Job description

ABOUT STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND RESIDENTIAL & DINING ENTERPRISES:

Stanford University, located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, is one of the world's leading teaching and research universities. Since its opening in 1891, Stanford has been dedicated to finding solutions to big challenges and to preparing students for leadership in a complex world.

Residential & Dining Enterprises (R&DE), the largest auxiliary organization at Stanford University, supports the academic mission of the University by providing high-quality services to students and other members of the university community. The department has an annual operating budget of over $350M, operates 24/7/365, and oversees a $3B asset portfolio comprising a 7 million sq. ft. physical plant across the campus. In autumn quarter of the 2021-22 academic year, R&DE will return to providing housing for over 13,000 students and dependents, serving meals at 17 dining halls, 12 retail locations, and operating athletic concessions and conference operations. Additionally, R&DE comprises 900 FTE staff in the following divisions: Student Housing Operations, Stanford Dining, Stanford Hospitality & Auxiliaries, Stanford Conferences, Maintenance Operations and Capital Projects, and a team of R&DE strategic business partners: Finance & Administration, Information Technology, Human Resources, and Strategic Communications.

“Students (Customers) First” is the mantra of R&DE and our strategic goals reflect our commitment to delivering quality and excellence to our constituents every day. In R&DE, “Excellence is defined by aligning our strategic goals and performance with our vision.”

JOB PURPOSE:

Manage complex immediate and long-range capital planning functions in consultation with senior leadership. Develop dynamic capital planning models. Provide strategic and operational level support in managing numerous project funding budgets and models.

CORE DUTIES*:

• Lead strategic planning and analysis for a complex capital planning program with significant business, regulatory and technical challenges requiring subject matter expertise.
• Manage the administration and evaluation of the capital planning program. Oversee the interpretation, implementation and compliance with policies and regulations. Recommend actions and/or resolve complex issues that often span organizational boundaries.
• Represent the capital planning program at the university level and/or to external/internal stakeholders and constituencies.
• Develop and manage outreach strategy that includes relationship development, communications, and compliance.
• Develop and/or oversee budgets; manage finances including monitoring, analyzing, forecasting, and reporting.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES*:

• Oversee master capital planning processes for R&DE and develop and maintain the long-range major renovations projects plan to support the overall strategic plan.
• Oversee and coordinate the required approval processes for capital projects including internal campus processes.
• Monitor, analyze, forecast, and report on all annual project funding budgets and their drawdown activities.
• Integrate information obtained through facility assessment activities and asset renewal model into the capital planning program.
• Understand and incorporate important living/learning and other housing/dining/hospitality programmatic needs into long-range planning models.
• Contextualize R&DE’s capital plan into the larger university program.
• Develop capital planning strategies for immediate and long-range facility resilience.
• Using expertise in project and capital planning, identify collateral impacts to planning strategies.
• Conduct special initiatives that support facility and capital planning needs.
• Manage planning strategies in support of R&DE’s vision through excellence in facility stewardship.
• Promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the execution of this role including through the lens of capital planning.
• Foster relationships and partner with capital planning, campus planning, and other important campus colleagues on projects, initiatives, and planning efforts.
• Utilize a wide range of people skills (soft skills) to build and sustain respectful and collaborative relationships/networks, internal and external to R&DE.

* - Other duties may also be assigned

Qualifications - External

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Education & Experience:

Bachelor’s degree and eight years of relevant experience, or combination of education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to influence and motivate constituencies which could span multiple organizational boundaries.
• Demonstrate knowledge and abilities in principles and practice of facilities capital planning
• Demonstrate knowledge of budgetary and fiscal responsibilities and principles of financial management.
• Demonstrated excellent planning, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound business decisions using good business judgment and innovative and creative problem-solving.
• Demonstrated ability to manage financial, organizational and staff resources.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to cultivate professional and business partnerships
• Relevant subject matter expertise.
• Previous experience in an educational setting with responsibilities for facility or capital planning highly desirable.

Certifications and Licenses:

None

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

• Constantly perform desk-based computer tasks.
• Frequently stand/walk, sitting, grasp lightly/fine manipulation.
• Occasionally use a telephone.
• Rarely lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh 11-20 pounds.

WORK STANDARDS:

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Apply to the link provided below.

https://careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/assistant-director-capital-planning-18446

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Signing bonus

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Stanford, CA 94305

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