Band 8c Associate Director Operational Estates

Job summary

Following the creation of a new senior Estates leadership team, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic estates professional at University Hospitals Birmingham in a new role as Associate Director of Operational Estates for you to develop your career at the largest healthcare trust in the country in a dynamic and rewarding environment.

You will lead a team of professional estates staff based at each of our four acute sites and be responsible for all estates matters concerning the maintenance and compliance of a complex portfolio of buildings and infrastructure.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

You will be the Trust's lead for ensuring compliance of estates services along with developing risk treatment plans and the development and implementation of new ways of working to improve the in-house level of technical capabilities and skills. You will drive the agenda to devise and implement new technology and review opportunities to modernise systems to improve services and resilience.

Working with a wide range of staff groups both within the Trust and its external partners, you will communicate complex technical matters and provide strategic leadership to the organisation.

Reporting to the Deputy Director, this new role will work closely with the Director of Operational Estates and senior leadership team to introduce an integrated approach for the directorate across all sites, identify opportunities for change and efficient ways of working, develop clear investment strategies along with future workforce plans.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to minimum of degree masters level in building, mechanical or electrical disciplines or equivalent experience

Specialist knowledge across the range of estates and facilities standards, regulations and compliance acquired through postgraduate experience and further training.

Experience

Essential

Extensive Senior Management experience/ Master's level qualification & managerial strategic & professional experience

Previous experience in managing major contracts

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

For help with your application, contact: 

Mike Taylor 

Mike.Taylor@uhb.nhs.uk 

07827958159