Framework Director (Education)

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Job Description

Framework Director (Education)

UK

Galliford Try work predominantly in the public sector with particular emphasis on Education, Healthcare, Custodial and Defence sectors.

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 Claire Jackson 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.

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 Director's 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 Director for 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

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
• Well-developed oral and presentation/communication skills

What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's 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, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're 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:

• 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 UK's 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 people's 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 our Integrated Solutions Division please contact Laura Mitchell on Laura.Mitchell@Gallifordtry.co.uk.

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.

Don't 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 you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't 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.