Associate Director of National Estates Delivery

This is an exciting time to join the NHS as we transform our estate to deliver 21st century care and the best possible outcomes for our patients. Estates is at the centre of the government's plans for transforming the NHS with a number of capital investment programmes running and more expected as part of the commitments that will be set out in the new NHS Long Term Plan and outcome of the Darzi review. The 42 Integrated Care Systems in England have just completed Infrastructure Strategies that now need to be delivered. Big challenges face us with increasing backlog maintenance across all sectors (primary care, mental health, community and acute); Private Finance Initiative (PFI) hospitals and Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) Primary care centres reaching the end of their contracts; The NHS estate needs to be greener with ambitions to become the world's first net zero health system by 2040, setting the global standard; Building new state-of-the-art hospitals; Channelling investment to accelerate community-based care for patients; and planning for our 100,000 strong Estates and Facilities workforce. Focus on the estates has never been higher. As a member of the SMT, you will be an inspirational, personable and approachable leader, passionate about estates having significant estates experience within large, complex organisations. A strategic thinker bringing a fresh perspective to the role and have the energy, tenacity and enthusiasm to drive forward change., Reporting directly to the Head of Profession you will lead the Estates Delivery Team in the North West region, whilst also leading and participating in national programmes and initiatives. The aim is to deliver high quality independent strategic and operational estates and facilities advice and support across the NHS organisations throughout the region. Facilitating NHS Trusts, Primary Care Networks and ICSs to create better healthcare environments and generate cost efficiencies that will benefit patients and the wider health economy. It is a challenging and diverse role working across the healthcare and wider public-sector system as part of an independent strategic estates function. You will partner with senior stakeholders in NHS Trusts and ICSs to deliver the NHS England Long Term Plan, capital programmes and estates strategies which empower the transformation of care and are clearly linked to other infrastructure enablers., NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.

This is a results focused role. You will be skilled in stakeholder management, data analysis, capital programme and project delivery, management and mitigation of backlog maintenance and Critical Infrastructure Risk, surplus land release, green plans, estates and facilities workforce strategies and have a thorough knowledge of the NHS and estates and facilities operational issues and policy objectives, demonstrating commercial awareness and technical ability to be most successful.

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.