Associate Director of Estates and Facilities

Associate Director of Estates and Facilities

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

As the Associate Director of Estates and Facilities, you will be responsible for the delivery of the Estates strategy and the operational delivery of the estates, clinical engineering, facilities and capital team functions. The Estates strategy will include emphasis on the quality and safety of the estate now and into the future, the capturing and sharing of best practice (nationally and internationally) and the delivery of support services that ensure the provision is of appropriate, safe, effective and efficient quality and achieved within the resources identified.

The post holder will be expected to ensure that Estates and Facilities services are aligned to the clinical, workforce, research and development and finance strategies of the Trust and that improvements are co-produced with staff and service users alike.

As a member of the Trust Senior Leadership Team, you will share the responsibility for delivering the organisation's strategic goals and objectives as established by the Trust Board. You will be accountable and report to the Director of Finance.

Main Duties of the Job

1. To advise the Chief Executive, Executive Team and Trust Board on all aspects of Estates and Facilities Management.
2. To lead the planning, development and implementation of the Trust's Estates and Facilities functions, Estates development and Estates and Facilities compliance.
3. To support the delivery of the Trust sustainability strategy.
4. To manage delivery of large scale strategic capital and operational projects.
5. To develop and maintain strategic estates partnerships within the local health economy, ICS and partners.
6. To deliver all statutory and regulatory standards and ensure compliance with national standards and policies.
7. To ensure a culture of co-production with all estates and facilities stakeholders, including patients, visitors, staff and clinical teams and the service users at all times.
8. To act as Professional lead and advisor for all Estates matters and relevant policies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent + specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate courses and experience to Masters or equivalent in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or Building Services.
• Evidence of continuing personal and professional development.
• Membership of a professional institute.
• Management or professional qualification at post graduate level.

Knowledge

• Experience in a senior position obtained in an Estates Management discipline.
• In depth management experience including finance/budgetary, HR, service redesign/strategic knowledge.
• Proven performance management of services and delivery of targets within agreed timescales.
• Experience of working in a hospital environment.

Skills

• Well developed leadership and motivational skills.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Self motivated, flexible with inter-personal skills, able to develop, motivate and maintain effective teams and manage a demanding and challenging workload.
• IT literate.
• Use of and interpretation of technical drawings.
• High level of written and verbal communication skills including presentation skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.