Estate Strategy Manager

Employer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: All sites

Town: London

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

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 18/02/:59

Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Job overview

The role is a crucial post in leading the delivery of a world class Design & Development service and establishing a 1st 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 a consistent service delivery and support for coordination of governance.

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 1 or more clinical functions.
2. Hold responsibility for the strategic planning, governance, outline design then 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 having regard for clinical priorities developed as part of the new business partnering function.

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 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, and have them understand the 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

Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

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