UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Infrastructure and Environmental Sustainability
Terms of Reference
The University’s senior management group responsible for the Infrastructure &
Capital Programme and the Environmental Sustainability Policy, its delivery and
review.
Management Lead: Chief Operating Officer
Member of the Vice-Chancellor’s Executive Group, responsible for the
delivery/development/implementation of policy.
Lay Lead: Lay Member of Council
Ensures that the business areas are well-managed and that appropriate processes
have been followed in decision making, giving guidance to the Chair of Council
where there is cause for concern.
Coordinator: Executive Suite Officer Manager
Responsible for communication and maintenance of an audit trail of decision making.
Advisors to the Group: Sustainability Manager (Environmental Sustainability)
Director of Estate Development (Infrastructure)
• To be responsible for the delivery of the University’s Infrastructure Strategy and
capital programme, including the acquisition, disposal, development and master
planning for all sites and buildings either owned, leased or occupied by the
University or by its partners and subsidiaries.
• To be responsible for the planning, execution, financial control and risk control of
all major capital projects including new buildings, refurbishments and maintenance
and major new and replacement information systems.
• To be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of buildings, services and
grounds.
• To provide leadership for Environmental Sustainability across the University and
wider community.
• To manage sustainability risks, responsibilities, opportunities and continual
improvement in performance at the University.
• To ensure sustainability is embedded across the University’s policies and
activities. To ensure consultation and involvement from across the University
community regarding the development and implementation of the Environmental
Sustainability Policy, including a Sustainability Steering Group, and appropriate
task and finish groups.
• To ensure the University actively seeks partners, sharing sustainability knowledge
and good practice in the communities within which we operate.
• To ensure equality and diversity have been appropriately considered in the
decision-making process.
• To meet at least once a term.
• To make regular reports to Council, and in the case of Environmental
Sustainability to provide an annual report.
October 2014 (revised 28 October 2014)