Job summary
- Main area
- Estates
- Grade
- VSM/executives
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 390-COR-0342
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- MSE wide
- Town
- MSE wide
- Salary
- £100,000 - £200,000 To be negotiated due to experience
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Chief Estates and Infrastructure Officer
VSM/executives
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve.
Job overview
MSEFT has a large capital infrastructure redevelopment programme, including leading for the integrated care system (MSE ICS) on an ambitious community diagnostic centre programme, and a large backlog maintenance burden.
Alongside these priorities, the postholder will also support new commercial capital activities, providing expert advice to ensure we take full advantage of commercial capital and business development opportunities, within a framework of sound corporate governance, contract and commercial law. Therefore, building a highly performing estates and capital team will be key to success.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead the Estates and Facilities team which delivers services from several South and Mid Essex sites. This role is an important post in delivering the Trusts Estates and Facilities services across all sites in the Group. There are a several key strategic opportunities and challenges this role will tackle in the next 12 to 18 months regarding how the Trust delivers quality services.
The future working arrangements with healthcare partners across the Mid and South Essex area provides a positive opportunity to further develop and enhance the service and this will enable the healthcare estate to meet the needs of the local population. We have a significant capital investment for the necessary acute reconfiguration and significant progress has already been made to secure additional funding and partner engagement to achieve our ambitions in line with agreed estate principles and objectives.
You will provide leadership and strategic input for the management of the Trust’s estates, facilities and capital investment programme and will lead on the development of the Trust’s transformation plan of its overall estates footprint and advance solutions which enable the cost-effective delivery of health services.
Working for our organisation
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached candidate pack by clicking on the following link Chief Estates and Infrastructure Officer - 1
We look forward to your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Master’s degree or equivalent/proven post- graduate level ability and experience.
- Evidence of continuing Professional Development.
Desirable criteria
- Membership of an appropriate professional body.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of working at executive management level within the NHS, ideally within a related field.
- Management of large-scale finances/budgets.
- Experience of successfully operating at Board/sub-Board level
- A track record of having successfully delivered major organisational change projects, particularly in merged and/or complex organisations.
- Evidence of having operated within a unionised environment, delivering a constructive employee relations climate and having successfully negotiated outcomes to deliver for the business.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- NHS procedures, standards and Health & Safety requirements
- Clinical Governance Framework Standards relating to Estates & Facilities.
- Procurement methodology for construction with regard to traditional solutions and Procure 21+.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Matthew Hopkins
- Job title
- Chief Executive
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01268 524900
- Additional information
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