Job Description

About the Role

This is a key role within the global Real Estate & Workplace Centre of Excellence (CoE) team and is responsible for delivery of real estate portfolio services (acquisition, portfolio management and disposal) across the OUP\xe2\x80\x99s EMEA and Americas real estate portfolio (c.85 properties).

Key Accountabilities:

• Manage and coordinate real estate activity across a diverse regional portfolio of operational and investment properties.
• Partner with senior members and functional business partners in the OUP\xe2\x80\x99s business divisions to support development of property strategies aligned to business needs.
• Support the management and development of the OUP\xe2\x80\x99s property/lease database (currently hosted by an external provider) and ensure that portfolio data is maintained accurately and in a timely manner.
• Promote best corporate real estate practice across the portfolio in support of the OUP\xe2\x80\x99s core strategic property objectives of maximizing utilization of the OUP\xe2\x80\x99s space.
• Prepare and manage property and project-related budgets and expenditure.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with the OUP\xe2\x80\x99s third party suppliers.

We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.

This is a fixed term contract for 24 months.

About You

In this role you will partner with the OUP\xe2\x80\x99s business divisions to support the development and implementation of property strategies in support of business needs, ensuring consistent application of the OUP\xe2\x80\x99s global real estate standards and processes.

Skills and Attributes:

• Ability to build strong, trusting relationships and effectively influence and gain support for ideas.
• Possess a sound understanding of the real estate industry and strong persuasive presentation and negotiation skills.
• Experience with ad hoc data modelling.
• Experience of managing real estate within a corporate environment, across multiple geographies and across multiple asset classes.
• Strong commercial acumen, able to place real estate in a wider business context and capable of providing robust and accurate advice to business divisions.
• Strong financial, analytical and planning skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Highly customer-focused, willing to strive for excellence.
• Experience of managing real estate software systems and lease databases.

Benefits

We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days\xe2\x80\x99 holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.

We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.

This role comes with the added benefit of a discretionary annual bonus.

Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.

Queries

Please contact tobi.ogunnaike@oup.com with any queries relating to this role.

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.

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