Are you passionate about health and social care and looking for a role that offers flexibility and growth? At North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board, we value work-life balance and offer a range of flexible working options, including hybrid working. Enjoy a supportive team environment, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional development. Apply now to make a difference in our community! Flexible Working Options: We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer a range of flexible working options, including part-time and job share. We encourage applicants to discuss their preferred working patterns during the interview process. Hybrid Working: This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working, allowing you to split your time between our ICB offices and home. We aim to provide a supportive and adaptable working environment that meets the needs of our staff, service delivery and the patients within our Region. Benefits: Competitive salary and pension scheme Opportunities for professional development and training Supportive team environment Enhanced work-life balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements Employee Benefits – Salary Sacrifice Schemes such as Lease Cars, Home Electronics, Cycle to Work Job overview The North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NENC ICB) is looking to appoint an Estates Project Officer to support the delivery of a diverse portfolio of estates and facilities projects across our system. Please note this post is only accepting applications from current staff members of North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board and staff members of North of England Commissioning Support (NECS). Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received. Advert This is a varied and rewarding role within the Estates Team, offering the opportunity to take the lead on a wide range of estates and facilities projects. You will provide effective and confidential project management on a day‑to‑day basis, ensuring projects are delivered to time, quality and cost, while managing risks and stakeholder expectations. Working closely with Directors, senior managers, GP Practices, Primary Care Networks, providers and external estates organisations such as NHS Property Services, Community Health Partnerships and LIFT companies, you will support both strategic and operational estates priorities. You will balance planned project delivery—such as refurbishments, moves, maintenance and improvements—with responding to evolving estates requests, ensuring the changing project landscape is well managed. Working for our organisation Our Integrated Care Board (ICB) is the largest in the country. The ICB is responsible for ensuring that high quality and safe health services are accessible to all of our communities. It has a wide range of functions, including; promoting integration of health and care services, improving peoples health and well-being, reducing health inequalities. With a £6.6 billion budget and a workforce of 170,000 people across the North East and North Cumbria. As well as strategic functions, ICB staff also work at place level with local health and wellbeing boards in each of our 14 local authority areas. These teams also work alongside our 67 primary care networks which are groups of local GP practices, social care teams and other community- based area providers. The ICB works with our Provider Collaborative too, this includes the 11 NHS Foundation Trusts in the region, to deliver our shared priorities. Detailed job description and main responsibilities As Estates Project Officer, you will: Provide proactive project management for clinical and non clinical estate projects across the ICB. Develop and maintain project plans, proposals and business cases for internal approval and external funding opportunities. Support the delivery of Primary Care Improvement Grants and other estates funding programmes, working closely with NHS England colleagues. Act as a specialist estates advisor, providing clear guidance and managing sensitive or challenging discussions with stakeholders. Manage minor capital projects, including budget monitoring and acting as an authorised signatory for low value expenditure. Arrange, coordinate and attend multi agency meetings, producing high quality reports and presentations for senior stakeholders. Identify risks and issues early, proposing practical and proportionate solutions. The use of Artificial Intelligence: Whilst the ICB are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process. UKVI Sponsorship: Please note that North East and North Cumbria ICB do not hold a UKVI sponsorship license. Therefore, we are unable to proceed with applications that require sponsorship. Reasonable Adjustments: If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2. Fit & Proper Person Regulations: Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.