Associate Director of Infrastructure: Estates

Job responsibilities

Ensure the MY Health Estate Strategy and supporting development control plans are regularly reviewed in conjunction with developments in corporate and clinical services.

Produce and recommend action to continuously improve estate management performance.

Lead the Estate Management Services teams ensuring that a continuous performance improvement culture is embedded and sustained across all trust sites.

Set and check estate maintenance and professional works standards across the Trust property portfolio.

Advise the Trusts Directors and Senior Managers on all aspects of Estate Management.

Work in partnership with Directors and Service Leads to develop and deliver the MY Health Estate strategic plan.

Deliver an effective, comprehensive, multi-disciplined Estate Maintenance, Capital Projects and PFI Contract Management and Performance Services ensuring compliance with all relevant regulatory, advisory, financial, and service frameworks.

Ensure that the Private Finance initiative contract between the Trust and private sector companies is properly managed and that the contract obligations are met.

Direct the Estate Management Services following the Trusts corporate policies, strategies, and vision, emphasising the cultural changes and innovations essential to modernising health care and an improved patient experience.

Direct and support the Head of Sustainability to develop and implement the MY Green Plan, including the energy and decarbonisation strategies so key target areas are delivered in line with NHS Estates best practice guidelines.

Planning and implementing service improvement and modernisation in line with local, national and industry best practice.

Function as an ambassador and advocate for the Trust; link and build successful working partnerships with external stakeholders and using advanced leadership and influencing skills, take part in local and regional strategic estate development.

Manage key strategic and operational estate change management programmes and key projects for the Trust, and ensure the Division achieves its goals.

Ensure all applicable support services, including contracted out services, deliver high-quality, cost-effective services.

Ensure effective systems are in place to manage and report on the consumption of energy and utilities.

Support and develop the Estates database to enhance the quality of Estates Information available to the Trust and NHS bodies.

Ensure that building and engineering work carried out in the Trust is of a suitable professional and technical standard and is in line with industry best practice, national requirements, and Trust Policy.

Manage the regular inspection and assessment of existing building and engineering services, to ensure current standards are kept and/or enhanced.

Ensure the safe operation of all building and engineering plant and services.

Assess the risk associated with buildings, engineering services and activities, and ensure that robust mitigation plans exist for all identified risks.

Develop and review Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity plans relating to the building and engineering services. Have suitable and sufficient disaster recovery management arrangements in place.

Work with clinical and non-clinical colleagues on business case submissions to support the need for capital investment.

Ensure that competitive tendering and quotation processes are carried out following Standing Orders and Financial Instructions.

Lead and manage the process of design, construction, and technical commissioning of capital schemes.

Carry out post project reviews of capital schemes in conjunction with relevant service managers.

Work in conjunction with the Facilities Services, Digital and Medical Physics to ensure the service develops in-line with best practice and the needs of the Trust.

Ensure that all estate fire and security related risks are assessed, managed, and minimised in conjunction with the specialist leads.

Ensure that all Estate Health & Safety related hazards are identified, risk assessed, managed, and minimised.

Ensure that regulatory requirements are adhered.

Develop and improve estate Health & Safety Standards within the Trust.

Improve existing environmental standards across all Trust properties.

Develop and implement an energy and decarbonisation strategy for the Trust.

Promote the Trusts sustainability agenda and support the delivery of the approved MY Green Plan.

Ensure regular performance review for all staff and to find training requirements for those staff.

Contribute to broader directorate issues.

Set up strong links with clinical and non-clinical services and ensure the availability of assets to enable the Trust to deliver the performance agenda.

Manage contracts for hard FM services supplied by or to other organisations and to pursue collaborative and commercial opportunities where appropriate.

Able to adapt to changes internally and externally.

Experience

Essential

• Successful track record at Director of Senior Manager level within a large estates function
• Successful track record in change management
• Experience of working collaboratively with clinicians, senior managers and other stakeholders in planning and development
• Experience of successfully developing and implementing strategic plans

Desirable

• Director level experience in an acute trust
• Commercial sector experience

Knowledge and Awareness

Essential

• Understanding of the capital funding regime
• Knowledge of the NHS Plan

Desirable

• Knowledge of current issues facing the NHS

Qualifications

Essential

• Member of a relevant professional institution
• A masters degree level qualification or equivalent experience
• Chartered or incorporated status

Desirable

• Institute of Project Management

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• A well developed ability to persuade, negotiate and influent at the highest level
• Ability to bring to resolution conflicting positions on complex discussions
• Excellent external and internal stakeholder management.
• People management, motivation, and leadership skills
• Strategic vision for modernising services
• Capital planning skills
• Leadership and team building
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills -confident with statistics and their presentation
• Excellent inter-personal skills and ability to build and support successful working relationships
• Calm under pressure
• Advanced financial and commercial acumen

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to communicate with staff at all grades on complicated subject matter
• Able to contribute to the wider Trust agenda and work corporately
• Evidence of commitment to CPD.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Initiative-taking and enthusiastic.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).