Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Water Contract Manager

The closing date is 02 July 2025

Job summary

Are you ready to make an impact in a dynamic, high-performing team dedicated to water compliance? Are you passionate about proactive management and maintaining high standards? If so, we would like to hear from you as we are looking for outstanding individuals to work within the Compliance team as Water Contract Managers.

Closing Date: 02 July 2025 at Midnight

Proposed Interview Date: 10 July 2025

Main duties of the job

These roles are crucial posts in ensuring that GSTT is compliant with legal and statutory requirements for all water contract management services across a complex and multi-site organisation.

The role will provide effective compliance, and performance services for Essentia Directorate, setting and supporting the performance measurement agenda, ensuring the compliance needs of, statutory and mandatory requirements etc. are measured and met to agreed deadlines.

About us

We offer a dynamic challenging job in an exciting, fast moving, flexible working environment. We have a strong commitment to your personal and professional development.

In addition, we offer excellent benefits, including:

The NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK. When you start working for the NHS you automatically become a member and you will get an excellent package of pension benefits.

A minimum of 27 days annual holiday allowance (not including bank holidays), plus the option to buy and sell. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years

Interest free Season Ticket Loan

Long Term Service Awards

Sports and social club

Subsidised staff gym and leisure facilities at both hospital sites, including a 25m swimming pool at Guy's

Subsidised on-site nurseries and childcare vouchers

On-site cinemas for patients and staff

A comprehensive staff health and well-being programme, '5 ways to a healthier YOU'

Weekly lunchtime walking group

Ride to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Free staff counselling service

Free stop smoking service

Details

Date posted

18 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,927 to £68,676 a year p.a. Inclusive of HCA

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-ESS1590-Y

Job locations

Great Dover Street

London

SE14YB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and personal specification. The postholder:

Be one of the Trusts lead for the Legionella Risk Assessment water programme contract management providing professional advice to the Director on the contract performance aligned to current legislation.

Be one of the Trust Authorised Persons (APs) for water safety.

Lead the implementation of a Legionella Risk Assessment water programme and other associated activity for the implementation of a revised water strategy, as part of the overall compliance and assurance hard services strategy, (aligned to GSTT strategy to 2030) implementation, to improve compliance and assurance performance across all GSTT sites.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and personal specification. The postholder:

Be one of the Trusts lead for the Legionella Risk Assessment water programme contract management providing professional advice to the Director on the contract performance aligned to current legislation.

Be one of the Trust Authorised Persons (APs) for water safety.

Lead the implementation of a Legionella Risk Assessment water programme and other associated activity for the implementation of a revised water strategy, as part of the overall compliance and assurance hard services strategy, (aligned to GSTT strategy to 2030) implementation, to improve compliance and assurance performance across all GSTT sites.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Master's Degree gained within hard services discipline.
  • Registered with a recognised professional body.

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial experience of operating in a senior hard services role in an estates and facilities context.

Experience

Essential

  • Fully conversant with the statutory and legal requirements that impacts on building owners and occupiers.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of the relationships between Facilities departments and their impact on the process set out and required by compliance

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Master's Degree gained within hard services discipline.
  • Registered with a recognised professional body.

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial experience of operating in a senior hard services role in an estates and facilities context.

Experience

Essential

  • Fully conversant with the statutory and legal requirements that impacts on building owners and occupiers.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of the relationships between Facilities departments and their impact on the process set out and required by compliance

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Great Dover Street

London

SE14YB


Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Great Dover Street

London

SE14YB


Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Interim Director, Transformation & Change

Davina Scoble

davina.scoble@nhs.net

077669062069

Details

Date posted

18 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£61,927 to £68,676 a year p.a. Inclusive of HCA

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-ESS1590-Y

Job locations

Great Dover Street

London

SE14YB


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