Job responsibilities

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To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

Identity Checks

Professional registration and qualification checks

Employment history and reference checks

Occupational Health clearance

Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check

Right to work in the UK

For further information please visit:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience directly leading and accountable for multi-faceted programmes of work, at a scale of £100m+.
• Experience leading Board level or national assurance processes.
• Experience working and communicating effectively at Board level within a public sector organisation.
• Experience operating with strategic autonomy in a complex public sector environment.
• Proven multi-disciplinary experiences within programmes delivering design, major construction, refurbishment, delivery and handover of infrastructure and the built environment, to a high quality, on time and to budget.
• Demonstrable experience of leading multiple professional teams.
• Ability to evidence successful completion and delivery of high value multi-facet programmes
• Demonstrable experience of HM Treasury business case development for major capital projects.
• Demonstrable experience of delivery of savings and managing external contracts and external contractors.
• Management of significant capital budgets exceeding £100m
• Track record of leading complex organisational change
• Demonstrable experience of working with key stakeholder groups internal and external to an organisation e.g. Patient Groups, clinical stakeholders, Council of Governors
• Understanding of public sector corporate governance and assurance requirements.
• A thorough proven knowledge of the context and application of standard forms of construction contract (e.g. NEC, JCT, etc.).
• Proficiency in change control and knowledge management
• Proven knowledge and understanding of the Public Procurement Regulations
• Specialist proven knowledge and demonstrable experience of NHS construction procurement processes including traditional, P21+, Procure 22, LIFT, etc
• Detailed proven knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety legislations and requirements of working within a built environment, including knowledge and experience of Construction Design
• Understanding risk and risk management systems.
• Detailed proven knowledge and demonstrable experience of Microsoft Office and other project management software.

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience directly leading and accountable for multi-faceted programmes of work, at a scale of £250m+.
• Demonstrable experience leading and accountable for multi-faceted programmes of work, at a scale of £100m+ within an NHS setting.
• Demonstrable experience of HM Treasury business case development for major capital projects within the NHS.
• Understanding of the working of an acute NHS Hospital Trust
• Management of significant capital budgets exceeding £250m.
• Demonstrable experience of interpreting Department of Health policies and technical memorandum
• Significant experience of managing a full range of in-house FM services including Estates, Capital Planning, Facilities Management, and Property Management.
• Proven knowledge and demonstrable experience of NHS procedures, standards and governance requirements
• Experience of working on a major hospital development programme and the production of the associated business cases.
• Experience of using ProCure23 (P23) framework for the development and delivery of NHS Capital schemes.
• A detailed proven knowledge and application of NHS technical documents (HTNs, HBNs, etc.), British Standards, regulations, legislation, and best practice guidance.

Qualifications

Essential

• Master's degree in management, project management, programme Management, Construction, or Estates related discipline
• Membership of an appropriate professional body (e.g. Association of Project Managers, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management).
• Chartered status within a recognised body (see examples above).
• Proven evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• Qualifications and professional standing sufficient to command credibility at Board, regional and national level

Desirable

• Post Graduate management or project management qualification.
• Leadership development.
• Better Business Case Practitioner

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).