Head of Estates & Minor Capital (Operations)

Overview

In this role you lead the Estates & Minor Capital Operational Services team to deliver compliant, safe, and well-maintained environments across diverse sites. You ensure statutory obligations are met and provide assurance to the Trust Board through robust systems and processes. You will oversee statutory compliance, minor capital works, PAM, and related income generation, aligning operations with the Trust’s mission to support high-quality patient care. This is a senior, impact-driven position within a large NHS estate and facilities function.

Pay / Benefits

• Health and wellbeing support
• In-house occupational health services
• Staff networks (EDI, Green Champions, etc.)
• Supportive NHS environment
• Competitive NHS salary (Band 8c)
• Opportunity to influence large-scale estates strategy

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Operational Services staff to deliver Estates & Minor Capital services within resource constraints
• Ensure services comply with legislation, regulations, and guidance; provide assurance to the Trust Board
• Oversee Statutory Compliance, Minor Capital, PAM, Central Returns, and related income opportunities
• Coordinate with external contracts and manage hard and capital service contracts (PFI, SLA)
• Drive organisational change and service modernisation across multiple sites and complex portfolios
• Support revenue budgets and cost improvement programmes; monitor performance against targets
• Promote safe, accessible, clean, and fit-for-purpose environments for patient care
• Engage with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to align estates services with clinical needs and regulatory requirements

Key requirements

• Senior management experience in large multi-disciplinary Estates & Facilities teams
• Extensive experience in coordinating organizational change projects
• Experience in managing hard and capital service contracts (PFI, SLA) and related procurement
• Experience with budget forecasting and delivering cost improvements
• NHS employment experience including TUPE, restructures, and welfare of staff
• Professional Chartership relevant to Estates & Facilities
• Health & Safety qualifications (NEBOSH, IOSH)
• Project Management qualifications
• Advanced qualification in Estates & Facilities Management or equivalent

• strategic leadership
• commercial acumen
• stakeholder engagement
• contract management
• auditing and monitoring of contracts (PFI, SLA)
• life cycle costing

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