Assistant Director – Property and Estates Strategy

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

ESNEFT are seeking a proactive and commercially focussed Property Leader with experience in Property and Estate Management to join the ESNEFT Estates and Facilities Division Senior Management Team as the Assistant Director for Property and Estates Strategy.

Ultimately, you will be responsible for ensuring the trust has safe, functional, sustainable and value for money property assets and is using them in the most efficient way to best enable the delivery of great healthcare and experience.

A formal Property Qualification is essential for this role

For more information or to organise an informal visit please contact Nick Sammons.

Main duties of the job

Develop and maintain the trusts property strategy (i.e. what property and where) ensuring it aligns with the clinical strategy
Implement the trust property strategy to improve the functionality, safety and sustainability of the estate whilst improving the financial position.
Manage the finances of the property and estates strategy including all income and expenditure (pay, non pay, rent, rates, service charge, PFI, management costs, income etc)o Develop and maintain the trusts development control plan and associated master plan for each of the main sites.
Develop and maintain the trust's estates strategy (how we use the property determined in the property strategy) ensuring it aligns with the clinical strategy with consideration of the following overall outcomes
Work with the divisions, estates and capital team to identify the requirements of the future and develop the trust's 5yr capital plan to enable the trust's property and estates strategies.
Identify and access multiple funding routes to deliver the trust's capital plan, writing the initial strategic case (SOBC) for each and then working with the Estates team to develop the outline case (OBC) and full case (FBC).
Work with the estates team to ensure the annual backlog maintenance plan aligns with the overall estates strategy
Manage and develop the team, developing the level of property capability within the trust

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

22 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8d

Salary

£83,571 to £96,376 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR843-24

Job locations

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Be the most senior property professional in the Trust, providing mentoring, guidance and support to those in the team and professional advice to decision makers.
Provide visible leadership and promote continual improvement in quality, performance and delivery of Trust objectives
Lead the establishment of accountability structures within the Corporate function ensuring that responsibility is delegated appropriately so decisions are able to be taken close to service provision
Lead, manage and motivate staff within the Corporate function to deliver and improve services
Line management of Corporate Leads and staff within the department, either directly or through delegated responsibility.
Develop the business and planning processes throughout the service area to deliver services to required standards and within the available resource base
Develop processes for the entire service to jointly manage the business, delivery and development of service

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Be the most senior property professional in the Trust, providing mentoring, guidance and support to those in the team and professional advice to decision makers.
Provide visible leadership and promote continual improvement in quality, performance and delivery of Trust objectives
Lead the establishment of accountability structures within the Corporate function ensuring that responsibility is delegated appropriately so decisions are able to be taken close to service provision
Lead, manage and motivate staff within the Corporate function to deliver and improve services
Line management of Corporate Leads and staff within the department, either directly or through delegated responsibility.
Develop the business and planning processes throughout the service area to deliver services to required standards and within the available resource base
Develop processes for the entire service to jointly manage the business, delivery and development of service

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Proven budget management skills and financial acumen with experience of delivering CIPs within an organisation with a £multi-million turnover
Managing a diverse team
Negotiation and influencing skills at a senior management level
Presenting complex plans at Board level
Evidence of delivering and implementing strategic plans

Desirable

Experience of project management roles
NHS experience at a senior management level

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience
Formal management or business qualification or equivalent relevant experience
Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

Project Management Qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Resilient with confident ability to work alone and equally as a team player
Ability to lead a number of complex projects simultaneously and deliver to agreed timescales
Commitment to, and demonstration of organisational behaviours and values
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in complex settings, managing multi-dimensional issues

Desirable

Knowledge of NHS Trust working practices
Good project management skills
Understanding of issues facing the NHS

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Proven budget management skills and financial acumen with experience of delivering CIPs within an organisation with a £multi-million turnover
Managing a diverse team
Negotiation and influencing skills at a senior management level
Presenting complex plans at Board level
Evidence of delivering and implementing strategic plans

Desirable

Experience of project management roles
NHS experience at a senior management level

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience
Formal management or business qualification or equivalent relevant experience
Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

Project Management Qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Resilient with confident ability to work alone and equally as a team player
Ability to lead a number of complex projects simultaneously and deliver to agreed timescales
Commitment to, and demonstration of organisational behaviours and values
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in complex settings, managing multi-dimensional issues

Desirable

Knowledge of NHS Trust working practices
Good project management skills
Understanding of issues facing the NHS

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.