4227 - Head of Estates - Barnsley, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom - Barnsley Facilities Services

Description

The interview date for this role is the 17th May 2024.

Thepost holder will have a key senior leadership role, leading on the development ofthe Estates operational services and future service planning, together withensuring compliance with the relevant legislative and healthcare requirements,alongside deputising for the Operations Director, as necessary.

Duties will include leading the Trusts Estatesoperational services, assurance, and governance processes to ensure that a safeenvironment is provided and high-quality value for money services are deliveredthrough the establishment of appropriate policies and procedures in support of theservice objectives, and legislative requirements.

Undertake the role of Estates professional advisor,advising the board on key Estates strategic and compliance issues. Acts as asenior advisor with significant expert knowledge on all Estates operationalservices and compliance matters and acts as the Trusts Authorised Person forspecialist engineering services

The role will include ensuring the efficient andeffective use of resources with robust financial/budgetary management that isin accordance with the Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs). There will be the need to achieve any targetsfor cost improvement, whilst attaining appropriate quality.

Main duties of the job

To undertake the role of Responsible Person for theTrust across all areas of Estates statutory compliance. Developing strategies,systems and staff that deliver fully compliant services and provide board levelreporting and assurance.

Lead the Estates teams to develop and implementstrategic service development plans and objectives that are aligned with andenable the Trusts Core Objectives.

To ensure that the Trust is aware of its statutoryresponsibilities relating to the management of the Estate and that requirementsfor funding to enable this to happen are identified.

Develop detailed compliance reporting proceduresacross estates services to ensure all compliance risks and issues areidentified at board level with any associated costs. Develop full life cyclereplacement plans for all estates assets and ensure these are on the trustslong term capital replacement programme.

Contribute to the Trusts performance againstNational priorities including PLACE, ERIC, Food/nutrition, Premises AssuranceModel (PAM) and the National Standards of Cleanliness and decontaminationstandards.

Ensure that the Estates service contributes to theTrusts planning processes, and that futurerequirements are properly identified within a five-year plan and capitalprogramme.

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About us

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close a position early.

Operating as a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, BFS has over 40 years heritage in providing high quality estates, facilities, procurement services and Outpatient pharmaceutical services to the healthcare sector. With a turnover of over £50m per annum, we take pride in our people, the quality of our work and in making financial contributions back into the NHS, supporting our patients and staff to deliver front line patient services.

BFS are passionate about providing essential facilities and healthcare support services. Our highly skilled and experienced leading professionals take pride in what they do, delivering world-class services and best-in-class NHS standards.

We believe in our people, and our ethos is to put our customers and team at the heart of everything we do.

Our vision is to provide quality essential services, growing for the ultimate benefit of public healthcare and beyond.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Barnsley Facilities Services (BFS) are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or offending history.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

Job responsibilities

Job Description for Head of Estates

Please refer to the attachedJob Description and Person Specification for full details of the role andresponsibilities.

SupportingDocuments

Please refer to thevalues-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Building/Engineering Degree or qualification equivalent to degree level.
• Evidence of continuous professional development. To be a member of a professional organisation.
• NEBOSH National Diploma

Experience

• Significant post qualification experience and track record of Managing Hard FM assets and services within a complex health environment
• Effective communication, presentational and reporting skills
• Highly developed technical / knowledge and appreciation of FM services including statutory legislation and DH mandatory and good practice guidance
• Preparing of reports to support assurance/governance of operational services
• Authorised Persons Experience
• Previous proven operational management experience in the NHS or similar environment involving a wide range of procedures and practice
• Able to demonstrate evidence of effective financial management
• Experience of working with NHS / other service delivery targets
• Experience of line managing individuals and/or a team
• Experience of service development
• Experience of analysing data, facts and other evidence to identify problems and to propose and implement solutions
• Experience of working with staff at all levels including internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of working with staff to effect change, requiring negotiating and influencing skills
• Management of compliance of FM Services
• Internal Auditor Experience
• Experience working with Energy/Building Management systems

Skills and Knowledge

• Demonstrating an organised approach to work
• Management of non-skilled, skilled and professional
• staff
• Risk Evaluation in a live working environment

Personal Attributes

• Confident and participative team leader and player
• Effective communicator particularly at senior manager levels
• Ability to think and manage strategically and operationally
• Self motivated with a high level of focus, drive and energy
• Maintains high standards of professionalism and confidentiality
• High productivity
• Ability to work under pressure and constantly achieve within tight timescales
• Motivated to seek personal learning and career development
• Willingness to undertake further training in line with requirements of the Trust commensurate with the technical and strategic nature of this post

Values

• In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
• In around 100 words please describe what you do to get the best out of people.

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.