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Band 6
Main area Estates Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 387-EF0421-MF
Site Bristol Royal Infirmary Town Bristol Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 10/07/2025 23:59
As an organisation we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
Do you have proven experience in project management within an estates or property management environment? Do you have a strong understanding of healthcare-specific standards and construction-related legislation? Are you a natural problem solver motivated by getting results to improve patient care?
As an Estates Assistant Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing a variety of estates projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to specification. You will significantly contribute to the management of our Trust's multi-campus, multi-building estate and property portfolio, from project design to handover.
This is a part time post, with a level of flexibility around working hours.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
* Assess and prepare service user briefs, ensuring compliance with Healthcare specific standards (HTMs and HBNs).
* Liaise with Estates Officers, external consultants, and other professionals for best value solutions.
* Evaluate project feasibility spatially and budget-wise within agreed timeframes.
* Manage relationships with clinical and non-clinical staff, contractors, and other stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
* Coordinate project commissioning, ensuring full acceptance and sign-off by relevant departments.
In return, you will receive:-
* A competitive starting salary and unsocial enhancements
* Access to a raft of national and local discount schemes including shopping, holidays and insurance
* An industry leading pension where your employer pays in 23.7% of your annual salary!
* 27+8 days annual leave per year, paid leave including absence’
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Skills
* Possession of an up to date knowledge of legislation and regulations relating to all aspects of planning, construction and good working practices
* Excellent planning and organisational skills to develop programmes of work and manage against them
* A knowledge and understanding of the construction process and all aspects of new construction and refurbishment.
* A knowledge and understanding of the provision of the maintenance service
Qualifications
* Possession of a degree, preferably in Building Surveying or Construction or demonstration of equivalent experience
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
· As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
· The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
· UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
· To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
· If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
· The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
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Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.
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