

The division currently includes three other teams: Construction Procurement Policy Unit (CPPU), Property Finance and Support and Property Services.

**Responsibilities**:
The Professional Project Lead will be managed by the GOP Director and also work closely with the SSE Programme Director and Programme Manager, to align the project with the overall SSE programme objectives and outcomes.

This role will include, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

- Supporting the SRO and Project Director where required, ensuring that effective and accurate information is provided and questions from Ministers, SG Executive Team, GOP Board and stakeholders can be answered fully and timeously.
- Having overall responsibility for the commercial activities related to the project, ensuring value for money is achieved.
- Providing authoritative and robust commercial property advice and assurance during the commercial heads of terms negotiations, including clear instructions to the Scottish Ministers’ appointed legal team.
- Owning and influencing stakeholder relationships to ensure end user needs are understood and accurately specified, communicating between the bodies and the Project Team.
- Oversee the development and implementation of the interim Glasgow estate strategy, supporting and aligning stakeholders with security of tenure over existing premises through to delivery of the new GOP facility; appointing and managing external suppliers as appropriate, developing appropriate business cases, instructing solicitors where appropriate and reporting on progress to the Project Director making sure that costs, budgets, plans are controlled and implemented.
- Lead support, monitor and report on progress of the Project delivery workstreams to ensure collective requirements are accurately captured and delivered during the design and implementation of the construction and fit-out phases.
- Support the development of reporting and briefing materials, ensuring they are accurate and timely and deputising for the Project Director where required.
- Having responsibility for stakeholder management and benefits realisation, ensuring that benefits are identified, understood, measured, tracked and owned, and there is an appropriate Benefits Realisation Strategy in place to monitor the longer-term delivery of benefits against the business case.

**Competencies**

Leading Others

Communications and Engagement

Improving Performance

Analysis and Use of Evidence

Essential Criteria & Qualifications:
**Essential Criteria**

It is essential that the Professional Project Lead:
1. Is a capable Senior Leader with experience of complex project delivery demonstrating the ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams, working colla

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