Job summary
Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust is looking for people with the right values, skills and potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise and enthusiasm to help us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of care for our patients.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Estates, Facilities and PFI Division of Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust for a Head of PFI Contract Management & Performance (Band 8c) who will be responsible for leading a contract monitoring team to ensure PFI services are delivered to meet the Trust's strategic and operational needs across two sites. This includes statutory, mandatory and contract compliance, financial performance and payments, annual life-cycle reviews, operational efficiencies and contract variations.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will demonstrate a thorough understanding of highly complex PFI contracts, apply professional expertise to strengthen the intelligent client-side capability and to maintain the relationship and contract performance with PFI partners
About us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will also be articulate, outgoing and be comfortable in contractually challenging PFI partners in formal settings.
Please refer to the job description for full details of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will also be articulate, outgoing and be comfortable in contractually challenging PFI partners in formal settings.
Please refer to the job description for full details of the role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant years NHS experience working at a Management level within Estates & Facilities services or similar role that demonstrates the ability to successfully deliver with the necessary commercial skills
- Significant experience relating to highly complex healthcare PFI expiry negotiations
- Demonstrate proficient and practised experience in dealing with contractors in providing services within a contractual framework, and have a expert knowledge of the principals of monitoring contracts against indicators and performance standards
- Expert knowledge of Estates & Facilities Management/FM related contracts and monitoring procedures.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplined Facilities and Hotel Services environment.
- Experienced in working with colleagues from Hard and Soft FM and clinical services.
- Significant involvement in leading change management
- Evidence of diplomacy and negotiation skills.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- An extensive and detailed knowledge of contract law and relevant legislative requirements.
- Significant knowledge and expertise in the handback process of PFI's in a healthcare setting.
- Detailed knowledge and expertise in managing multiple PFI contracts with a value of over £20m
- Ability to Chair and participate in meetings.
- A current and detailed knowledge of health and safety legislation and statutory requirements.
- Able to recognise the need to escalate issues outside the remit of the role.
- Able to promote Services with internal and external customers.
- A detailed of knowledge of and evidence of working within and analysing financial budgets
- Competent use of IT software and the willingness to familiarise with other specialist software packages if required. Ability to use a range of software systems, ranging from MS Power point and Word, to developing Excel spread sheets setting out complex financial analysis. To access Trust and Contractor data base and analyse highly complex data contained therein. To develop reports from information received.
- Ability to compile concise and accurate management reports for presentation to immediate and senior management and presentation at Board level
- Able to perform within management systems in delivering outcomes against specific programmes and budgets
- Demonstrate detailed understanding of highly complex contractual matters.
- Sound communication skills both written and oral.
- Understanding of food hygiene and health and safety at work regulations, NHS Plan, PEAT, NHS cleaning codes of practice and NHS policies and standards including infection control
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Educated to Masters Degree level or equivalent in Estates & Facilities management. Or have relevant commercial experience, with a proven track record.
- Evidence of continued Professional Development
- Must have evidence of applying analytical skills to highly complex situations, and examples where that analysis has led to service improvement, cost/quality or in problem solving highly complex and contentious issues.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant years NHS experience working at a Management level within Estates & Facilities services or similar role that demonstrates the ability to successfully deliver with the necessary commercial skills
- Significant experience relating to highly complex healthcare PFI expiry negotiations
- Demonstrate proficient and practised experience in dealing with contractors in providing services within a contractual framework, and have a expert knowledge of the principals of monitoring contracts against indicators and performance standards
- Expert knowledge of Estates & Facilities Management/FM related contracts and monitoring procedures.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplined Facilities and Hotel Services environment.
- Experienced in working with colleagues from Hard and Soft FM and clinical services.
- Significant involvement in leading change management
- Evidence of diplomacy and negotiation skills.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- An extensive and detailed knowledge of contract law and relevant legislative requirements.
- Significant knowledge and expertise in the handback process of PFI's in a healthcare setting.
- Detailed knowledge and expertise in managing multiple PFI contracts with a value of over £20m
- Ability to Chair and participate in meetings.
- A current and detailed knowledge of health and safety legislation and statutory requirements.
- Able to recognise the need to escalate issues outside the remit of the role.
- Able to promote Services with internal and external customers.
- A detailed of knowledge of and evidence of working within and analysing financial budgets
- Competent use of IT software and the willingness to familiarise with other specialist software packages if required. Ability to use a range of software systems, ranging from MS Power point and Word, to developing Excel spread sheets setting out complex financial analysis. To access Trust and Contractor data base and analyse highly complex data contained therein. To develop reports from information received.
- Ability to compile concise and accurate management reports for presentation to immediate and senior management and presentation at Board level
- Able to perform within management systems in delivering outcomes against specific programmes and budgets
- Demonstrate detailed understanding of highly complex contractual matters.
- Sound communication skills both written and oral.
- Understanding of food hygiene and health and safety at work regulations, NHS Plan, PEAT, NHS cleaning codes of practice and NHS policies and standards including infection control
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Educated to Masters Degree level or equivalent in Estates & Facilities management. Or have relevant commercial experience, with a proven track record.
- Evidence of continued Professional Development
- Must have evidence of applying analytical skills to highly complex situations, and examples where that analysis has led to service improvement, cost/quality or in problem solving highly complex and contentious issues.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
