Framework Director (Education)

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Framework Director (Education)

UK

Education is a key sector for Galliford Try the education sector is approximately 36% of the building division turnover. All regional businesses across the company are active within the sector ensuring national expertise and coverage.

65% of the value of our education sector order book is procured through frameworks highlighting our strong relationships within the sector and the value of repeat work both to us and our clients.

We have a national education team headed by Natasha Broomhead our Education Director who oversee our education portfolio and drive excellence and innovation.

Our education team members have a particular experience and expertise built up over decades of working within the sector.

Our national team also ensure consistency is delivered through our eleven regional offices.

What you will be doing:

Galliford Try operates across a number of Lots of the Department for Education (DfE) Construction Framework across England this role will support the North East Yorkshire and the North West.

The Construction Framework supports the school building programmes and is intended to meet a variety of needs supporting the delivery of building and maintenance programmes for schools academies free schools and sixth form colleges. Projects can be large new build refurbishment or remodelling and include early contractor involvement design and build or traditional projects.

The Framework Directors key role is to:

• Act as a single point of contact for the DfE Regional and Programme Managers

• Support project delivery teams at key gateways and monitor our performance to ensure delivery is in line with DfE framework requirements

• Be a consistent oversight for every project from inception through to the end of the defects liability period

• Train and inform our delivery teams on local competition protocol PI requirements and timescales for delivery

Act as Framework Directorfor Department for Education Frameworks including:

• Provide oversight direction and governance of DfE Framework schemes

• Assist with the management of pipeline and liaise with Regional Businesses to track opportunities and agree bid/no-bid decisions

• Attend Bidders Days and ensure full understanding of projects and batches; inc. scope; geography; funding; market interest; commercial attractiveness; risk etc.

• Brief support and advise Regional Businesses bid teams (internal and external)

• Support bid management (writing reviewing and production where necessary): oversee local competition responses (with Bid Manager and Regional bidding team) and SPM process (with Regional operational delivery team)

• Assist with the selection and appointment of consultants advisers design teams and supply chain partners; and brief and advise them in terms of consistency of approach required inputs and outputs expectations of coordination etc.

• Attend school/client engagements design team meetings and internal meetings as appropriate during bidding stages

• Strategic oversight of the transition from bidding to operational teams at SPM and construction phases.

• Framework-level oversight of the construction stage.

• Framework-level oversight of the development and delivery of a consistent approach to and delivery of Soft Landings and Delivering Excellence

• Assist with the production of project reviews client satisfaction reports etc.

• Collect and collate KPI progress and other data and statistics; (for reporting to GT Building Board and the DfE)

• First point of contact for DfE Project Directors. Develop and maintain relationships with DfE Project Directors DfE Programme teams and the Technical Advisers PMs and QSs associated with the framework

• Organise and deliver framework workshops training workshops briefings lessons learnt reviews on a regular basis.

• Share best practice between bid teams and Business Units

• Provide monthly scheme-specific summary reports relating to cost time performance and any key project issues

• Produce Quarterly Active Scheme presentation and present to DfE Regional Heads on a quarterly basis.

• Ensure continuity consistency (where appropriate) and continuous improvement project-to-project.

• Refine bid and engagement processes and systems client relationships etc.

• Improve commercial understanding and strategy including margins

• Communicate and ensure desired Framework behaviours are adopted on DfE Framework schemes

• Improve value for money in relation to bid costs and delivery costs

• Assist with the implementation of the Galliford Try Standardised School model containing benchmark designs design details products specifications and costs; and provide briefing workshops for new teams.

• Liaise with key supply chain partners (working with Procurement Manager) to improve pricing reliability quality continuity of design and materials etc.

• As part of the education sector leadership team participate in the development agreement and implementation of the Education Sector Strategy and the Higher Education Strategy

• Participate and contribute to education sector marketing events throughout the year

• Develop other education opportunities e.g.: other frameworks tendered opportunities negotiated work private schools mixed use developments with schools; and S106 colleges and universities when opportunities arise

About You:

• Should ideally have worked at a senior level within a UK construction organisation.

• Ability to lead and manage individuals and teams both direct and indirectly

• Ability to work remotely and be self-managing while maintaining team spirit

• Skilled at building effective relationships internally and externally

• Ability to apply strategic thinking

• Gravitas and profile to lead at a senior level and ability to influence behaviour and build a strong rapport within the business.

• Well-developed oral and presentation/communication skills

What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over 4.1 billion we are one of the industrys leading principal contractors affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UKs most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy were poised for further growth and success so if youre committed talented and enthusiastic Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people through our Be Well programme which offers discounts on certain products advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when where and how you work. Where appropriate site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices offering different amounts of structure regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement increasing with years of service plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:
Galliford Try is one of the UKs leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated progressive business driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve peoples lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need providing opportunities for our people to learn grow and progress working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values delivering excellence for our clients and the community being passionate about our role in providing vital services putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing and collaborating with our clients supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within ourIntegrated Solutions Divisionplease contactLaura Mitchell on

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time reduced hours and / or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Dont meet every requirement of the role Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try we are committed to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every requirement of the role we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.

Galliford Try are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.

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