East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Capital Projects Officer

The closing date is 02 April 2026

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Capital Projects Officer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This Project Officer position sits within the Estates and Facilities, Capital Projects Team, supporting senior Project Managers and other members of the wider Estates and facilities Team in the delivery of a variety of Capital Development, Refurbishment and Estates Backlog Maintenance projects.

The Post offers the opportunity to develop Project Management skills and the chance to work with clinical and operational teams in improving the patient and staff environment across the Trust. Depending on progress, the post holder will be expected to work independently, with supervision, on delegated schemes across construction disciplines throughout Trust premises.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be supported and managed by a line management and be responsible for supporting and leading a defined set of interdependent projects and the associated business case activities.

The Capital Projects Officer will have delegated authority for the successful delivery of the required outcomes, including the establishment of appropriate governance and assurance, monitoring progress, managing risks and issues and helping to ensure the delivery of schemes.

Support the management of the whole lifecycle of a capital project, ensuring excellent governance throughout.

Work in partnership with members of the capital estates team to support the management and delivery of projects.

Work autonomously, providing high quality, accurate and timely project support to the capital project team.

Arrange meetings with other providers and key internal and external stakeholders from across the system.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Details

Date posted

19 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-7800926

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous NHS Acute or Community provider experience
  • Experience of working within a team to achieve delivery of planned benefits
  • Experience of working in a demanding environment with many, sometimes conflicting priorities.

Desirable

  • Experience of successfully developing collaborative relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
  • Project management experience or experience of supporting a Project or Programme

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent planning and organisational skills
  • High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Commitment to, and experience of, multi-professional working arrangements and projects.
  • Has the ability to manage multiple tasks
  • Takes appropriate action or make decisions in a changing environment and to prioritise work
  • Can establish, develop and improve mechanisms to track progress against plans

Desirable

  • Takes the initiative to establish immediate credibility with a range of internal and external stakeholders
  • Ability to deliver quality work in a fast-paced environment with conflicting priorities
  • Able to solve problems or pre-empt problems by employing appropriate measures and processes

Qualifications/Training

Essential

  • Evidence of ongoing Training or CPD activity

Desirable

  • Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience
  • Quality Improvement training or qualification
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous NHS Acute or Community provider experience
  • Experience of working within a team to achieve delivery of planned benefits
  • Experience of working in a demanding environment with many, sometimes conflicting priorities.

Desirable

  • Experience of successfully developing collaborative relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
  • Project management experience or experience of supporting a Project or Programme

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent planning and organisational skills
  • High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Commitment to, and experience of, multi-professional working arrangements and projects.
  • Has the ability to manage multiple tasks
  • Takes appropriate action or make decisions in a changing environment and to prioritise work
  • Can establish, develop and improve mechanisms to track progress against plans

Desirable

  • Takes the initiative to establish immediate credibility with a range of internal and external stakeholders
  • Ability to deliver quality work in a fast-paced environment with conflicting priorities
  • Able to solve problems or pre-empt problems by employing appropriate measures and processes

Qualifications/Training

Essential

  • Evidence of ongoing Training or CPD activity

Desirable

  • Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience
  • Quality Improvement training or qualification

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.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Capital Projects

John Brierley

john.brierley4@nhs.net

07553010722

Details

Date posted

19 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-7800926

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


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