Consistently rated amongst the world's best universities, Imperial College London (ICL) is a science-based institution with a reputation for excellence in teaching and research. Imperial has one of the largest and most diverse university estate portfolios in the country, with over 500,000 sq.m of space predominately in Central and West London, and further operational, commercial and investment property interests elsewhere in the UK.
Imperial’s White City and Hammersmith Campus is a world-class centre of innovation, discovery and connection – a place where great ideas grow. This integrated multi-disciplinary campus brings together scientific innovation, academic research, and local communities, to create impact at local, national and international scale. Our plans will grow our student base by over 5,000 and enable us to build impactful, and strategic collaborations with partners.
Reporting to the Head of Masterplanning – White City, this newly created post is responsible for providing programme management to construction and development aspects of the Whtie City Masterplan. You will work closely with the White City Programme Delivery team, aligning business programme outcomes with construction and delivery.
Main responsibilities include
- Responsible for day-to-day programme management and strong contract management processes for the design and construction elements of the White City Campus. This covers series of strategic development, construction and land projects with capital and revenue operating budgets, currently in excess of £500m.
- Taking a lead role in developing and maintaining an effective governance framework and implementing best practice programme controls to ensure effective compliance and audit requirements.
- To provide high quality, accurate and consistent monitoring and reporting to appropriate internal stakeholders including White City Development Director, Head of Procurement, White City Campus Programme Manager
The successful candidate with have proven experience in a programme and/or commercial management role ensuring governance, assurance and performance management across a range of activities on a major capital investment programme. The role calls for strong reporting skills and experience of development monitoring and implementing projects controls.
The candidate brochure can be viewed at Development Programme Manager
To arrange a confidential briefing discussion, please contact our retained advisor Nicholas Coppard of The Management Recruitment Group at nicholas.coppard@mrgglobal.com
The closing date for applications is Sunday 12th May 2024.
