Job Title: Deputy Director of Estates and Facilities.

Location: Harlow, Essex

Parking Info: Not specified.

Job Type: Temporary

Duration of booking: 12 months (FTC)

Proposed start date: ASAP

Sector: Healthcare

Working environment: Hospital

Band: 9

Pay Rates:

£46.50-£53.00 paye per hour

£52-£60.00 paye inclusive of holiday pay

£59-£68.00 umbrella per hour

All rates are depending on skills and experience.

Working Days and Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (37.5 hours per week)

Remote working option Info: Not specified.

Summary

To provide strategic direction and advice on the estate ensuring that the built environment is safe for patients, visitors and staff, is fit for the future, is managed effectively and efficiently and adapts to changing healthcare needs.

The Deputy Director of Estates and Facilities holds corporate and professional responsibility for estates and facilities service standards, governance, policies, financial management, statutory and regulatory compliance and risk management.

Education and Qualifications

• Degree in relevant estates or facilities discipline
• Post-graduate qualification at doctorate( level 8) (doctorate or equivalent in relevant discipline)
• Chartered professional registration/accreditation in relevant discipline (eg RIBA, CIOB, RICS, CIBSE, etc.)
• Project management qualification or equivalent level of experience
• Evidence of CPD and leadership development

Experience and Skills

• Significant senior management experience in a large organisation in estates and facilities management
• Can demonstrate experience of managing major change and shaping the future and has strategic and budget setting.
• Has experience of effective partnership working with other organisations at a senior level, preferably a mix of public, private and voluntary sector.
• Experience of establishing effective financial control procedures.
• Strong commercial and contracts management experience to ensure robust financial, legal and risk management.
• Has experience of effective partnership working with other organisations at a senior level, preferably a mix of public, private and voluntary sector.
• Can demonstrate evidence of setting and achieving ambitious targets and of implementing innovative solutions designed to improve services within tight financial constraints.
• Can evidence recent and on-going personal development action as well as planning.
• An understanding and broad knowledge of the whole NHS context including knowledge of the national agenda and the impact on the estate/Trust (Desirable)
• Technical, construction and project management skills
• Highly effective interpersonal skills to lead complex negotiations and build strategic comprehension – having the ability to understand long-term or widespread implications of decisions.
• Organisational Development – ensuring that organisational structures, processes, relationships and behaviours are healthy and effective.
• Ability to write and present complex information including the formation of business cases tender specifications and board reports and policies.

Questions

• Do you have previous experience working as a Deputy Director of Estates and Facilities within the NHS?
• Do you have significant senior management experience in a large organisation in estates and facilities management?
• Do you have Chartered professional registration/accreditation in a relevant discipline? (eg RIBA, CIOB, RICS, CIBSE, etc.)
• Do you have technical, construction and project management skills?
• Do you meet the above criteria and are you immediately available?