Job Description
Deputy Director of Estates and Facilities
Location – Harlow
Salary- £43.17 – £52.17 per hour
Contract for 6 months 37.5 hours per week
Do you have significant senior management experience in a large organisation in estates and facilities management?
Have you experience of effective partnership, working with other organisations at a senior level, preferably a mix of public, private and voluntary sector ?
The Deputy Director of Estates and Facilities is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the Trust’s Estates and Facilities functions to support the delivery of high-quality healthcare and for the development of services in accordance with the Trust’s strategies and corporate objectives.
Responsibilities
* Development of the Trusts estate strategy aligned to the clinical and corporate strategies
* Capital project planning for redevelopment, backlog and estate investment
* Capital project delivery including major projects
* Organisation’s estates infrastructure and master planning
* Estates management (Mechanical, electrical & building maintenance, minor new works, energy & utilities, decarbonisation, fire safety, property, land & leases, grounds & gardens, administration and help desk)
* Facilities management (all hotel services including patient meal service/catering, residences/accommodation, security/LSMS, access control/ID badges, portering, car parking, non-patient transport/logistics, domestic services/cleaning, waste, graphics and materials management)
* Commercial services (all leases, bed provision, security, laundry and retail provision)
* Statutory compliance, assurance, risk management and governance for the built environment
* Workforce management
* Professional lead for estates and facilities staff and services
* Professional lead for Health and Safety and Fire compliance
* Information and reporting for estates and facilities functions including maintaining and developing the Trusts CAFM system, PAM and ERIC
* Budget management (capital and revenue) to achieve best value and efficiencies
* Development of strategies and policies for the directorate
* To monitor, report and continually develop the Trust’s Green Plan
* Contributes to corporate decision making
Skills and Experience
* 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
* 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
* Ability to lead a team and establish a culture of high performance, personal responsibility for quality of output, collaborative team-working and sharing of ideas, expertise and success
* Organisational Development – ensuring that organisational structures, processes, relationships and behaviours are healthy and effective
* Highly effective interpersonal skills to lead complex negotiations and build strategic comprehension – having the ability to understand long-term or widespread implications of decisions
About the Company
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
To find out more about the position, please apply and we will be in touch to discuss the role in more detail.
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