Barclays Bank Of Ghana is seeking to recruit an experienced professional and enthusiastic individual to lead the Corporate Real Estate Team to deliver first class services within the business.

Head Of Corporate Real Estate Services - Ref: 00066794

The Role
The role holder will be primarily responsible for the management of the Real Estate Portfolio and strategy. The individual will also be responsible for all components of property risk.

Key Accountabilities

•  Act as an expert referral point for operations strategy as it relates to property, premises, facilities management and health and safety disciplines.
•  Contribute to the annual and long-term planning and strategy sessions for Operations in the country.
•  Own the Real Estate Financial budget and identify initiatives for reducing costs and initiate projects to implement cost-saving measures.
•  Manage proper governance and controls relating to property management and procurement activity, which are compliant with organization's guidelines.
•  Develop, agree amd apply appropriate supporting property standards, e.g. density of occupation, reusable standard layouts etc.
•  Drive change initiatives and re-nogotiate stretching service level agreements with suppliers to ensure the internal customer service bar is continuosly raised.

Knowledge & Expertise

•  Ability to identify value destroyers within the process chain or add value to the end to end services offered.
•  Familiar with property rental values, property rental values, property service cost, valuation models, market benchmarks, etc.
•  Good awareness of developments in property strategy across external marketplace
•  Detailed understanding of building design and operational standards
•  Experience of corporate real estate portfolio management.

Experience & Qualification

•  Tertiary qualification in the building sciences
•  Advanced Finance and Accounting knowledge.
•  At least 5 years at a senior level in a corporate real estate environment preferably in a multi-national organisation
•  Experience of strategic planning and financial planning environments and tools

How To Apply For The Job

To apply, please visit Barclays Careers website at:-

www.barclaysafricajobs.com

Closing Date: 23th July, 2012