Senior Head of Estates

A challenging opportunity has arisen for a Senior Head of Estates role to manage the Barts Health Newham University Hospital Estate. We are looking to recruit an initiative-taking and flexible Senior Head of Estates to lead a team of directly employed staff for the delivery and performance of the Retained Estate and Technical support for the PFI Estate.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
The Senior Head of Estates for Hard FM will:
Be responsible for the day to day running of the Hospital Estate (Reactive Maintenance Planned Maintenance and Management/Development and of the Delivery Capital Backlog programme, and interface for the delivery Capital Schemes.
Develop and lead our in-house multi-skilled Estates team to deliver Hard FM services for Newham University Hospital retained Estate.
Be the primary interface (technical) for PFI hard services to ensure compliance with PFI contract schedules, liaising with Group Estates Contracts Management team., Be a positive team member with a can-do attitude accompanied with a recognised understanding of the latest HTM's (Heath Technical Memorandums), conversant with up-to-date standards; ACOP's, BS & EN standards & SFG20 Standard Maintenance Specifications as they affect the management of Building Engineering Services throughout a frequently complex Health Care environment.
Demonstrate a clear understanding in the management of statutory compliance as they affect NHS building premises. Areas of compliance would typically be in water hygiene, electrical systems, asbestos and fire management, medical gases, and air conditioning systems.
Have proven managerial specialist skills in leadership and contractor management.
Have excellent communicative skills that can articulate issues and problems to senior management in a meaningful way both to clinical and non-clinical members of staff.
Be able to demonstrate an understanding of financial management within an NHS setting and be able to provide necessary experience obtained in the control of delegated budgets.
Be required to participate in the Estates emergency on-call rota as required which may require out of hours working at all Barts Health Trust site
Maintain effective working relationships across all clinical services and corporate divisions within the trust and external organisations
Lead on preparing business cases for EFM capital funding including the development strategic estate plans for the Estate.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage., Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment., We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Our people strategy for 2019-2022 sets out our priorities and an action plan to meet our ambition. In this strategy, we set out the deal we are offering to you in return for living and breathing our values so that they shape everything that you do every single day.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.
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Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.