The Role Responsibilities

Strategy

• Lead the delivery of the Property Function Scorecard
• Lead the strategy to provide Business and Function Heads optimal Property and Property related solutions (Health & Safety, Security etc.)
• Deliver on Group\xe2\x80\x99s Sustainability agenda by moving to green energy and adoption of energy efficient initiatives to reduce carbon footprint
• Ensure delivery of Group & Country Property strategic initiatives

Business

• Proactive engagements with business stakeholders and supply partners \xe2\x80\x93 deepen partnerships, influence with future focused, affordable and robust solutions and ensure all service indicators are managed effectively
• Ensure Health & Safety at all premises by addressing the identified issues
• Continue to optimize space and implement the New ways of working agenda
• Alignment to continuously changing requirements of businesses and functions
• Engagement with Security companies to ensure seamless services to the bank
• Ensure that all Regulatory requirements related to Minimum wages are fulfilled by Supply partners and security companies

Processes

• Implement and deliver property strategies and strategic initiatives
• Effective engagement with all third-party vendors in line with SCM policies / procedures
• Identify non-core properties with timely disposal along with management of legal challenges

People and Talent

• Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people, and ensure that holders of all critical positions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks
• Strong engagement with strategic partners and their staff for delivery of bank objectives
• Develop people to meet their career goals including job rotation and succession planning
• 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

Risk Management

• Effective management of operational risk within the function including ensuring the proper functioning of embedded and periodic controls. As Property Subject Matter Expert (under ORTF) for Safety & Security ensure all material risks are identified, assessed, mitigated, monitored, reported and approved.
• Take personal responsibility for understanding the risk and compliance requirements.
• Effectively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk and compliance matters.
• Contribute to a culture in which all stakeholders feel safe to raise concerns and where risk and compliance matters are addressed, and misconduct appropriately dealt with
• Establish the first line of assurance in the Function
• Ensure data quality of risk and loss records in M7 system pertaining to Property

Governance

• Continue to focus on improving Controls. Advise governance bodies on key risks, effectiveness of mitigants and controls, and alignment of residual risks with appetite
• Maintain robust controls and embed ORF in Property
• Proactive identification and reporting of risks and concerns
• Mitigation of risks and resolution of issues in a timely manner including developing suitable controls and measuring their effectiveness

Regulatory and Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group\xe2\x80\x99s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Lead the UAE property team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• Country CEO
• Country Management Team (CMT)
• Country Business Segment & Product Heads
• Country Functional Heads
• Supply Partners
• Finance and Property Partners (Country/ Region/Group)
• Internal and External Auditors

Our Ideal Candidate

• Preferably a bachelor\'s degree in real estate, Facilities Management, engineering or other business-related discipline preferred
• Knowledge of the facilities/real estate market as well as a keen understanding of customer service principles
• Demonstrated resourcefulness in seeking out market opportunities and leveraging supplier base to maximum advantage
• Exceptional leadership capabilities and experience managing large multi-disciplinary teams
• Strong Communication and Negotiation skills
• Leadership skills
• A strong sense of responsibility, discipline, ideation and working under tight deadlines

Role Specific Competencies

• Financial Analysis and Control
• Strategic Supply Partner Management
• Risks & Controls
• People Management
• Manage Conduct
• Business Acumen
• Property System and Ops

About Standard Chartered

We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, we\'ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you\'re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents. And we can\'t wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you\'ll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations
• Time-off including annual, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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