Head of Estates Technical Compliance, Band 8c

Job summary

Are you an experienced estates professional ready for a strategic leadership role where your expertise directly shapes safety, assurance, and Board-level decision-making? We are seeking an exceptional leader to join us as Head of Estates Technical Compliance, ensuring the Trust meets all statutory, regulatory, and NHS estates compliance requirements across a complex estate. Working at the heart of the organisation, you will provide assurance to the Executive Team, Designated Person (DP), and Trust Board, leading estates compliance and governance. This includes HTMs/HBNs, statutory audits, and key safety areas such as fire, water, electrical resilience, medical gases, asbestos, and wider infrastructure risk.

This is a highly influential role within a collaborative environment, working across partners including our wholly owned subsidiary (GMS), PFI partners, landlords, and ICS colleagues. You'll help ensure estates services remain safe, compliant, and resilient while driving continuous improvement.

We are looking for a senior professional with experience in healthcare estates, facilities, or infrastructure, and strong knowledge of HTMs, HBNs, and compliance accountability frameworks. The role requires the ability to translate complex technical risk into clear insight for senior stakeholders, alongside strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills. Experience in governance or safety groups and a strong commitment to patient and staff safety are essential.

Main duties of the job

- Lead estates governance and ensure full compliance with statutory, regulatory, and NHS requirements across the Trust estates

- Oversee the NHS Premises Assurance Model (PAM), including submission, action planning, and continuous improvement

- Chair and/or support estates safety governance groups, ensuring effective Authorising Engineer oversight and assurance frameworks

- Provide independent assurance through audits, inspections, and structured risk escalation processes

- Deliver clear, insightful Board-level reporting on estates risk, safety, compliance, and performance

- Contribute to business continuity planning and incident response management across estates services

- Lead governance and oversight of the Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP), ensuring alignment with organisational priorities

- Work in close partnership with clinical, operational, and EPRR teams to ensure integrated, resilient service delivery

About us

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2004 following a reconfiguration of health services in Gloucestershire. We provide acute hospital services across two main district general hospitals, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital, as well as maternity services at Stroud Maternity Hospital.

We are proud to place people at the centre of everything we do, working as one team with a shared ambition to grow, develop and learn. Every contribution is valued, and by combining our skills and experience we support both our diverse communities and each other. Gloucestershire offers a strong sense of community and outstanding natural beauty, from historic towns to Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. With excellent schools, vibrant cultural life, and superb transport links to Bristol, Birmingham and London, it is an inspiring place to live and work.

We are entering an exciting phase of estates transformation, investment, and modernisation. This role offers the opportunity to shape and influence the future of our estate, ensuring it remains safe, compliant, and fully equipped to support high-quality clinical care for years to come. You will join a collaborative, ambitious, and supportive team that is committed to delivering excellence and continuously improving the environment in which care is delivered.