Estates Officer - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The post holder will work alongside the Head of Estates providing day to day operational support to all aspects of the service as required.

The post holder will support the Estates team in the consistent delivery of Alder Hey Estates services by providing day to day operational support, enabling the successful delivery of high-quality services for children, young people and their families.

The post holder will work closely with Heads of Service to ensure external leased/rented properties are effectively managed.

Responsible for the operational management and successful delivery of service level agreements within the community estate.

Financial compliance and budgetary management for services and alterations within community buildings.

Contribute to setting the strategic direction for Estates working within the management team.
Responsible for the operational management of service level agreements within the community estate.
Responsible for delivery of delegated projects including design, obtaining tenders, liaison with statutory bodies, agreeing standards and ensuring they are met, overseeing commissioning, and acceptance of works.
Implement service improvements within team ensuring issues and risks are appropriately managed or escalated.
Support the development of the vision of the service.
To take a lead on specific service issues affecting the Estates service at the request of the head of service.
Deputise for the Head of Estates on behalf of the service at internal / external meetings.
To be responsible for a wide range of electronic documents, data and information relating to the Trust's Estate.
To have delegated authority for the day-to-day management of the schemes, including response to project emergencies. To execute actions to achieve agreed objectives identified in the full business cases and as agreed in steering group / project team meetings.

Working within the estates & facilities team you will have a key role in leading on various projects including community leases and contracts.

The role will require travel to various locations across Merseyside in order to liaise and meet with community based staff.

Operational

To be responsible for specific functions within the service.
To support the Head of Estates as required.
To be a key member of the Estates Team.
Develop and present reports as needed.
To provide regular information and data returns as required as required.
To be responsible for leases and rented properties.
To inform the Estates strategy, development, and implementation within the services.
To help collate and record Estates Directorate performance statistics including data from contract support organisations. This data reflects the quality and performance of the Estate with regard to the condition of buildings, functional suitability, space utilisation, energy efficiency, fire precautions and health & safety. To assist with annual reporting of statistics e.g. Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC).

HUMAN RESOURCES

Management of community leases and rented properties.
Liaise with relevant service leads in relation to properties.
To develop and implement team / service standard operating policies and procedures (SOPs) to ensure safe and consistent service delivery and development in relation to leased/rented properties.

SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

To actively participate in the planning of strategic and operational developments and re-design of services.
To lead on developing business cases for service development.
To identify and implement initiatives to support continuous quality improvements and service developments.
To proactively support the strategic development of the service and division

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE/RISK MANAGEMENT/QUALITY

To monitor and respond to incidents on the Trust's Risk Management System and ensure learning from incidents is shared and when required, leads to changes in service delivery
To regularly access the risk register to update on agreed actions and, in collaboration with heads of service, ensure that risks within the service are actively managed.
To ensure that all areas of responsibility are regularly risk assessed and that risks are identified and managed effectively. As part of this role, ensuring that all staff are aware of their health and safety responsibilities and provide effective support to ensure that all are complying with the health and safety requirements of the Trust.