Job summary
- Main area
- Estates and Facilities
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 349-COR-7118055-RL4
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wythenshawe
- Town
- Wythenshawe
- Salary
- £64,455 - £74,896 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
WTWA Head of Estates
Band 8b
Job overview
To support the Interim WTWA Associate Group Director Estates in shaping the future provision of Estates Services across WTWA and associated properties. This will include the strategic development of services to ensure they are high quality, progressive, responsive to internal and external demand, patient focused and fully support the strategic and future operational needs of the service delivery contracts.
Main duties of the job
To be accountable for all day-to-day operational aspects of Estates Services Hard FM delivered across WTWA and associated properties, its partnership organisations and internal customers. This will include the support and development of services to ensure they are progressive, responsive to internal and external demand, are patient focused, safe, efficient, and effective. The post-holder is required to work within a robust governance structure and performance against agreed service standards and key performance indicators.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional/academic qualification at degree level or equivalent experience in a Technical or EFM discipline
- Evidence of continuing personal and professional development in EFM disciplines
Desirable criteria
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Management
- PG Diploma/Master’s Degree and/or evidence of equivalent relevant management experience within the NHS
- Chartered Engineer
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in a senior manager position, in the Estates management sector
- Evidence of successful projects/programmes of work within agreed constraints e.g. budgets, timescales
- Successful track record in securing year on year improvements in quality and value
- Recent experience of successful negotiation and contract management
- Recent experience of procurement through tendering
- Ability to work effectively and inclusively with a wide range of people
Desirable criteria
- Successful track record in leading and delivering organisational change
- Evidence of Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Sound understanding of financial management and processes, with in depth knowledge of contract management
- Full understanding of the PLACE process
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of how the Estates and Hard Facilities function operates in an NHS setting
- Understanding of healthcare provision together with awareness and appreciation of current NHS policy and priorities
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carl Henniker
- Job title
- Associate Director Estates WTWA
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 291 5265
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