Job overview
We are seeking an experienced estates professional to join our team as Director of PFI Service Delivery.
This is an exciting and pivotal role and is central to ensuring our hospitals and community sites remain safe, compliant, and resilient, while supporting the Trust’s mission of Outstanding Care, Healthy Communities, and being a Great Place to Work.
Our Estates & Facilities directorate is on a journey of significant transformation. We are addressing some of the most complex infrastructure challenges in the NHS, strengthening our systems, and embedding a culture where safety, quality, and accountability are non-negotiable.
As Director of PFI Service Delivery, you will provide visible, strategic leadership across a wide and complex portfolio. You will deputise for the Chief Estates and Facilities Officer and work closely with colleagues across Capital, Estates, Clinical Engineering, and Sustainability to deliver high‑performing, patient‑centred environments.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for leading and ensuring the intelligent client function ensures PFI services are delivered to meet the Trust’s strategic and operational needs across two PFI contracts.
The Director of PFI Service Delivery will support the Chief Estates and Facilities Officer in all aspects of Facilities Management and will be responsible for the delivery of the highest quality management of the core team, formulating longer term strategies and new efficient ways of working that deliver high customer and staff satisfaction levels, and services that are seen as value for money.
The key areas of focus are to strengthen the Trust’s capacity and capability in relation to contract management and operational delivery from our PFI contracts, working closely and collaboratively with other corporate functions (including Procurement, ICT, Commercial and Finance) and providing an excellent, responsive service to the department Heads and clinical services. The post holder is required to forge and maintain excellent working relationships to support a collaborative and partnership style of working, within the Trust and our PFIs.
The post holder will be required to provide specialist and professional advice to the Trust senior leadership team to include assurance in relation to statutory compliance and risk associated with the PFI estate, infrastructure and facilities support services.
Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
1. Degree level qualification in building technical, property or business related area
2. Chartered member of relevant professional body
3. Masters degree qualification or significant equivalent specialist experience.
Desirable criteria
4. MBA or relevant Professional qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Proven PPP/PFI contract management knowledge including operational level experience
6. Senior experience working with the NHS in relation to contract administration, operational service delivery and FM contracts
7. Senior experience working with the NHS in relation to estates commercials and contract management
8. Extensive senior management experience at Director or Deputy Director level in the public or private sectors
9. Extensive experience of working with PFI teams across public and private sectors
10. Experience of effectively managing NHS estates portfolios
11. Experience of leading complex projects
12. Extensive experience of directly leading substantial change to deliver project success
13. Proven track record of sound commercial and contract management including the development of effective strategies within a large complex organisation
14. Experience in leading and managing teams
15. Evidence of leadership and delivery on large strategic developments
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
16. Knowledge and understanding of NHS policy and strategic issues within the profession and across the NHS
17. Highly developed commercial acumen
18. Complex decision making skills
19. Evidenced report writing and presentation capabilities
20. Advanced keyboard skills
21. IT skills including intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Systems
Application
Essential criteria
22. Fully meets criteria
23. Partially meets criteria
Desirable criteria
24. Fully meets criteria
25. Partially meets criteria
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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