Head of Facilities

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa ADvTECH Full time

**Overview of the Job**: Key Characteristics**:

- +105 owned and leased properties supporting the ADvTECH Schools and Tertiary education, and Resourcing divisions.
- +R370 million rand per annum incurred cost to be managed for cleaning, hygiene, security, landscaping, property rates and utilities.
- Several national facility services and management outsourced contracts for lifecycle management.
- Diverse client stakeholder management including Principals, Business Managers, Financial Managers, and Executives.
- Varied facility management maturity levels requiring differentiated management to bring all to consistent standard and maturity.

**Key Objectives**:

- Develop and implement a group-wide facility management strategy that aligns and supports the Group, Divisional and Brand strategy and strategic objectives.
- Establish e a structured and professional Facility Management function and reporting system that is standardised and of high maturity across all Brands and Properties.
- Achieve cost and operational efficiency across all facility management areas.
- Improve coordination between Properties and Brands with regards to budgets and scope of services.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Development and refinement of facility management strategy aligned to and supportive of the ADvTECH group strategy and strategic objectives.
- Development and refinement of facility management strategy that includes the use of appropriate technology: for utility efficiency and sustainability considerations; operations and maintenance and optimised utility sourcing.
- Management of teams (office and site teams).
- Stakeholder management (Exco, Brand MD’s, Principals etc.).
- Utility management and development of reporting system supported by appropriate technology (IOT).
- Service provider management (SLA’s, monthly reports, financial analysis, corrective action etc.).
- Management accounts and budget management.

**Educational Requirements**:
**Minimum**:

- Tertiary qualification in built-environment disciplines of architecture, engineering, project management, quantity surveying, and/or facilities management.
- Bachelors Degree.

**Ideal**:

- Post-graduate qualification in built-environment disciplines of architecture, engineering, project management, quantity surveying, maintenance or construction management and/or facilities management.
- MBA or Masters Degree equivalent.

**Experience Required**:

- 5 years - Strategic facility management.
- 5 years - Integrated facility management operations, i.e. management of facility services and facility management processes.
- 3 years - Management of built-environment technical/engineering aspects including maintenance and utilities management.


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