Head of Property Australia - Sydney, Australia - Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered

Verified Company

Sydney, Australia

3 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Job:
Property & Corporate Real Estate

Primary Location:
Asia-Australia-Sydney

Schedule:
Full-time

Employee Status:
Permanent

Posting Date: 30/Aug/2023, 2:30:17 AM

Unposting Date:
Ongoing

The Role Responsibilities

Strategy

Accountable for the development and execution of the Country Property Corporate Plan including the delivery of the property scorecard objectives and outcomes aligned to strategic goals of Workplace Experience, Safety, Efficiency and Sustainability
Accountable for the development and delivery of country property strategies, influencing key geographic and business stakeholders to ensure optimal solutions are implemented.
This role is a member of the Cluster Property Management Team, with collective responsibility for developing the Property Strategy aligned with the overall Bank strategy.

Business

The role is accountable through regional, cluster and country Property teams to ensure all aspects of the Property function are well managed, well operated and provide safe and productive work environment for the group's staff and customers
Accountable for Property engagement model with cluster/country CEO's and business leaders, to ensure the function has a deep understanding of strategic business needs and influence business outcomes beyond express needs.
Accountable for managing a portfolio 1 property of ~10k square feet of office space supporting SCB staff.
Managing a Country operating budget of US$700k, through geographic teams in the most effective and efficient manner in support of and aligned with the business strategy, through continually improving operating metrics relating to space use, costs and employee experience.

Processes

Accountable for the Property geographic operating model and resourcing/budget decisions
Develop, implement and deliver property strategies and strategic initiatives
Manage annual country Property budgets including capital projects budgets. Agree Country budgets with key stakeholders
Lead and empower teams to ensure the Country meets its respective agreed environmental targets

People & Talent

Play a leadership role accountable for providing clear, effective and supportive supervision and leadership of the Country Property team
Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from the team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners
Employ, engage and retain high quality people, with succession planning for critical role, build bench strength and formulate succession plans for the team
Develop high performing and collaborative teams and enhance crossfunctional relationships.
Set and monitor job descriptions and objectives for direct reports and provide feedback and rewards in line with their performance against those responsibilities and objectives.
Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people, and ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks
Review the team structure/capacity plans regularly and feed opportunities into Property Target Operating Model refresh.
Support the SCB promise through the active support for team CSR activities

Risk Management

As Risk Control Owner for Property Management and Security Management (including H&S regulations) in Country, responsible under the Group Operational Risk Framework for ensuring that the residual risks within the scope of Property responsibilities remain within appetite.

In discharging this responsibility, the Country Head must:

Risk control owner for all Property related risks, including Health and Safety, Security and Business Continuity Management.
Responsible for ensuring that the residual risks within the scope of responsibilities for managing the risk control areas of Property remain within appetite at Country level.
Act as a liaison between the CMT and Property for Country Crisis Management
Challenge and verify First Line risk identification and assessments, in line with changes in the internal and external environment
Identify and report key risks and ensure where outside of the risk appetite they are escalated to the appropriate body for risk acceptance
Maintain a good understanding of applicable laws and regulations pertaining to Property Risk control areas
Monitor compliance with and effectiveness of the risk control environment
Monitor 'live' risk issues and events material to the Bank and verify whether appropriate management action is being taken to mitigate their impact
Advise governance bodies on key risks, the effectiveness of mitigants and controls, and alignment of residual risks with appetite
Ensure operations in country are audit ready

Governance