Director of Estates and Facilities

Job summary

We are seeking aDirector of Estates and Facilitiesto join our team and to help us move forward on the next phase of our growth journey.

As the Director of Estates and Facilities, your role will take responsibility for our full estate portfolio, including facilities management, maintenance services and health and safety. You will ensure robust management of our extensive maintenance and capital expenditure programme as well as ensuring all new capital development projects are successfully managed. You will be a dynamic and authentic leader who can represent our values and embody our behaviours.

If you are interested and believe you have the experience we are looking for, please apply though our careers page:https://hmt-uk.org/vacancies/

To excel in this role, you should hold a relevant degree or postgraduate qualification, coupled with a minimum of 5 years of senior leadership experience. Prior experience in the health and/or social care sector would be beneficial but we will consider someone with exceptional experience outside of the sector. You must be able to demonstrate a track record of managing a geographically spread and complicated estate alongside efficiently managing complex budgets.

Main duties of the job

You will provide clear strategic leadership, shaping our long-term estates strategy, and ensuring effective governance of major capital projects. Regularly reporting on plans, progress, and benefits realised, you will foster a culture of proactive engagement and risk management across the organisation and our key stakeholders.

Externally, you will represent HMT on estates and facilities management matters within the sector, actively nurturing beneficial relationships with external partners. Your responsibilities extend to overseeing a growing estate with diverse stakeholders. This portfolio also includes facilities management services, and significant budgets, ensuring efficient resource allocation. Additionally, you will be the nominated individual responsible for health and safety across the organisation and the management of key risks within your remit, particularly in areas such as Capital Governance, Health and Safety, Business Continuity, and Risk Management.

You will guide and lead the business in developing and implementing Sustainability and Net Zero strategies, ensuring our building assets and carbon footprint are as efficient and green as possible. In conjunction with the Executive Team, you will lead efforts in relation to the setting and monitoring of SDGs.

About us

At the Healthcare Management Trust, we are obsessed with achieving our Vision, to be the most innovative and best quality provider of niche health and social care services.

Our Purpose is, to make every contact count, ensuring every resident and patient receives the best possible experience and outcome.

We will be outwardly connected to the most innovative practices and service offerings in the market. We will do things differently and will be bold with our ambition to change things for the better.

We are passionate about what we do and so are our people. Bringing their most authentic selves to work and seeking joy and fun in what we do.

We will deliver care and clinical interactions compassionately and tailor them to individual needs.

We achieve this by living our business Values each and every day:

We are caring We are dynamic We are resourceful We are authentic We are accountable

As a result, we are able to give back to the people and communities we serve by delivering on our Charitable Mission to, Provide quality and innovative care solutions to those with complex needs within marginalized community settings.

Our benefits include Private Medical Insurance, Wellbeing support via our Employee Assistance Programme, Occupational Health provision and Mental Health First Aiders, Long service awards, Cycle to work scheme, 27 Days Annual Leave Plus Bank holidays, Enhanced Maternity Leave