Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Associate Director Facilities Management

The closing date is 14 April 2026

Job summary

Are you a strong operational leader with a drive for delivering high quality services for patients and colleagues? We are recruiting to an exciting new post at the Northern Care Alliance Foundation Trust for an Associate Director of Facilities Management.

This is a fantastic role for someone who wants to lead our Facilities Management Services and join our well established team in Capital, Estates and Facilities.

The team operates across numerous acute and community sites in Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford in the Greater Manchester Area. We work as one team and looking for candidates to join us who are passionate about the important role that Estates and Facilities professionals have in a patients journey.

Main duties of the job

You will have responsibility for strategic and operational management of facilities management services across the NCA. The post holder will have expertise in managing a portfolio of services with experience in leading organisational change, driving service improvement and creating positive cultural change. You will be working with senior clinical leadership teams to support patient care and align with the Trust's organisational values of Care, Appreciate and Inspire.

Based principally at Salford Royal Hospital, with significant cross site working, the successful post holder will report to the Director of Capital, Estates and Facilities and be a member of the senior leadership team.

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.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack.

Details

Date posted

31 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8d

Salary

£91,342 to £105,337 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

236-NCA-EA055-26-A

Job locations

Salford Royal Hospital

Stott Lane

Salford

M6 8HD


Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent negotiating and influencing skills
  • Skilled in critical thinking
  • Excellent organisation skills
  • Report writing skills and experience.
  • Motivated, curious, works on own initiative and can work autonomously
  • Excellent problem solving skills

Knowledge, Training, Experience & Professional Registration

Essential

  • Successful track record in a senior management role.
  • Considerable experience working in a senior operational delivery management role in acute healthcare or equivalent setting and considerable experience of managing multi-disciplines within the facilities function.
  • Significant experience of Facilities Management
  • Significant experience of governance, compliance and risk management
  • Ability to analyse and interpret complex data, to facilitate operational delivery decisions to support key performance targets.
  • Considerable experience of successful delegated procurement and budget management and evidence of achieving financial and finite resource targets.
  • Able to develop and implement policy, guidelines and projects from initiation to completion

Desirable

  • Member of a professional body relevant to the role

Qualifications

Essential

  • Management/Leadership post graduate qualification or equivalent level of experience in senior management role
  • Evidence of continued professional development
Person Specification

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Excellent negotiating and influencing skills
  • Skilled in critical thinking
  • Excellent organisation skills
  • Report writing skills and experience.
  • Motivated, curious, works on own initiative and can work autonomously
  • Excellent problem solving skills

Knowledge, Training, Experience & Professional Registration

Essential

  • Successful track record in a senior management role.
  • Considerable experience working in a senior operational delivery management role in acute healthcare or equivalent setting and considerable experience of managing multi-disciplines within the facilities function.
  • Significant experience of Facilities Management
  • Significant experience of governance, compliance and risk management
  • Ability to analyse and interpret complex data, to facilitate operational delivery decisions to support key performance targets.
  • Considerable experience of successful delegated procurement and budget management and evidence of achieving financial and finite resource targets.
  • Able to develop and implement policy, guidelines and projects from initiation to completion

Desirable

  • Member of a professional body relevant to the role

Qualifications

Essential

  • Management/Leadership post graduate qualification or equivalent level of experience in senior management role
  • Evidence of continued professional development

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

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salford Royal Hospital

Stott Lane

Salford

M6 8HD


Employer's website

https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salford Royal Hospital

Stott Lane

Salford

M6 8HD


Employer's website

https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Director Capital, Estates and Facilities

Nadine Armitage

nadine.armitage2@nca.nhs.uk

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Details

Date posted

31 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8d

Salary

£91,342 to £105,337 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

236-NCA-EA055-26-A

Job locations

Salford Royal Hospital

Stott Lane

Salford

M6 8HD


Supporting documents

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