Job summary
- Main area
- Management
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 389-25-7226380-A
- Employer
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bradford Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Bradford
- Salary
- £76,965 - £88,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Head of Facilities
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Job overview
Closing Date: 15.09.25
Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 16.09.25
Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 23.09.25
We are seeking a motivated and experienced individual to lead and manage the soft Facilities Management (FM) services across our Trust.
The Senior Head of Facilities will have responsibility for soft FM services, ensuring that facilities service strategies and plans are in place and that adequate resources exist in order to ensure the provision of professional, safe and high quality services.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Head of Facilities will be responsible for the operational management, planning, performance monitoring, service improvement and development of the soft FM services at the Trust sites, and will ensure services are delivered against and in line with internal and external performance targets.
The jobholder will be a key member of the Estates and Facilities (E&F) Senior Management Team and will provide professional advice to senior management colleagues, care groups and clinical business units, and will deputise for the Director of E&F on relevant professional matters as they relate to soft FM services.
The jobholder will develop an Annual Facilities Plan including agreeing objectives for the year with the Deputy Director of E&F.
The jobholder will develop and deliver a comprehensive service improvement agenda and provide a key role in the delivery of wider specific Trust initiatives, including developing business cases for reframing existing FM services, or for the delivery of new or expanded services.
They will provide assurance to the Director of E&F on FM service improvement, compliance standards, business-continuity, mandatory and statutory compliance.
They will play a key role in helping support and implement the Trust’s E&F Strategy with reference to national and local priorities and will manage and ensure the delivery of facilities support services to promote and sustain this Strategy.
Working for our organisation
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information before applying for this role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 5 years relevant facilities management experience at a senior level in a large complex organization (preferably NHS)
- Significant experience in leading and developing service strategy planning and transformation change programmes of work.
- Highly developed strategic awareness and skills.
- Experience of writing and presenting complex reports and business cases.
- Experience of leading and managing a large and diverse in-house facilities workforce.
- Accountable management of multi million pound facilities budgets and management of cost efficiency programmes.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Proven capabilities in developing the provision of soft FM services to meet high quality standards.
- Ability to perform under pressure whilst ensuring deadlines are met.
- Proven ability to develop and lead teams.
- Ability to effectively prioritise own workload and that of team.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Effective communicator at all levels, written and verbal, skilled negotiator.
- Commercially astute and able to pro-actively manage budgets.
Desirable criteria
- Project management experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Evidence of other specialist knowledge/training at higher degree/master’s level.
- Membership of an appropriate professional body – e.g. BIFM.
Desirable criteria
- Professional management/leadership qualification.
- NEBOSH qualification.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chris Davies
- Job title
- Deputy Director of Estates & Facilities
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01274364444
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