Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Band 8b Head of Land and Property

The closing date is 29 March 2026

Job summary

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If you're ready to make a major impact in a visible and influential senior estates role, we'd love to hear from you.Apply now via TRAC and help us build an estate that truly supports the future of community healthcare.

Base: West Heath Hospital | 37.5 hours + on-call

We're recruiting an experienced and forward-thinking Head of Land & Property to lead the strategic, legal and operational management of our diverse estate portfolio. This is a high-impact senior role at the heart of BCHC's Estates & Facilities function, within the corporate division, shaping the future of the Trust's land, buildings and commercial arrangements.

Main duties of the job

? What You'll Lead

  • Strategic estate planning that supports modern, safe and future-ready clinical services.
  • Property transactions including leases, licences, acquisitions, disposals, valuations and complex negotiations.
  • A large and varied portfolio of around 300 sites, ensuring full legal, contractual and compliance assurance.
  • Oversight of PPP, LIFT, CHP and NHS Property Services relationships, ensuring value for money and strong performance.
  • Budget leadership and delivery of cost-effective commercial outcomes.
  • A skilled property team, fostering high standards, collaboration and professional development.

About us

Why Join BCHC?

You'll play a key role in shaping an estate that enables excellent care for our communities. Expect a supportive leadership team, opportunities to innovate, and the benefits and stability of working within the NHS.

? Additional Requirements

  • Ability to travel across Trust sites.
  • Participation in the Estates & Facilities on-call rota.
  • Commitment to safeguarding, safety, inclusion and Trust values.

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Details

Date posted

16 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum (On Call Allowance)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

820-7843156-COR

Job locations

Trust Wide

Rednal Road

Birmingham

B38 8HR


Job description

Job responsibilities

What You Bring

  • Professional property/estates qualification (e.g., RICS) or equivalent seniorlevel experience.
  • Strong track record managing complex estates or property portfolios.
  • Deep knowledge of landlord/tenant law, commercial leases and estate management.
  • Confident leadership, excellent communication and a solutionsfocused approach.
  • Ability to thrive in a fastmoving environment with significant autonomy and responsibility.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

What You Bring

  • Professional property/estates qualification (e.g., RICS) or equivalent seniorlevel experience.
  • Strong track record managing complex estates or property portfolios.
  • Deep knowledge of landlord/tenant law, commercial leases and estate management.
  • Confident leadership, excellent communication and a solutionsfocused approach.
  • Ability to thrive in a fastmoving environment with significant autonomy and responsibility.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree and extensive experience in relevant subject: Surveying / Real Estate/Legal / Property Management
  • Minimum of Corporate member of relevant institute
  • Master's Degree or working towards/relevant level 7 experience in specialist subject area:
  • Evidence of further on-going professional development and on-going learning

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience at a senior level in Estates management
  • Management of operational facilities budgets
  • Planning and delivery of cost improvements
  • Making difficult senior management decisions
  • Implementation of Estates and facilities services strategies and action plans Managing a large and multidisciplinary team Modernisation and change management with ability to evidence
  • Achievement of operational management objectives that deliver high performance and quality outcomes that are measurable. Project management experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree and extensive experience in relevant subject: Surveying / Real Estate/Legal / Property Management
  • Minimum of Corporate member of relevant institute
  • Master's Degree or working towards/relevant level 7 experience in specialist subject area:
  • Evidence of further on-going professional development and on-going learning

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience at a senior level in Estates management
  • Management of operational facilities budgets
  • Planning and delivery of cost improvements
  • Making difficult senior management decisions
  • Implementation of Estates and facilities services strategies and action plans Managing a large and multidisciplinary team Modernisation and change management with ability to evidence
  • Achievement of operational management objectives that deliver high performance and quality outcomes that are measurable. Project management experience

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

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Trust Wide

Rednal Road

Birmingham

B38 8HR


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Trust Wide

Rednal Road

Birmingham

B38 8HR


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Director of Estates and Facilities

Claire Hennessy

claire.hennessy4@nhs.net

07718250928

Details

Date posted

16 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum (On Call Allowance)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

820-7843156-COR

Job locations

Trust Wide

Rednal Road

Birmingham

B38 8HR


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