The Group Chief Estates and Facilities Officer is a full Executive (non-voting) Director of the Lincolnshire Community Health Services Trust & United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals Trust (the Group) and member of the unitary Group Board. As a key member of the Group Board and Group Executive Leadership team, is expected to work as part of an integrated team and take lead responsibility for strategic and corporate issues both within and external to their immediate portfolio, making a major contribution to the achievements of the Groups vision and strategic goals. The Group Chief Estates and Facilities Officer will have accountability for the strategic estate development, facilities and associated capital investment programme. The Group Chief of Estates & Facilities Officer will be the Groups most senior responsible person for ensuring suitable and sufficient governance arrangements are embedded into the department which provides assurance to the Group Chief Executive and Group Board of Directors including statutory and other risks that will impact on the delivery of a safe, responsive cost effective service. As a member of the Group Executive Leadership team, contributing to the key business decisions of the Group and contribute to the development, communication and promotion of Group purpose, vision, aims and objectives. To take the lead in developing an Estates strategy for the Group and to give strategic direction to the Hard & Soft FM services To ensure the Estates Strategy addresses the need of clinical and other accommodation users, provides an environment that supports positive patient choice and that land, buildings and equipment are in the right place, in the right condition, fit for purpose, and are able to respond to future needs. To Be Responsible For The Delivery And Management Of Major and block allocation capital schemes Minor and additional works Backlog Maintenance schemes Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG) provides community, acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. Our Group is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire, serving a population of more than 750,000 people. Lincolnshire is such a wonderful place to live and work with many opportunities to grow and develop as well as spend time on hobbies, activities and taking in local historic sites. Find out more on the Visit Lincolnshire website. We provide services at Lincoln County Hospital, Grantham and District Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, as well as running services from community hospital sites and other community locations across Lincolnshire. Our combined organisations are some of the most complex NHS organisations in the country, with multiple sites across a predominantly rural and coastal location. In common with many NHS organisations, we are faced with many challenges, however, we take extraordinary pride in building working environments where staff feel valued, cared for and part of a team. We are delighted this can be seen within the latest National Staff Survey results showing sustained and improved scores from both organisations. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Simon Behan Job title: Head of Recruitment Email address: simon.behan1@nhs.net Telephone number: 07852779546