Job summary
We are seeking an exceptional and forward-thinking Director of Estates & Facilities to lead the strategic and operational management of our Trust's estate and infrastructure. This is a pivotal leadership position, responsible for ensuring our environments aresafe, compliant, efficient and fit for the future across a complex and diverse portfolio including 11 inpatient sites, 37 wards, 32 community locations, and 15 partner-occupied buildings/
As a key member of the corporate leadership team, you will shape and deliver the Trust's estate strategy, providing expert professional advice to the Board, Executive Team and wider system partners. You will hold corporate accountability for estates and facilities governance, statutory and regulatory compliance, risk management, capital investment planning, environmental sustainability and the performance of Estates & Facilities services.
You will also lead major capital programmes and modernisation projects, ensuring they are delivered to the highest standards of safety, quality and value for money. This includes driving the Trust's long-term estate redevelopment, backlog reduction and carbon-reduction ambitions. The role requires a highly skilled and credible senior leader with the ability to interpret complex legislation, engage confidently with external regulators, negotiate with contractors and partners, and influence decision-making at the most senior levels.
Main duties of the job
Lead the Trust's Estates & Facilities strategy, ensuring all buildings are safe, compliant, efficient and aligned to clinical and corporate objectives.
Oversee all estates and facilities services across inpatient, community and partner sites, ensuring high standards and full compliance with legislation and NHS guidance (including HTMs, HBNs, PAM and health & safety).
Provide expert professional advice to the Board, Executive Directors and senior leaders on estates, infrastructure, capital, safety and compliance matters.
Lead the capital programme, including planning, business-case development, procurement and delivery of major projects.
Hold corporate responsibility for estates budgets, ensuring strong financial control, cost-improvement delivery and value for money.
Ensure robust assurance and risk management, including audit programmes (fire, legionella, asbestos, catering, cleaning) and regulatory compliance reporting.
Drive sustainability and the Trust's carbon-reduction agenda, working with internal teams and external partners.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will lead multidisciplinary teams across maintenance, capital projects, facilities management and property services, fostering a culture of professionalism, accountability and continual improvement. With corporate responsibility for our revenue and capital estates budgets, you will also oversee costimprovement programmes, efficiency initiatives and valuedriven investment.
This is an outstanding opportunity for a senior estates professional with Chartered status (RIBA, RICS, CIBSE, CIOB, etc.) and significant experience in largescale estates leadership, capital programme delivery, and regulatory compliance within a complex organisation. You must bring strategic vision, strong analytical capability, highly developed leadership skills and the ability to navigate complexity with confidence.
If you are passionate about ensuring safe, sustainable and highquality environments for patients, staff and partners and want to lead one of the most critical functions in the organisation we would be delighted to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will lead multidisciplinary teams across maintenance, capital projects, facilities management and property services, fostering a culture of professionalism, accountability and continual improvement. With corporate responsibility for our revenue and capital estates budgets, you will also oversee costimprovement programmes, efficiency initiatives and valuedriven investment.
This is an outstanding opportunity for a senior estates professional with Chartered status (RIBA, RICS, CIBSE, CIOB, etc.) and significant experience in largescale estates leadership, capital programme delivery, and regulatory compliance within a complex organisation. You must bring strategic vision, strong analytical capability, highly developed leadership skills and the ability to navigate complexity with confidence.
If you are passionate about ensuring safe, sustainable and highquality environments for patients, staff and partners and want to lead one of the most critical functions in the organisation we would be delighted to hear from you.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate qualification at Masters level (Master's degree or equivalent in relevant discipline)
- Chartered professional registration/accreditatio n in relevant discipline (RIBA, CIOB, RICS, CIBSE, etc.)
Experience
Essential
- Senior management experience in a large organisation in estates and facilities management
- Track record of successful management of estates and facilities services Delivery of complex capital investment programmes
- Management of strategic development and/or rationalisation of complex property portfolios
- Experience of leading or supporting business cases for major investment Procurement of services and/or buildings from the private sector Experience with lease negotiations and development of estate strategies
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communicator for highly complex, sensitive information with good written and verbal communication at all levels, and strong negotiation skills and the ability to influence and effect change
- Ability to lead a team and establish a culture of high performance, personal responsibility for quality of output, collaborative team-working and sharing of ideas, expertise and success
Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of legislation relating to estates and facilities services
- Extensive professional knowledge and understanding of healthcare estates and technology across a number of specialist discipline/functions including construction and engineering services
- Knowledge of the technical design, local planning and construction projects including CDM regulations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post-graduate qualification at Masters level (Master's degree or equivalent in relevant discipline)
- Chartered professional registration/accreditatio n in relevant discipline (RIBA, CIOB, RICS, CIBSE, etc.)
Experience
Essential
- Senior management experience in a large organisation in estates and facilities management
- Track record of successful management of estates and facilities services Delivery of complex capital investment programmes
- Management of strategic development and/or rationalisation of complex property portfolios
- Experience of leading or supporting business cases for major investment Procurement of services and/or buildings from the private sector Experience with lease negotiations and development of estate strategies
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communicator for highly complex, sensitive information with good written and verbal communication at all levels, and strong negotiation skills and the ability to influence and effect change
- Ability to lead a team and establish a culture of high performance, personal responsibility for quality of output, collaborative team-working and sharing of ideas, expertise and success
Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of legislation relating to estates and facilities services
- Extensive professional knowledge and understanding of healthcare estates and technology across a number of specialist discipline/functions including construction and engineering services
- Knowledge of the technical design, local planning and construction projects including CDM regulations
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
