Job summary
ESNEFT are seeking a proactive and commercially focussed Property Leader with experience in Property and Estate Management to join the ESNEFT Estates and Facilities Division Senior Management Team as the Assistant Director for Property and Estates Strategy.
Ultimately, you will be responsible for ensuring the trust has safe, functional, sustainable and value for money property assets and is using them in the most efficient way to best enable the delivery of great healthcare and experience.
A formal Property Qualification is essential for this role
For more information or to organise an informal visit please contact Shane Gordon.
Main duties of the job
* Develop and maintain the trusts property strategy (i.e. what property and where) ensuring it aligns with the clinical strategy.
* Implement the trust property strategy to improve the functionality, safety and sustainability of the estate whilst improving the financial position.
* Manage the finances of the property and estates strategy including all income and expenditure (pay, non-pay, rent, rates, service charge, PFI, management costs, income etc).
* Develop and maintain the trusts development control plan and associated master plan for each of the main sites.
* Develop and maintain the trust's estates strategy (how we use the property determined in the property strategy) ensuring it aligns with the clinical strategy with consideration of the following overall outcomes.
* Work with the divisions, estates and capital team to identify the requirements of the future and develop the trust's 5yr capital plan to enable the trust's property and estates strategies.
* Identify and access multiple funding routes to deliver the trust's capital plan, writing the initial strategic case (SOBC) for each and then working with the Estates team to develop the outline case (OBC) and full case (FBC).
* Work with the estates team to ensure the annual backlog maintenance plan aligns with the overall estates strategy.
* Manage and develop the team, developing the level of property capability within the trust.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Date posted: 11 November 2024
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8d
Salary: £88,168 to £101,677 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 432-HR1598-24
Job responsibilities
* Be the most senior property professional in the Trust, providing mentoring, guidance and support to those in the team and professional advice to decision makers.
* Provide visible leadership and promote continual improvement in quality, performance and delivery of Trust objectives.
* Lead the establishment of accountability structures within the Corporate function ensuring that responsibility is delegated appropriately so decisions are able to be taken close to service provision.
* Lead, manage and motivate staff within the Corporate function to deliver and improve services.
* Line management of Corporate Leads and staff within the department, either directly or through delegated responsibility.
* Develop the business and planning processes throughout the service area to deliver services to required standards and within the available resource base.
* Develop processes for the entire service to jointly manage the business, delivery and development of service.
Person Specification
Experience
* Proven budget management skills and financial acumen with experience of delivering CIPs within an organisation with a £multi-million turnover.
* Managing a diverse team.
* Negotiation and influencing skills at a senior management level.
* Presenting complex plans at Board level.
* Evidence of delivering and implementing strategic plans.
Qualifications
* Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience.
* Formal management or business qualification or equivalent relevant experience.
* Evidence of continued professional development.
Knowledge
* Resilient with confident ability to work alone and equally as a team player.
* Ability to lead a number of complex projects simultaneously and deliver to agreed timescales.
* Commitment to, and demonstration of organisational behaviours and values.
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in complex settings, managing multi-dimensional issues.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Colchester, CO4 5JL
Employer's website: https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/
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