Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Senior Capital Project Manager

The closing date is 21 May 2025

Job summary

The role of the Senior Project Manager is to support the Head of Capital Development, in close cooperation with other Estates Officers in the delivery of capital projects within the Estates & Facilities Directorate

To professionally manage Estates Capital Development projects successfully delivering the programme of Estates building and engineering, backlog, refurbishment and minor works projects constantly improving and developing the Trusts accommodation. Ensuring building and engineering projects are designed in compliance with statutory and best practice and delivered in a timely and efficient way.

Main duties of the job

To deputise for the Head of Capital Development and lead project managers by professional example. Manage external consultant and contractors appointed to deliver building and/or engineering projects in line with the Trust strategy of continuous improvement in its accommodation. The Senior Capital Project Manager will;

Ensure the provision of all project documentation including; costing information, contracts, drawings, commissioning certification, O&Ms, as built drawings

Deliver, safe, well managed, timely construction projects

Provide Care Groups and other divisions with construction costing and programme information in support of their business cases

Lead and actively support other Capital Project Managers

Visit sites and inspect works or survey buildings prior to works commencing respecting patients and visitors who may be present

Create project planning and management schedules using computerised spreadsheets and other software

Use fine tools such as AutoCad software to manipulate and develop computerised drawings

Develop project briefing documentation

Produce Project Initiation Documents

Undertake and contribute to Feasibility Studies and Option Appraisals

Undertake Post Project Evaluations

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Details

Date posted

07 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-SS0651

Job locations

Farm Villa

Priority House, Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME169PH


Job description

Job responsibilities

At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.

Please see job description attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.

Please see job description attached.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • knowledge of NHS/public sector policy and procedure particularly in relation to:- oProcurement oContractor management oFinancial management oSound understanding of NHS budgetary management. oComputer literate in word processing, e-mail, spreadsheets and database applications

Desirable

  • Good understanding of the NHS - organisations, services and structures

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

  • Minimum educated to degree level in a relevant subject (e.g. engineering, surveying, property construction, project management etc.).
  • Highly developed specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate courses, training and experience to Masters Degree Level (e.g. Management, - staff / people management, budgetary management), Project Management, Estates Management, Planning & Development etc.).
  • Evidence of undertaking CPD (Continuous Professional Development)

Desirable

  • Membership of a relevant professional body. - e.g. Member of RICS, CIBSE, CIOB
  • Prince 2 project management (practitioner)

Experience

Essential

  • Capital Planning & Development Specialist knowledge and significant experience of public sector capital development projects and processes.
  • Experience of multi-disciplinary working, project briefing and working with other specialists within very complex environments. oConstruction Project Management oDelivering projects within time/cost/quality frameworks oContract Management (form of contract) oContractor Management oCommissioning of construction Projects oDelivery of capital / major refurbishment schemes by external organisations oBuilding Control
Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • knowledge of NHS/public sector policy and procedure particularly in relation to:- oProcurement oContractor management oFinancial management oSound understanding of NHS budgetary management. oComputer literate in word processing, e-mail, spreadsheets and database applications

Desirable

  • Good understanding of the NHS - organisations, services and structures

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

  • Minimum educated to degree level in a relevant subject (e.g. engineering, surveying, property construction, project management etc.).
  • Highly developed specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate courses, training and experience to Masters Degree Level (e.g. Management, - staff / people management, budgetary management), Project Management, Estates Management, Planning & Development etc.).
  • Evidence of undertaking CPD (Continuous Professional Development)

Desirable

  • Membership of a relevant professional body. - e.g. Member of RICS, CIBSE, CIOB
  • Prince 2 project management (practitioner)

Experience

Essential

  • Capital Planning & Development Specialist knowledge and significant experience of public sector capital development projects and processes.
  • Experience of multi-disciplinary working, project briefing and working with other specialists within very complex environments. oConstruction Project Management oDelivering projects within time/cost/quality frameworks oContract Management (form of contract) oContractor Management oCommissioning of construction Projects oDelivery of capital / major refurbishment schemes by external organisations oBuilding Control

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Farm Villa

Priority House, Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME169PH


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Farm Villa

Priority House, Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME169PH


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Capital Development

Mark Hales

mark.hales@nhs.net

07707151943

Details

Date posted

07 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-SS0651

Job locations

Farm Villa

Priority House, Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME169PH


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