College Head of Facilities

2 weeks ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom University of Glasgow Full time

**Job Purpose**
Responsible and accountable for the strategic oversight and leadership of effective and efficient facilities ranging from state-of-the-art technical infrastructure and expertise underpinning the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences’ (MVLS) research to critical operational capacities including stores provision to our two main campuses. Developing and maintaining a commercial business development plan, including external engagement, project management and developing and delivery of related strategies and policies.
To provide visionary leadership in this area of strategic importance to the College, through shaping and developing College ambition, future operational shape and associated policy, business processes and practices. This will include the development and implementation of a College Facilities Strategy, in collaboration with the Director of Professional Services, College Deans for Research & Innovation and Research Technology and with input from the Facilities Oversight Board.
A significant part of the future shape in this regard will be the bringing together of a wide range of current specialist and local technical facilities and services into coordinated and, where appropriate, unified, services functions, with this post being key to the associated change leadership.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**
1. To lead the multi-user facilities, shaping service structures and managing staff and resources to ensure efficient organisation, operation and sustainable development. Play a leading role in encouraging widespread, equitable and appropriate use and ensuring that the facilities become and remain cost-effective, both in terms of directly managed services and also through creating partnerships and matrix management arrangements for relevant capabilities across the College and University, and externally where appropriate. These facilities include a number of existing shared service units, plus a range of more distributed, and in some cases highly specialised, scientific and technical services.
2. Directly and through appropriate delegated and matrix structures, lead and drive a continuous improvement programmes, focus on ensuring that existing facilities/services meet requirements, are cost effective, and evolve and innovate their service provision arrangements. This leadership will include structured communications with key client groups, e.g. College and School management/executive bodies.
3. Provide senior leadership within the College and represent the College on matters relating to estates and facilities, with potential to cover broader remit as and when required.
4. Act on behalf of the College, as our key interface with University IT Services to ensure College IT service requirements are met, including resourcing, College IT project delivery and service improvements.
5. Workforce skills strategy and development: in line with the Technician Commitment, plan, develop and enhance the skills of a diverse community of technical, specialist and service staff; ensuring delegated leadership is in place with appropriate expert delivery capabilities; overseeing and championing an inclusive approach such the relevant staff from across the College (from both the directly managed staff and also teams from across the wider scientific/technical/services communities) are considered and included; making provision and recommendations as required in terms of structure and skills development planning to deliver future workforce profile needs.
6. Play a lead role in supporting the planning, delivery and implementation of new and often complex, operationally critical infrastructure and estates projects, including those which require close partnership with NHS GG&C.
7. Act as key partnership liaison point for matters relating to shared facilities and estates in respect of strategic partners such as NHS GG&C and the Beatson Institute.
8. Informed by the College strategic direction, priorities and operational needs, make a leading contribution to the development of the College’s vision and strategy as it relates to our estates, core facilities and wider scientific/technical and operational services.
9. Have overall financial management responsibility of all relevant budgets (in excess of £1M) to ensure strict financial control in accordance with standing University financial instructions and facilitating value for money solutions, and establish appropriate delegated structures in this regard. Responsible for reporting on budgetary performance through the Director of Professional Services in line with the Strategic Planning Review cycle.
10. Promote good practice and ensure due compliance in all directly managed areas of the College in respect of health and safety, data protection, purchasing, financial and HR, equality and diversity. Establish appropriate delegated structures in line with University policies and relevant frameworks.
11. Promote a culture of collaboration and accountabi

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