Estate Strategy Manager

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

The role is a crucial post in leading the delivery of a world-class Design & Development service and establishing a first-class business partnering relationship with the Clinical Groups at GSTT. The role will be the conduit between Essentia Design & Development teams and the clinical groups, ensuring consistent service delivery, supporting coordination of governance, and assisting clinical groups in interpreting GSTT 2030, the emerging Estate Strategy to support their demands for all aspects of GSTT Estate across all associated available space.

Main duties of the job

The postholder:

1. Lead, with the support of the Assistant Director, the functional implementation of a clinical group business partnering function into one or more clinical functions.
2. Hold responsibility for the strategic planning, governance, outline design, and smooth handover to the project delivery team so that healthcare facilities meet the clinical needs of the Trust for one or more clinical groups for estate solutions varying in value from £50k - £100m.
3. Input functional priorities to the development and implementation plan for GSTT Estate Strategy, considering clinical priorities developed as part of the new business partnering function.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton, and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research, and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts, providing specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer, and renal services, as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

Benefits

• The NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK.
• Interest-free Season Ticket Loan.
• Long Term Service Awards.
• Subsidised on-site nurseries and childcare vouchers.
• A comprehensive staff health and well-being programme, '5 ways to a healthier YOU.'
• Ride to work scheme.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Free stop smoking service.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification Qualifications/ Education

• Construction / Property / Estates management related master's degree qualification or relevant experience in similar roles in an Estates environment.

Professionals/ Statutory Registration

• Significant experience in an Estate Strategy role in a large organisation.
• Professional registration e.g., MRICS.
• Experience of construction contracts, contract management, and procurement practices relating to project and service delivery.
• Project management experience including procurement of professional teams, cost forecasting and budgeting, value engineering, and contract procurement.
• Experience of project/supply chain procurement and management.
• Experience of reviewing Strategic Operating Plans and transposing an Estates supporting solution.
• Clinical or operational NHS experience.

Knowledge

• Excellent understanding of capital programme delivery.
• Highly developed communication skills, with the ability to communicate highly complex information where exceptional influencing skills are required.
• Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate, and involve individuals and teams, ensuring understanding of Trust-wide and local performance expectations.
• Strong knowledge and experience of contract management and procurement, cost management and budgeting, and supply chain management.

Skills & Abilities

• Possessing a high level of attention to detail. A natural collaborator, working cross-functionally at all levels internally and externally.
• Ability to effectively manage time and meet deadlines whilst under pressure.

Additional Information 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.

Salary: £82,462 to £93,773 per annum incl HCA