Senior Space Management and Data Officer

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Space Management & Data Officer to join our growing Space & Asset Management Team at Reading.

About the role

The Senior Space Management & Data Officer role will strengthen the existing space management capabilities within the team providing much needed resilience and bandwidth for innovation.

Reporting to the Head of Space & Asset Management, the role holder will have overall responsibility for the quality, accuracy and availability of space related data for the entire Estate. The viability of this data is closely linked to the roll out of a new Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) system. The successful roll out of the system and embedding of new processes will form a large part of the role during the first year.

In the short term we look to this role to ensure the quality and timeliness of our statutory reporting by stabilising processes and establishing a robust and efficient schedule of reports. Beyond this, the role holder will be responsible for delivering enhanced approaches to reporting and space management enabling us to significantly improve our offering, particularly in terms of longer term planning and strategy development.

The role is a highly collaborative one with multiple key stakeholders within the Estates directorate and across the wider organisation. It also has line management responsibility for a junior Space Management & Data Officer.

About you

You will have significant skill in managing processes and influencing people. You will be a team player with the ability to work with stakeholders at all levels and from all parts of the University organisation.

Educated to degree level, you will have additional qualifications in Space Management and/or reporting tools such as PowerBi, Tableau or Crystal Reports. You will have substantial experience working in Space Management roles for large and complex organisations, ideally with some experience in various methods for monitoring and measuring utilisation.

You will be able to demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement and will have experience of developing and embedding space policy and standards.

You will have good communication and interpersonal skills, responding with flexibility to shifting priorities and changes in the urgency of allocated tasks.

Informal contact details:
Contact role: Head of Space & Asset Management
Contact name: Michele Facer
Contact phone: 07702 592 558
Contact email: m.j.facer@reading.ac.uk

Alternative informal contact details:
Contact role: Campus Planning Director
Contact name: David Wallace
Contact email: d.j.wallace@reading.ac.uk

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. By reference to the applicable SOC code for this role, sponsorship may be possible under the Skilled Worker Route.  Applicants should ensure that they are able to meet the points requirement under the PBS.  There is further information about this on the UK Visas and Immigration Website.

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and is a Diversity Champion for Stonewall, the leading LGBT+ rights organisation. Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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