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- Prif leoliad
- Construction
- Gradd
- NHS AfC: Band 9
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 990-NHP-19736-E
- Cyflogwr
- NHS England
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- This role can be based in any NHSE Office. You will be expected to attend the office for 40% of your time.
- Tref
- Nationally
- Cyflog
- £109,179 - £125,637 per annum (exclusive of London Weighting)
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 03/02/2026 23:59
Teitl cyflogwr
Deputy Director of Pre-Construction Delivery
NHS AfC: Band 9
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage. We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
The New Hospital Programme is more than building hospitals, it’s a once in a generation opportunity to shape the future of healthcare in England. We’re delivering over 40 new hospitals that will be modern, sustainable and built around the needs of patients and staff. We’re looking for people who care about purpose, who thrive in complex environments and who want to help deliver change at scale for future generations.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
The Deputy Director of Pre-Construction Delivery is a senior leadership role responsible for providing client-side oversight and support to the Permanent Delivery Partnership (PDP) ensuring coherence across all pre-construction activities.
As the role holder, you will identify, escalate, and drive strategic initiatives that de-risk the early stages of scheme development including enabling works. This includes proactively influencing policy and engaging with key bodies – from local planning authorities to utility providers and government departments – to overcome systematic barriers.
The role holder will drive the effective, programmatic delivery of key hospital infrastructure, to ensure site readiness and that enabling works are delivered consistently and coherently across all waves in line with the scheme’s agreed implementation plan.
Key Responsibilities of the role include:
- Provide client-side management and support to the Permanent Delivery Partnership’s (PDP) Programme Enabling Team (PET) and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
- Capture, drive, and report performance and enabling works delivery into the Delivery Directorate’s Performance Review.
- Actively develop and directly support risk mitigation strategies with NHS Trusts for pre-construction activities.
- Drive programmatic initiatives and seek opportunities to learn once and implement across waves and groups of schemes.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Manyleb y person
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Educated to Master’s or equivalent level, or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Evidence of post degree qualifications and relevant continuing professional development.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Additional management qualification or specialist qualification at post graduate level, or equivalent experience (e.g., Project/Programme Management, Engineering, Planning, Surveying).
- Project or programme management qualification (eg Prince 2, MSP APM).
Knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Proven senior leadership experience in the pre-construction phase of major, complex infrastructure or building programmes.
- Extensive, demonstrable experience in managing a portfolio of pre-construction activities, such as land assembly, planning applications, and utilities provision
- Knowledge of the UK planning system, land purchase processes, and utility provider engagement (e.g., Distribution Network Operators (DNOs).
- A proven track record of developing and implementing risk mitigation strategies and performance management frameworks.
- Experience in stakeholder engagement, engaging with senior internal and external partners, including government bodies.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience within the health sector or other complex public sector capital programmes.
- Experience with NEC contracts, particularly in a client-side or project management role.
- Experience in policy influencing or working with national policy teams to overcome systematic delivery barriers.
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- A strong focus on outcomes, with the ability to drive performance and hold partners to account for the delivery of critical milestones.
- Ability to anticipate and navigate complex pre-construction challenges, developing pragmatic, programmatic solutions that benefit the entire portfolio
- Exceptional influencing and negotiation skills, with the credibility to engage effectively with utility companies, local authorities, and government departments.
- A collaborative leader, skilled in building effective client-contractor relationships and co-creating solutions with PDP teams and NHS Trusts.
- A strong commercial awareness, with experience in procurement and managing the financial aspects of pre-construction packages
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Chloe Lincoln-Todd
- Teitl y swydd
- Resourcing Business Partner
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
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