Job summary
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for an experienced and ambitious Director of Estates and Facilities to lead and shape the Trust's estate, infrastructure and facilities services at a time of significant transformation and investment.
This executive leadership role provides strategic and operational accountability for the Trust's built environment, ensuring it remains safe, resilient, sustainable and capable of supporting high-quality patient care and staff wellbeing, now and into the future. Working closely with the Executive Team, clinical leaders and system partners, the Director will align estates strategy with clinical transformation, workforce needs and long-term organisational priorities.
The post holder will provide visible leadership across all three Trust sites - Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital and Andover War Memorial Hospital - and will play a key role in shaping the Trust's capital programme, sustainability ambitions and statutory compliance assurance.
Main duties of the job
- Provide strategic, professional and operational leadership for all Estates and Facilities services across the Trust.
- Lead the development and delivery of the Trust's Estates Strategy, master planning, capital investment and infrastructure programmes.
- Hold corporate responsibility for statutory compliance, assurance and risk management relating to the built environment.
- Ensure the safe, resilient and effective operation of all hard and soft facilities management services.
- Act as the Trust's subject-matter expert for estates and facilities, providing expert advice to the Board, Executive Team and regulators.
- Lead major capital projects and redevelopment schemes, ensuring strong governance, financial control and delivery to plan.
- Drive sustainability, Net Zero and environmental objectives within the estates and facilities portfolio.
- Provide inspirational leadership to a large, multidisciplinary workforce, promoting engagement, development and high performance.
- Manage significant revenue and capital budgets, ensuring value for money and continuous improvement.
- Maintain a visible leadership presence and effective working relationships across Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital and Andover War Memorial Hospital.
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the role, please see attached job description and person specification. For an informal discussion please contact amy.elliott@hhft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the role, please see attached job description and person specification. For an informal discussion please contact amy.elliott@hhft.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree (or equivalent experience) in estates management, engineering, facilities management or a related discipline.
- Chartered membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., RICS, IHEEM, CIBSE, CIOB, RIBA, IWFM).
- Specialist technical training across multiple estates and engineering domains (e.g., HTMs, HBNs, safety systems, project management).
Desirable
- MBA or recognised leadership qualification.
- LEAN or similar improvement methodology certification.
Experience
Essential
- Significant senior leadership experience in estates and facilities within a large, complex organisation
- Leading major capital projects and estate redevelopment schemes.
- Managing outsourced services and complex commercial contracts.
- Extensive experience of statutory compliance across estates and engineering systems.
- Leading multidisciplinary and multi trade teams, including change management and workforce transformation.
- Experience in risk management, incident response, business continuity and emergency planning.
- Experience preparing business cases, reports and presenting at Board or Committee level.
- Strong understanding of NHS estates policy, governance frameworks, compliance standards and system collaborations.
- Deep knowledge of commercial, financial, procurement and contract law requirements relevant to estates and facilities.
- Advanced knowledge of CAFM, BMS, BIM, CAD, asset management systems and digital estates tools.
- Sustainability, carbon reduction, environmental legislation and Green Plan requirements.
Desirable
- Knowledge of RAAC management and mitigation requirements.
- Detailed knowledge of property law, land management and contract law.
Other
Essential
- Demonstrably values-led, role models HHFT values and NHS leadership
- Ability to work across multiple sites.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree (or equivalent experience) in estates management, engineering, facilities management or a related discipline.
- Chartered membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., RICS, IHEEM, CIBSE, CIOB, RIBA, IWFM).
- Specialist technical training across multiple estates and engineering domains (e.g., HTMs, HBNs, safety systems, project management).
Desirable
- MBA or recognised leadership qualification.
- LEAN or similar improvement methodology certification.
Experience
Essential
- Significant senior leadership experience in estates and facilities within a large, complex organisation
- Leading major capital projects and estate redevelopment schemes.
- Managing outsourced services and complex commercial contracts.
- Extensive experience of statutory compliance across estates and engineering systems.
- Leading multidisciplinary and multi trade teams, including change management and workforce transformation.
- Experience in risk management, incident response, business continuity and emergency planning.
- Experience preparing business cases, reports and presenting at Board or Committee level.
- Strong understanding of NHS estates policy, governance frameworks, compliance standards and system collaborations.
- Deep knowledge of commercial, financial, procurement and contract law requirements relevant to estates and facilities.
- Advanced knowledge of CAFM, BMS, BIM, CAD, asset management systems and digital estates tools.
- Sustainability, carbon reduction, environmental legislation and Green Plan requirements.
Desirable
- Knowledge of RAAC management and mitigation requirements.
- Detailed knowledge of property law, land management and contract law.
Other
Essential
- Demonstrably values-led, role models HHFT values and NHS leadership
- Ability to work across multiple sites.
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).
