University of Exeter - Senior Project Manager

University of Exeter - Senior Project Manager

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER CANDIDATE INFORMATION PACK

Contents Page

4 - About the University of Exeter 6 - Environmental & Sustainability 8 - Our Estate 9 - Campus Locations 10 - Job Description 15 - Person Specification 16 - Strategy 2030 19 - Our Values 20 - Working at the University Of Exeter 24 - Application Process

About the University of Exeter The University of Exeter is one of the world’s best and is a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities. Formed in 1955, the University was ranked 12th in the UK in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020 and is a Global Top 150 university according to the QS World University Rankings 2022. The University has a proud history and has grown from its roots in the South-West of England to be a truly inclusive and diverse global university with a community of over 27,000 students and 6,400 staff across four campuses in Devon and Cornwall and an increasingly significant worldwide digital footprint. Research at the University is changing lives around the world. Recent breakthroughs include the identification and treatment of new forms of diabetes, new treatments for dementia and the development of solutions in the fight against climate change. In 2018 we announced the launch of our new Global Systems Institute. One of the largest of its kind in the world, it will bring together researchers, policymakers, businesses and students from around the globe to seek solutions to the biggest environmental challenges. We also launched a new joint research centre with the Chinese University of Hong Kong that aims to tackle emerging issues related to a changing environment and human health. These developments further our commitment to research excellence and follow our largest investment in research to date; the £52 million Living Systems Institute (LSI) on our Streatham Campus. The LSI seeks to revolutionise disease prevention through predictive biology and houses over 200 scientists from a wide range of disciplines. This development complements the Environment and Sustainability Institute in Penryn which provides an interdisciplinary centre to lead cutting-edge research into the consequences of environmental change and the mitigation and management of its effects. In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF), the University ranked 16th nationally, with 98% of its research rated as being of international quality, and in 2017, was awarded a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) assessment. We are consistently ranked amongst the UK’s top universities in the Higher Education league tables produced by The Times and The Sunday Times, The Guardian and The Complete University Guide, as well as amongst the world’s top 150 universities in the QS and Times Higher Education global rankings. Exeter has always been among the leaders for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey. Our senior management team has sought to build on this strength by putting student services at the centre of our organisational strategy. The Students’ Guild and FXU (the students’ unions in Exeter and Cornwall respectively) are involved at the earliest stages of strategic planning and given a major role in making spending decisions through a specially created Student Experience Advisory Group. This has led to a remarkable degree of joint thinking and team work.

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is partnership can be seen in the landmark student services centres and hubs across our campuses including xeter which provides dedicated student support, careers advice, a 400 seat lecture theatre, shop and several hange provides a similar centerpiece for our Penryn Campus. cesses are our two Cornwall Campuses: the Truro Campus, located at the Knowledge Spa near the Royal ital, and the Penryn Campus, which is unique in the country for its joint use of space with the highly outh University. There we work closely with Falmouth Exeter Plus (FX Plus), the service delivery partner niversity and the University of Exeter, responsible for the delivery of shared services and facilities at Penryn uring that the interests of students and employees are at the heart of everything we do. FX Plus is an exempt owned by the University of Exeter and Falmouth University on a 50:50 basis. future students, the University has also set up a Centre for Social Mobility with the aim of helping all ise their potential through Higher Education. We have hosted residential courses, run outreach nd created progression schemes to help under-represented students become part of the Exeter community.

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Environmental & Sustainability Action

Sustainability is at the heart of the University’s capital investment plans. This is evidenced by one of the University’s newest buildings, the South West Institute of Technology, which opened in October 2021 on the Streatham Campus.

Moving forwards, the Estate Services team will be delivering capital projects to its new Sustainable Design Framework which promotes both low carbon construction and the Passivhaus methodology for design and operation. Project managers, design teams and contractors will develop zero carbon capital projects and deliver wider sustainability benefits. This framework has been developed in response to The Environment and Climate Emergency (E&CE) Policy Statement that declared all campus activities and operations shall have a carbon net zero impact and/or result in environmental gain by 2030 and aims to be carbon net zero by 2050.

Journey to environmental net gain and net zero

The challenge to reach net zero before 2050 is a complex one. Achieving this ambition will require everyone at the University to work together, to become industry leaders in carbon reduction and environmental net gain.

Building the Foundations

The roots are well and truly bedded now, and the first defined step of the journey to Net Zero. Since the recommendations were laid out in the Working Group White Paper in 2019, the Environment and Climate Emergency (E&CE) team have been working hard to set the scene on achieving the targets outlined in the report, and consolidate them as absolute targets i.e. 30% emissions reduction by 2025, a 60% reduction by 2030 and a net gain status by 2050 at the latest. There’s been huge progress on this, and the fruits of this labour are now very apparent. The timeline for delivery has been established, a dedicated operational carbon management team is in place and mobilisation of E&CE action is being driven by University wide projects and a Low Carbon Commitment (LCC) fund, through Thematic Forums and Climate Action Plans engaging all Colleges and teams as well as individual action through our Green rewards Programme. To drive action into all areas of the University cascades quarterly Carbon Scorecards to monitor progress and report achievements.

From September 2021, we will be moving into step 2, 3 and 4. As the programme is not linear we expect to work on these agendas holistically with an integrated approach

Our Estate The University of Exeter estate comprises over 360,000 square metres of academic, administrative, commercial and residential accommodation on 430 acres of land in Exeter, Penryn and Truro.

Our campus locations span both Devon (Exeter) and Cornwall (Truro and Penryn) across the beautiful South West of England.

The University of Exeter’s Green Flag awarded Penryn, Streatham and St Luke’s Campuses are acknowledged as the most beautiful and botanically interesting of any UK University. Streatham Campus is described by The Times as the ‘best-gardened campus in Britain’ and by The Independent as having a ‘sublime’ setting. The Streatham Campus is a registered botanical garden that is home to specialist plant collections including the National Collection of Azara in co-operation with Plant Heritage and the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens.

For tours of our campuses click here and for a drone tour of the Streatham campus click the video below.

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Streatham Campus, Exeter

St Luke’s Campus, Exeter

Penryn Campus, Cornwall

Truro Campus, Cornwall

Role Profile

Job Decript

School/Service:

Estate Services (CIOSS) Senior Project Manager

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Post:

Reporting To:

Assistant Director, Capital Development

Purpose of therole:

The main focus of the job is to provide high quality project management for the implementation and delivery of a range of key complex and/or major capital projects within the University’s Infrastructure programme. These will include the construction, refurbishment and major planned maintenance of academic buildings and student facilities, generally valued in the range £2m - £25m. The post holder will also support the Assistant Director, Capital Development in a range of other professional duties including: the production of feasibility studies, cost estimates and investment appraisals; professional and strategic advice; delivery of smaller value projects and the planning & management of programmes of work.

Main duties and accountabilities:

Project Management and other Technical Duties

To take responsibility for the planning, implementation and management of key projects within the University’s Infrastructure programme, including co-ordination of activities; managing and monitoring University staff, consultants and contractors to deliver projects within scope, on time and within budget. In particular to: • Work with stakeholders to define and produce the project brief for both consultancy services and works. • Engage with College and Professional Services colleagues to support them in developing ‘Master Plans’ for the buildings and estate they occupy. • Establish meetings structure for Project Working Groups, Project Monitoring Groups, and design team meetings, etc. Lay down procedure for convening, chairing, attendance, function, frequency and responsibility for recording of meetings and circulation of information. Monitor communications and distribution of information. Set up and chair these meetings • With the Project Working group and other users and stakeholders, develop the initial and detailed briefs, including the production of room >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25

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