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Salary £135k to £145k plus car lease scheme and relocation assistance
An excellent opportunity has arisen for the role of Group Director of Estates and Facilities. Our Group is one of the largest acute and community Group organisations in the NHS, with a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) have significant ambitions and are committed to delivering care for the 1.5 million people we serve.
Our two trusts have been working in collaboration to review our services and to identify how we can better provide those services across our complex geography for the benefit of our patients. Our focus is on ensuring we improve clinical outcomes, reduce inequalities of access and address the workforce challenges that we face. This is a unique and exciting time to join us.
We are now looking for a Remarkable Person to join our Extraordinary Place at this pivotal time. We are looking for a Group Director of Estates and Facilities who can drive this broad agenda which covers all our estates, and facilities services together with responsibility for the delivery of the Group’s significant capital objectives. We deliver our work through a mix of internal staff (totalling over 1000) and outsourced providers.
This is an excellent opportunity for a high calibre Director who has a proven track record of overseeing facilities services in a large complex organisation. You will have the opportunity to shape the future and transform how the services will be delivered across the Group operating model.
Reporting to the Group Chief Financial Officer, you will be a key member of the senior leadership team as a Corporate Director. You will spearhead the establishment and delivery of our estates and facilities management strategies. You will both lead and influence within the Group, as well as with external system partners, translating these strategies into tangible outcomes to empower our patients, service users and workforce. We have a substantial Net Zero opportunity, and have particular opportunity to drive innovation in this space, for the benefit of patients, staff and the communities we serve.
This is a significant leadership opportunity. You must have substantial experience in leading estates and facilities services, and be able to demonstrate how you have been involved with managing change, developing strategy and providing high class services whilst managing complex budgets. You must be able to develop effective partnerships, be able to understand the complexities of contract and commercial management, and be innovative with problem solving. You will lead, develop, and motivate a large team ensuring support in the delivery of high-quality healthcare.
Applicants require exceptional leadership qualities, commercial acumen, and exceptional relationship management skills. In addition, they must possess a strong business understanding and credibility. You will be passionate about delivering and influencing change, you will be a natural leader who will facilitate and support collaborative working both internally and externally to the Group. You will thrive on working at pace, have excellent attention to detail as well as be able to provide a 'helicopter view’ of issues within your portfolio at any given time.
For an initial discussion or for more information, please contact our retain recruitment specialist Jonathan Phillips at Seymour John Ltd
