Ref Number B01-04777 Professional Expertise Estates, Facilities, Accommodation and Safety Department Vice-President (Operations) (B01) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £43,124–£51,610 Contract Type Permanent Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment No Closing Date 15-Jan-2025
About us
UCL is a globally recognized institution and one of the UK’s most successful universities. It operates an estate which includes 230 buildings across central and outer London and undertakes business activities from teaching and research to innovations and enterprise. UCL has experienced significant growth over the past 10 years with over 10% increase in space and 58% increase in student numbers. Over the next 10 years, UCL plans continued growth with a new campus UCL East on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park with several new and exciting areas of research.
A significant part of work on the estate will be improving its accessibility, thereby providing an environment which is accessible and inclusive to UCL and its wider community. In this regard, the estate presents many design challenges such as small spaces, narrow doorways, lack of accessible toilets and stepped access between levels, at entrances, exits and thresholds.
The post will support the Head of Inclusive Environments to provide in-house expertise on all aspects of accessibility and inclusive design in the estates management and facilities services for UCL. The post holder will work closely with partners and colleagues to create and maintain inclusive environments in and around UCL.
The post holder will work within the framework of the wider long-term UCL action plan, which will imply achieving the following three key objectives:
* Creating an inclusive campus, that is welcoming to all.
* Working inside and outside UCL to embed inclusive design principles across all UCL estate and operations.
* Ensuring that UCL influences the inclusive design agenda at local, regional, national and at an international level.
The role will sit within the Sustainability Team and has clear synergies with the delivery of ‘healthy and productive environments’, one of the core principles in the UCL Sustainable Building Standard.
The role requires experience of delivering comprehensive inclusive design advice for projects and estates teams. The individual will be required to work with a wide range of stakeholders in a complex environment. The individual must be able to demonstrate an understanding of current and evolving policy, practice, and guidance regarding inclusive design, and how to apply it to a variety of buildings and streetscapes ranging from new build through to listed/ heritage buildings.
About the role
We are seeking a permanent Access & Inclusive Design Specialist to join our team at our offices in central London (Kings Cross St Pancras), offering hybrid working arrangements. This role will provide expertise in accessibility and inclusive design throughout the delivery of estate projects.
The successful candidate will collaborate with the Head of Inclusive Environments to ensure that design and project processes contribute to the creation of inclusive spaces, while also ensuring that facilities services maintain and enhance accessibility across UCL. You will conduct access audits as directed and work within the framework established by the Inclusive Environments Action Plan and the Inclusive Design Strategy
About you
Qualifications, experience, and knowledge
* Strong understanding of disability issues.
* Degree or professional qualification relevant to access and inclusive design and/or an equivalent level and depth of knowledge of inclusive design and accessibility.
* Being a member of the National Register of Access Consultants, or equivalent, is an advantage.
* Demonstrate success in providing comprehensive inclusive design and accessibility advice.
* Demonstrable success holding a key role in inclusive design or accessibility for projects.
* Demonstrable experience in finding creative and innovative solutions to embedding inclusive design within complex projects.
* Experience of working effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
* Experience and appreciation of the issues concerning inclusive design within construction and higher education.
* Experience of working closely with project teams in the delivery of a range of construction projects – from minor refurbishment to new build and landscaping projects.
* An understanding of current and evolving policy, practice, and guidance regarding inclusive design.
* Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
* Pro-active, self-motivated, committed, and enthusiastic
* A creative person with a positive approach to finding innovative solutions
* Ability to operate in a complex environment
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
On-Site nursery
On-site gym
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
Discounted medical insurance
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/
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