Dep. Director, Estates & Facilities (Capital Investment & Development)

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In addition to the above summary, please familiarize yourself with full the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
Person specification
Training & Qualification
Essential criteria
Master's Degree level qualification and/ or membership of a chartered profession in an appropriate technical discipline relating to construction, professional services or engineering
Plus equivalent level of in depth and specialist knowledge and significant industry/specialist experience at Director, Deputy Director or very senior manager level in estates management or construction related professional services.
The post holder will also have extensive demonstrable experience of working at a senior managerial level within a healthcare or related construction industry.
Membership of appropriate professional body
Highly specialist knowledge over more than one function/discipline in the remit of the role.
Evidence of Continuous Professional Development over several years.
IT skills in the use of MS Office software and MS Project.
Desirable criteria
Health and Safety Qualification
Prince 2 Qualification
Project Management
Experience
Essential criteria
Significant proven and demonstrated Senior Level experience in Capital Development, construction or Estates management within the NHS or similar environment for a minimum of 10 years.
Experience of operational and technical interpretation, negotiation and service development across a range of capital and estates services.
Experience of developing estates strategies and service redesign within the NHS.
Specialist knowledge over more than one capital and Estates discipline, or function, together with associated healthcare services provision
Experience of monitoring highly complex contracts, projects and programmes
Experience of auditing and compiling corporate documentation and reports.
Experience in managing contentious situations and influencing diverse stakeholders, including clinical and non-clinical staff, to achieve consensus.
High-level budget setting, forecasting and financial acumen
Desirable criteria
Experience of senior management in a capital planning and construction role either within the NHS or a similar health environment
Communication & Relationship
Essential criteria
Demonstrable ability to articulate, influence and persuade others using highly complex and highly sensitive communication skills.
Experience of analysing and presenting highly complex and contentious data at executive level.
Presenting information in public forums in sometimes hostile and antagonistic environments covering highly political, sensitive and contentious information.
Experience of handling complex external relationships with commercial providers which will include challenging (where appropriate) areas which infringe upon potentially politically sensitive environment(s).
Experience of managing multiple concurrent projects and conflicting priorities to ensure deadlines are met.
Desirable criteria
Demonstrates a real commitment to working with, involving and consulting with patients and other key stakeholders in taking decisions
Analytical & Judgement
Essential criteria
Demonstrable experience and ability to take a high level strategic concept, develop a business case with full senior management buy in and presentation to Executive/Trust Board and other external stakeholders
The ability to think conceptually; recognising assumptions, interpreting and evaluating arguments and deducing inferences.
Able to think analytically; anticipating obstacles and thinking ahead; using analytical techniques to identify several solutions
Able to make quick assessments of and draw logical conclusions from situations
Desirable criteria
To be able to exert influence where expert opinion may differ from the organisational direction of travel.
Planning & Organisation
Essential criteria
Able to formulate long term plans across multi- service and organizational boundaries for the development of service redesign and estate strategic models in a changing commissioning and provider environment.
Ability to develop Trust estate strategies and to assimilate these to radically redesign the estate model to support future NUH clinical delivery in a holistic approach.
Ability to develop long term estate strategies to provide a pipeline of projects for business case development and beyond.
Desirable criteria
Ability to interpret national, health, or broad organisational policies, and establish the way in which these will be implemented and interpreted
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.
Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet
NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications
If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:
Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
Start an Apprenticeship
Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training
For more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.
ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.
Consent:
Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£42.90 for enhanced and £22.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month's pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Deputy Director Estates & Facilities (CI&D) JD (PDF, 322.6KB)
Deputy Director Estates & Facilities (CI&D) PS (PDF, 224.8KB)
Mindful Employer (PDF, 242.5KB)
Equality and Diversity (PDF, 122.3KB)
Equal Opportunities (PDF, 57.4KB)
Disability Confidence Scheme (PDF, 51.0KB)
Improving Working Lives (PDF, 177.5KB)
Rehabilitation of Ex Offenders (PDF, 106.0KB)
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