Associate Director - Asset Strategy & Workplace
Built Environment
Hybrid, Edinburgh based
Attractive reward package
We’re looking to recruit a Built Environment Professional to join our Asset Strategy & Workplace team.
Background
Our Asset Strategy & Workplace team works across the public sector to provide guidance and to support organisations with their asset planning which includes estate strategies, property related business cases, co-locations and workplace advice.
Sharing knowledge and best practice across the public sector is a key element of the team’s work.
The team is embarking on an extended programme of work with Scottish Government to develop a consistent approach to asset strategies.
This will build on the team’s Asset Strategy guidance developed in partnership with Scottish Government and follows on from Scottish Government publishing its ‘investment hierarchy’ developed to support improved visibility of long term infrastructure needs and prioritisation of investment. This will require a high level of engagement across the public sector with experts in fields of interest both within the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) and across the private sector.
Principal Accountabilities
* Support our work to develop a more consistent approach to asset strategies across the public sector. This will include engagement with stakeholders to better understand future needs and emerging infrastructure requirements, research into best practice, and developing guidance and templates that will ensure a more consistent and standardised approach.
* Support activity to understand the existing capability, skills and resource involved in strategic asset planning across the public sector, together with consideration of potential models for future delivery.
* Be responsible for the on-going management of the asset strategies programme, including stakeholder mapping, tracking progress against the programme plan, providing update reports etc.
* Provide specialist input and support to other asset and estate programmes being developed across the public sector.
* Support SFT’s ‘place’ activity, in particular the asset implications that may arise
* Work collaboratively across the team to support other key initiatives, programme and projects.
* Prepare and participate in key presentations to senior management teams
* Promote and practice collaboration and sharing knowledge to support SFT’s broader infrastructure activities.
* Provide input to SFT’s corporate reporting on workstream activities and contribute to SFT’s outcomes in areas of responsibility.
Essential knowledge, skills and experience
* Degree or equivalent.
* A relevant professional qualification (e.g. RICS, RTPI etc) with at least 5 years PQE, or equivalent experience, preferably in the built environment sector.
* A good understanding of the policy, regulatory and economic drivers across the social infrastructure landscape including the climate change, whole life cost and the place and inclusive growth agendas.
* Programme and project management experience.
* Self-motivated with a strong ability to prioritise tasks and actions.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for engaging with a wide range of stakeholders.
* Ability to filter information and assess priorities and their relevance.
* Strong data analysis, presentational and report writing skills.
* Experience of working successfully with and cultivating relationships across organisations.
Competencies
Strategic Thinking
The ability to have a clear understanding of policy and business environment and to formulate longer term goals and priorities to deliver sustainable and improved outcomes for the organisation and stakeholders.
Impact & Influence
The ability to convince, persuade or influence others towards a point of view. It is about working collaboratively with others to gain commitment to a course of action, idea or vision.
Working with Others
The willingness and the ability to work positively and proactively with colleagues and others by creating open and honest working relationships in order to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Enabling Change
The ability to plan to make a specific change or to put into practice a programme of change. It involves developing a strategy to make the change that is needed, taking note of barriers, risks and the need to put appropriate monitoring and communication systems in place.
Drive for Results
The drive to put energy into achieving results and take action to exceed goals and expectations. This includes being courageous in striving for continuous improvement and taking calculated risks to pursue opportunities to deliver results more effectively and efficiently.
Location
Based in Edinburgh (we operate on a hybrid working approach) with a minimum attendance of 1 day per week in the office, plus travel to attend meetings, workshops, site visits and training & conferences.
Benefits
This role is a permanent, full-time position (35 hours per week), although we are happy to
consider flexible working arrangements, including part-time.
An attractive salary is offered together with a car allowance for a low emission vehicle,
membership to the Lothian Pension Fund defined benefit pension scheme, and 34 days annual
leave - increasing to 39 after 5 years’ service – including public holidays.
Contact
Please submit your CV through LinkedIn or to HR@scottishfuturestrust.org.uk
Equality, diversity and inclusion
As an equal opportunities’ employer, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and
prospective employees and do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex,
sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity,
or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified
applicants from a wide range of backgrounds, to apply and join SFT.