South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has a vision to ‘support our staff to provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities’. We are rated ‘Good’ for care by the Care Quality Commission and while the other areas under their most recent report require improvement, our aim is to continually improve and to reach outstanding across all areas of the Trust. Our 4,000 workforce provide services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire. We handle over 1 million calls to 999 and 1 million calls to NHS 111 every year. More information regarding our services and locations can be found on our website. Job overview The Associate Director of Estates and Facilities is responsible for the senior leadership and associated budget management of the Trust's estates and facilities service. The post holder will be responsible for the estate strategy and the operational delivery of estates, engineering, facilities, and property functions. As a member of the Trust Senior Leadership Team, the post holder will share responsibility for delivering the organisation's strategic goals and objectives as established by the Trust Board, ensuring that estates and facilities services are aligned to the clinical, workforce, and finance strategies of the Trust. The post holder will act as Professional Lead and advisor for all estates matters and relevant policies, ensuring a culture of co-production with all estates and facilities stakeholders, including operational and operational support workforces. Advert Trust-wide lead for estates and facilities management across 110 properties throughout Kent, Surrey, and Sussex Lead and inspire a dedicated team through a period of exciting change. Deliver strategic projects that enhance patient care and operational excellence. Champion innovation in estates and facilities management. Play a pivotal role in shaping the future of SECAmb’s infrastructure and services. Act as a trusted advisor to the Executive Team, influencing strategic decisions and ensuring estates and facilities align with SECAmb’s long-term vision. Drive sustainability initiatives, embedding Net Zero principles into every aspect of estates and facilities management. Report directly to the Chief Finance Officer, giving you the autonomy to shape and deliver the Estates Strategy. Working for our organisation South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is seeking an exceptional, improvement-focused Associate Director of Estates and Facilities Management to join our dynamic team at a truly transformative time. As Associate Director, you will: - Trust-wide lead for estates and facilities management across 110 properties. Lead and inspire a dedicated team through a period of exciting change. Deliver strategic projects that enhance patient care and operational excellence. Champion innovation in estates and facilities management. Play a pivotal role in shaping the future of SECAmb’s infrastructure and services. Act as a trusted advisor to the Executive Team, influencing strategic decisions and ensuring estates and facilities align with SECAmb’s long-term vision. Drive sustainability initiatives, embedding Net Zero principles. Report directly to the Chief Finance Officer, giving you the autonomy to shape and deliver the Estates Strategy. Why join us ? This is an exciting time to be part of SECAmb. With major developments ahead—including sustainability projects such as fleet electrification and collaboration with South Central Ambulance Service and other blue-light partners. Our estate comprises over 100 sites of varying size and complexity, managed by a focused team of just eight people and a budget of around £12M. What we offer: - NHS Pension Scheme Generous annual leave Professional development and leadership training Flexible working options Detailed job description and main responsibilities Duties & Responsibilities: Strategic Leadership · Lead and develop the Trust's Estates and Facilities Strategy, including emphasis on the quality and safety of the estate now and into the future · Set the strategic direction to develop the management of estate, facilities, and capital investment to deliver the Trust's strategies, maximising the best use of resources available · Support Trust Executive Directors through working jointly and collaboratively on the development of estates strategy · Lead and represent the Trust in delivering Estates and Facilities Strategic Transformation schemes and One Public Estate initiatives · Identify estates-related risks to ensure all relevant risks are identified and actively managed as per the Trust's Risk Management Strategy · Contribute to formulating and delivering strategic and operational objectives whilst ensuring provision of comprehensive and efficient services Plan and monitor delivery of operational requirements for the Trust estate (consistent with available resources) to meet statutory, Care Quality Commission (CQC), and NHS compliance Ensure compliance with legislative requirements in all areas of estates and facilities management processes Please note that the salary range noted on the vacancy is in line with agenda for change (AFC) pay scales. All successful applicants would be placed automatically at the bottom of the banding, unless proven, relevant NHS or equivalent experience can be demonstrated. Following the revision of current national legislation (Vaccine as a Condition of Deployment), the Trust has reviewed our requirements relating to staff uptake of the SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) vaccination. Going forward, for patient facing positions, we strongly recommend that new starters will be appropriately vaccinated unless medically exempt in order to offer greater protection against exposure to the virus for front line staff. In line with this recommendation, if you are successful in your application for a front line post, we will seek information from you in relation to your vaccine status, including exemption status, as applicable. Please note, all positions come with a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check relevant to the post. This will either be a basic, standard, or enhanced check depending on the role. The level of check will be outlined in the conditional offer letter sent to successful applicants. As part of the application process, you will be asked to declare any unspent/unfiltered convictions. If you are shortlisted you will then be sent a self declaration form, which must be completed prior to attending interview. for any queries relating to declarations, please contact the Recruitment Advisor listed on the vacancy. The Trust is passionately committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds. We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief. The Trust is making progress towards its aim of becoming more reflective of the diversity of our community in our workforce and guarantees an interview to candidates with disability who meet the essential criteria specified. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and disabled applicants and those from other under-represented groups. The Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people - including those with long term health conditions, learning disabilities and hidden disabilities such as dyslexia. If you tell us that you have a disability we can make reasonable adjustments to ensure that any selection processes - including the interview - are fair and equitable. We are a committed to offering opportunities to individuals with disabilities and offer on-going support, should you be successful, with any adjustments you may need when performing your role. When completing the application please use your name as it appears on your passport and please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process. Please note that under our Trust policies, we're unable to employ anyone under the age of 18 years old. The majority of our roles will include some travel between sites for business purposes. If the vacancy you’re applying for includes work related travel, you will be required to ensure that you hold and have covered the cost of suitable car insurance to support this. Should you require an application form in an alternative format including large print or braille, please contact [email protected] stating the vacancy reference number and we will be happy to provide this. When completing the reference section, please include details to cover the last three years’ history. Due to the high volume of applications at SECAmb, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interview. If you have not heard from us within 10 working days of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Please note that we contact all applicants via Trac Jobs and would advise you check your Trac Jobs account regularly. Please be aware that the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. For this reason we recommend completing your application as early as possible. Follow our recruitment on Twitter @SECAmbRecruit and check out our Facebook page - SECAmb NHS Recruitment. You can also find us on Linkedin under South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. We understand that AI tools can be useful for generating ideas or structuring your application. However, any content submitted must reflect your own experiences, skills, and understanding. Applications that are generated wholly or in large part by AI, without personalisation or accuracy, may be excluded from consideration. We value honesty, authenticity, and integrity in the recruitment process and expect all applicants to uphold these principles. If you are a current SECAmb employee, by applying for this position, if successful you will move to the terms and conditions associated with the post. Any unsocial hours payments will be paid under the Section 2 agreement of agenda for change. Section 2 unsocial hours will need to be claimed via your monthly timesheet. More information regarding section 2 can be found in the Agenda for Change handbook and on the our dedicated Section 2 page on The Zon e .