Assistant Director - Property and Estates Strategy

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., + 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, 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. We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for 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. Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A, + 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 For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. Please note that where response levels are exceptional we may close the post before the specified date, therefore early application is recommended. Please make sure that you read the Job Description and Person Specification attached and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Secondment - if you are interested in undertaking a role on a secondment basis, please ensure that you have discussed this with your current line manager prior to submitting your application. Please note if you are already an employee of ESNEFT fixed term roles will only be offered on a secondment basis. When providing reference details please provide email addresses so references can be sought promptly to cover the last 3 years of employment. Successful candidates may be charged for their DBS check. Please ensure you read the information found in the attached DBS Information document The Trust is committed to its staff and their development and to equal opportunities and diversity. Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community. Whilst we welcome applications from all and your application will be considered on individual merit, if you are offered a position and require a Skilled Worker Certificate of Sponsorship we may not be able to process your application to the final stage due Home Office eligibility. In submitting an application form, you authorise East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; we look forward to receiving your application for employment.

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We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training. Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT's core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT., 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.