Job summary
- Main area
- Estates and Facilities - Capital Projects
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-NN-7330653-CA-A
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St George's Hospital
- Town
- Tooting, London
- Salary
- £85,431 - £97,148 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Head of Capital Projects
Band 8c
Job overview
To provide leadership and management of the Trust’s estate capital development and delivery programme. The Trust capital budget is variable year on year but ranges from £18m - £46m of which circa 50% will be overseen by the post holder. To support the Assistant Director of Capital Projects in the development and management of the estate capital development programme, ensuring that it's aligned to the Trust’s overall strategy and clinical and corporate strategies.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for and oversee the design and development of capital schemes as delegated, from inception to completion.
To ensure that schemes are delivered and handed over such that the Trust’s estate is safe for patients, staff and visitors.
To line manage the Trust’s Capital Projects team.
To deputize for the Assistant Director of Capital Projects as and when required.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Formulate long term strategic plans for a portfolio of projects and assess the impact of these plans against the long term strategies of the Trust in conjunction with the Assistant Director of Capital Projects and the Estates & Facilities Senior Management Team.
· Provide professional construction management advice to the Assistant Director of Capital Projects, stakeholders and others on all aspects of capital project works of the Trust that are assigned to the post-holder.
Please see full details in the job description and person specification attached
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/HNC/HND in Engineering/Construction related subject
- Professional academic qualification at masters level or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- management qualifications e.g. chartered status such as CEng, IEng, RICS CIOB, APM, MIET, PMI,
- Project/programme management qualification MSP Practitioner, PMP, APMP
Experience
Essential criteria
- - Evidence at least 3 years’ experience of successfully managing and delivering a programme of building works, with an annual value in excess of £20m –
- - Evidence experience of managing a team of contractors and professional consultants, in addition to a staff team of 5+ people
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of public procurement methodology and legislation, providing evidence of procurement exercises you have been responsible for
- Knowledge of the Building Safety Act 2023 and process for engaging with the Building Safety Regulator
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Janice Jackson
- Job title
- Executive Assistant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07989 558526
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