**Duties and Responsibilities**
The position reports to the Manager, GCSIR. The role focuses on all areas of Global Real Estate: Transactions, Project Management, Facilities Management and requires a strong mix of technical experience in corporate real estate, property and/or facilities management and a strong track record in managing a decentralized team. Extensive experience of delivery in emerging markets with experience in similar large corporates or international organizations and their practices, processes and procedures is required.
**Key areas of responsibility include**:
- Client Engagement: Advising Country Office Staff and Management in all real estate, property administrative, project management and facilities/property management related endeavors.
- Corporate Real Estate: Oversight of ongoing review, revision, development, and implementation of WBG global real estate, facilities management, workplace environment planning, procurement standards, policies, and processes. Portfolio Management (Site evaluation and selection for office relocations, expansions, contractions, or new locations. Evaluation and negotiation of lease conditions and terms - financial and operational), Lease Management, Real Estate Strategy & Planning.
- Governance: Ensure that the team follows the required WBG governance procedures.
- Operations & Facilities Management: Regional oversight of ongoing facilities management of the physical offices that includes maintenance and operations, design and construction, space allocation and management, capital improvement projects, and all property administrative services to ensure that facilities are operated in a safe, healthy, secure, sustainable, efficient, and cost-effective manner, supporting WBG staff globally.
- Project Management: Extensive oversight of project implementation, including planning, development, broad direction for facilities and real estate related project work that include Real Estate Expansions, Relocations, Consolidations, Reconfigurations, and new Building Constructions. Project budget evaluation and fit-out/building cost estimation (order of magnitude).
- Strong collaboration and coordination with multiple internal and external service providers, including but not limited to other project implementation managers, budget staff, procurement staff, IT specialists, security providers, architects, engineers, developers, real estate brokers, landlords, construction managers, furniture providers, etc.
- Controllership: Maintain robust financial approaches, policies, and procedures in line with central standards and policies and other corporate expectations.
- Efficiency: Advocate and drive cost-effective delivery of services, promoting stronger analytical support, transparency, simplicity, standardization, and automation.
- Capital budget development planning and input for real estate and property/facilities project needs.
- People management: Lead and develop a regional team.
- Contract Management: Reviewing and advising on various facilities/property management related contracts.
- Data & Metrics: Oversight to ensure quality and relevance of metrics driven data gathering and maintenance of data for business decision analysis.
Communications: Ongoing robust internal communications to manage internal client expectations.
**Selection Criteria**
- Masters Degree or equivalent Advanced degree in Real Estate, Architectural, Facilities Management, Project Management, Engineering, or similar closely related field with a minimum of at least 8 years in a corporate setting, including at international locations and emerging markets.
- Experience with all aspects of interior fit-out projects - defining requirements, space planning, architectural systems, building systems and equipment, furniture systems, finishes, infrastructure, etc.
- Experience preparing construction plans, specifications, cost estimates and contract documents, coordinating inputs from relevant service providers and outside vendors on all aspects of a project through final completion.
- Ability to review and approve building renovation designs to ensure alignment with building systems and equipment, sustainability principles, finish standards and compliance with fire, life and safety codes and procedures, etc.
- Licensed/Certified Architect/Engineer/Project Management /Real Estate Professional/Facilities/Audit Professional Certifications.
- AutoCAD or similar architectural software literacy would be a plus.
- Tririga/Clarity or similar project management software literacy would be desired.
- Excellent working knowledge of key MS office tools (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint).
This role requires you to demonstrate success in supporting and encouraging a positive culture of delivery and innovation. Specific requirements include:
- Collaboration - proven ability to work effectively across cultures, and demonstrable ability to establish "partner" relationships with the clients.
- Proven Real Est