Main area Facilities Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment opportunities available to internal candidates)
Hours:
* Full time
* Flexible working
* Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref: 361-6936823
Site: Lister Hospital
Town: Stevenage
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 21/02/2025
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Property and PFI Manager who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Estates & Facilities Division is looking to recruit a Property and PFI Manager, who will report directly to the Strategic Programme Manager and work closely with procurement and colleagues within the division. You will help with the division's development of resilient integrated contracts.
As the Property and PFI Manager for the Estates & Facilities Division, you will be a key senior member of the EFM team, shaping and helping to develop and deliver new contracts to provide high-quality services across the organisation.
You will support and be responsible for lease and license management, negotiations with tenants, landlords & solicitors, assisting with the management of the Trust portfolio with reference to existing leases, licenses, and proposed acquisitions.
You will be an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills to support the Directorate of Estates and Facilities.
Main duties of the job
The Property Services Manager reports to the Strategic Programme Manager and shall be accountable for delivering an agreed annual programme of work in relation to the Trust’s property functions as well as supporting the Strategy & Commercial team in delivering the Estate Strategy.
You shall, where required, deputise for the Strategic Programme Manager and represent the Commercial team in internal and external meetings.
Provide expert specialist professional advice on all aspects of property management including property technical surveying, including responsibilities relating to contracted and contractual maintenance, repair, refurbishment, restoration, and legislation.
Be responsible for coordinating all aspects of the agreed transition and handover process for Hertford County Hospital, ensuring seamless continuation of safe provision of healthcare and support service operations as the PFI arrangements come to a close in 2033.
Lead the planning, execution, and tracking of agreed PFI life cycle projects to ensure they are complete, compliant, commissioned, certified, and that they meet the contractual and expiry obligations for condition at expiry and meet future needs of the hospital.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide, and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause, so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* Relevant educational and professional knowledge to degree level
* Significant relevant experience in asset management, property surveying, construction, and/or related estate management.
* Specialist knowledge acquired through postgraduate courses (e.g., Management, Project management, and/or property, commissioning, and healthcare premises)
* Incorporated level or equivalent membership of a recognised professional institute (e.g., Assoc RICS, RICS, CIOB, CIAT, IHEEM, BIFM, CIBSE).
* Full Membership of a recognised professional institute (e.g., RICS, CIOB, CIAT, IHEEM, BIFM, CIBSE)
Previous Experience
* Property Transactions
* Project Management
* Delivering projects within time/cost/quality framework
* Negotiating, Change Management, and Conflict Resolution
* Building Surveying
* Property Maintenance agreements
* Space Utilisation and management
* Knowledge of health-specific technical standards HTMs, HBNs etc.
* Working knowledge of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954
* Experience in lease interpretation, re-gearing, deeds of rectification/variation
* Act sensitively to staff relocation because of selling properties
Skills
* Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
* Communicate complex/technical information in a clear and non-threatening manner
* Present findings to groups and offer reassurance where the meeting may be charged or challenging
* Ability to reconcile conflicting views where there may be significant barriers to understanding or acceptance
* Proven ability to deal sensitively but fairly with difficult circumstances
* Acts as a role model empowering transparency, inclusivity, honesty, and objectivity
* Developed negotiating and persuasion skills
* Clear thinking, confident decision maker, able to quickly absorb and analyse information presented
* Able to exchange complex technical & project-related information with specialists and contractors and to communicate that information with non-specialist user groups
* Thorough knowledge of property legislation, regulation, and best practice, in particular in a public sector setting
Knowledge
* Knowledge of current developments within the NHS
* Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
* Knowledge of NHS Standards of Cleanliness
* Expert knowledge of contracting systems and processes
* Good working knowledge of HTM’s, HBN’s, and other NHS guidance
* NEC4 and other contractual arrangements
* Suitable IT skills i.e., CAD, Microsoft Office including Project, AutoCAD, and BIM software knowledge and implementation experience.
Our values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate, and live our values in everything we do.
Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate, and grow together.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to our Community
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients, and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular, we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities and candidates from Black, Asian, and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net
We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans, and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.
We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.
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Secondments/Fixed term
Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.
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