Head of Contract Compliance (Estates), Band 8b

The Trust has an established Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Gloucestershire Managed Services (GMS Limited), which manages estates and facilities for the Trusts. The Head of Contract Compliance is members of the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust management team to ensure its service requirements are articulated, understood and delivered through GMS.

To be the professional lead responsible for contract management and compliance reporting to the Portfolio Director for Estates & Facilities. To manage specialist contracts and projects as delegated including Trust, ICS, Department of Health (DoH) acting as Trust lead in all estates related contractual negotiations, which may include specialist HR discussions, and liaison with national heads of service including Regional & National NHS teams.

Key contracts include

Gloucestershire Managed Services (GMS) Limited - wholly owned subsidiary managing the Trust's Estates and Facilities functions

- Gloucestershire Health Partnership (GHP) - PFI Contract

- SABA - Car parking provider

- Sovereign housing - Accommodation provider, To be the professional & technical lead for the Trust on all contractual matters relating to estates and facilities, including performance reporting for: -

Gloucestershire Managed Services (sub-co)

Gloucestershire Health Partnership (GHP) which is managed through Avison Young with an estates management company (Apleona). This is the PFI estate.

Saba (Car Parking, including the management of a multi-storey car park), With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals. As well as generous annual leave allowance, access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff.

We are committed to diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity for everyone, valuing and celebrating differences and encouraging a workplace and culture where all can thrive. We endeavour to ensure each and every person working in our organisation feel respected and valued. Respecting and valuing differences will help to ensure that our policies and services reflect the needs and experiences of the people and community we serve.