Programme Lead: Backlog / Decarbonisation

Job summary

The post holder will be responsible for the support and development of building services backlog programmes to ensure they are addressing key risks and integrated with heat decarbonisation aspirations. They will ensure the programme is progressive and responsive to external and internal demand and that associated capital interventions are designed to be: patient focussed, safe, efficient and effective.

They will consider the backlog programme under industry good practice lifecycle principles and methodologies such as BSRIA BG/67 2016 and ISO 15686 incorporating lifecycle decision making into asset repair versus replacement strategies.

As part of a dynamic estates team at the Northern Care Alliance you will lead the strategy for capital interventions associated with backlog and delivery of complex infrastructure projects, whilst also provider leadership, direct line management and coaching to your immediate team.

The post holder will use construction project management methodology including RIBA and BSRIA stages and be responsible for liaising with a range of services leads (both clinical and non-clinical), staff, service users and external stakeholders, in order to ensure full engagement and success of capital projects.

Responsible for compiling the business plan and associated performance monitoring tools for area of activity, ensuring implementation and performance targets, strategic objectives are met. Contributing to corporate policies and strategy.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be a key role within the Capital Development Team with responsibility for working with Capital Team, supporting all 5 care organisation to deliver major and minor projects across the Trusts estate and supporting with future developments. The successful applicant will have experience in the successful delivery of programmes: including appropriate oversight of project teams to ensure effective: project scheduling and programme level roll up for executive consumption, stakeholder engagement, procurement, financial management, project monitoring and control.

The role will also involve capturing and interpreting technical guidance from estates, design teams and clinical / operational teams. We are therefore interested in applicants who have a background in delivering a complex programme of works within regulated and multi-stakeholder environments.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.