Job summary
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an outstanding Deputy Director of Estates to provide senior leadership across a large, diverse and strategically important estate supporting community healthcare services across Birmingham and beyond.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced estates leader who can bring strategic insight, strong leadership and a commitment to delivering a safe, sustainable and future-focused estate.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Director of Estates will support and deputise fully for the Director of Estates, providing high-level leadership across the estate portfolio and ensuring the delivery of the Trust's Estates Delivery Plan.
This role provides strategic oversight and direction across the estates function and ensures alignment between estates development, capital investment planning, property strategy and service needs.
The post holder will directly line manage the Head of Land & Property and the Head of Capital, ensuring effective delivery across property management and capital development programmes.
Please note: Engineering and statutory compliance functions are led by the Head of Estates, and this post provides senior leadership and assurance across the directorate rather than operational management of those technical areas.
What we're looking for:? Senior NHS estates experience (or similar complex environment)? Strong strategic and capital planning skills? Excellent stakeholder and leadership capability? Professional estates, engineering, property or construction background
What we offer:? Influence at senior level? A large, varied estate portfolio? Opportunity to shape future estate strategy? Supportive, forward-thinking estates leadership team
? Full-time | Permanent | Band 8c
About us
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust delivers services across a wide and diverse range of sites. The estate is integral to enabling safe, effective and sustainable healthcare for local communities.
This role offers the opportunity to:o Influence estate strategy at senior level.o Shape future estate development and investment.o Support delivery of major capital projects and estate improvements.o Join a forward thinking, professional and supportive Estates Team.________________________________________
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide senior leadership for the Estates Directorate and act as full deputy to the Director of Estates.
- Lead delivery of the Trusts Estates Delivery Plan, ensuring estate strategy supports highquality patient care.
- Oversee strategic capital planning and lead the development of robust business cases for estate investment.
- Provide senior oversight of the Capital, Property and wider estate planning functions.
- Lead and support the Heads of Land & Property and Capital, ensuring coordinated and effective management of these areas.
- Provide senior assurance across all estate risks, governance arrangements and estaterelated statutory responsibilities.
- Build strong relationships with internal leaders, partners, and external agencies to ensure effective estate planning and delivery.
- Support longterm estate optimisation, rationalisation opportunities and improvements to estate performance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide senior leadership for the Estates Directorate and act as full deputy to the Director of Estates.
- Lead delivery of the Trusts Estates Delivery Plan, ensuring estate strategy supports highquality patient care.
- Oversee strategic capital planning and lead the development of robust business cases for estate investment.
- Provide senior oversight of the Capital, Property and wider estate planning functions.
- Lead and support the Heads of Land & Property and Capital, ensuring coordinated and effective management of these areas.
- Provide senior assurance across all estate risks, governance arrangements and estaterelated statutory responsibilities.
- Build strong relationships with internal leaders, partners, and external agencies to ensure effective estate planning and delivery.
- Support longterm estate optimisation, rationalisation opportunities and improvements to estate performance.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in estates, engineering, property, or related discipline (or equivalent
- Masters in estates, engineering, property, or related discipline (or equivalent)
- IOSH/NEBOSH or equivalent Health & Safety qualification
Desirable
- Chartered membership (RICS, IHEEM, CIBSE) desirable
- Postgraduate management qualification desirable
Experience
Essential
- Senior estates leadership in NHS or complex estates environment
- Management of multi-disciplinary estates and facilities teams
- Compliance with HTMs, HBNs, and estates legislation
- Statutory returns production (ERIC, PLACE, PAM)
- Strategic estates planning and contribution to organisational strategies
- Oversight of capital, property, and facilities projects
- Financial and budgetary management experience
Desirable
- Deputising for Director-level roles
Skills
Essential
- Comprehensive knowledge of estates compliance, HTMs/HBNs, statutory frameworks Governance, risk management, and assurance expertise Strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills
- Comprehensive knowledge of estates compliance, HTMs/HBNs, statutory frameworks Governance, risk management, and assurance expertise Strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills Ability to interpret complex technical and compliance data Financial, commercial, and procurement awareness Knowledge of sustainability, energy management, and modern estates technologies desirable
Personal Qualities and Other requirements
Essential
- Commitment to NHS values and patient care Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion Ability to motivate and inspire team to produce results. Able to work effectively as part of a team. Flexible and adaptable to change.
- Able to independently travel across the region Participation in senior on-call rota if required
- Visible, supportive leadership style Ability to manage complex workloads and competing priorities
- Ability to use own initiative, organise workloads and delegate duties. Ability to influence others directly and indirectly.
- Able to demonstrate being performance focused and results driven. Demonstrate a practical approach to problem solving.
- Capable of responding and participating in an emergency situation, including attendance to declared major incident
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in estates, engineering, property, or related discipline (or equivalent
- Masters in estates, engineering, property, or related discipline (or equivalent)
- IOSH/NEBOSH or equivalent Health & Safety qualification
Desirable
- Chartered membership (RICS, IHEEM, CIBSE) desirable
- Postgraduate management qualification desirable
Experience
Essential
- Senior estates leadership in NHS or complex estates environment
- Management of multi-disciplinary estates and facilities teams
- Compliance with HTMs, HBNs, and estates legislation
- Statutory returns production (ERIC, PLACE, PAM)
- Strategic estates planning and contribution to organisational strategies
- Oversight of capital, property, and facilities projects
- Financial and budgetary management experience
Desirable
- Deputising for Director-level roles
Skills
Essential
- Comprehensive knowledge of estates compliance, HTMs/HBNs, statutory frameworks Governance, risk management, and assurance expertise Strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills
- Comprehensive knowledge of estates compliance, HTMs/HBNs, statutory frameworks Governance, risk management, and assurance expertise Strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills Ability to interpret complex technical and compliance data Financial, commercial, and procurement awareness Knowledge of sustainability, energy management, and modern estates technologies desirable
Personal Qualities and Other requirements
Essential
- Commitment to NHS values and patient care Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion Ability to motivate and inspire team to produce results. Able to work effectively as part of a team. Flexible and adaptable to change.
- Able to independently travel across the region Participation in senior on-call rota if required
- Visible, supportive leadership style Ability to manage complex workloads and competing priorities
- Ability to use own initiative, organise workloads and delegate duties. Ability to influence others directly and indirectly.
- Able to demonstrate being performance focused and results driven. Demonstrate a practical approach to problem solving.
- Capable of responding and participating in an emergency situation, including attendance to declared major incident
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.
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.
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).
