Assistant Director, Capital Projects

Guys & St Thomas Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in London seeks an Assistant Director for Major Projects to oversee and deliver large-scale capital projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing significant construction projects, strong leadership skills, and a degree in a relevant field. Join a high-performing team dedicated to improving healthcare infrastructure for the community.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

27+ days annual holiday allowance

Interest free Season Ticket Loan

Subsidised staff gym facilities

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in project leadership with major capital projects over £50m.
• Strong knowledge of procurement and contract management.
• Ability to motivate and manage teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of major capital projects across the GSTT estate.
• Ensure projects meet specifications, costs, and timelines.
• Manage project works in a busy hospital environment.

Skills

Leadership

Contract Management

Cost Management

Procurement

Strategic Planning

Education

Degree level education in a construction discipline

Job description

Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Great Dover Street Town London Salary £96,340 - £109,849 per annum inc H.C.A Salary period Yearly Closing 18/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 24/07/2025

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

Are you ready to make an impact in a dynamic, high-performing team dedicated to construction project management? Are you passionate about maintaining high standards delivering projects on time, to budget and safely? If so, we would like to hear from you as we are looking for an outstanding individual to work within the Capital Projects team as Assistant Director for Major Projects.

Main duties of the job

This is a role which will be key to the Trust’s role as leader and influencer in South East London and to achieving Essentia’s strategic ambitions. The role is a crucial post in leading the delivery of a world class Design & Development department responsible for leading and managing the delivery of major capital projects and/or a range of complex capital and small works projects including new build, refurbishments and improvements across the GSTT estate. Projects will range in scale, complexity and value and must be delivered to specification, cost and time, within a highly congested and busy hospital environment where quality of patient and staff experience throughout the works is critical.

Working for our organisation

We offer a dynamic challenging job in an exciting, fast moving, flexible working environment. We have a strong commitment to your personal and professional development.

In addition, we offer excellent benefits, including:

The NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK. When you start working for the NHS you automatically become a member and you will get an excellent package of pension benefits.

A minimum of 27 days annual holiday allowance (not including bank holidays), plus the option to buy and sell. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years

Interest free Season Ticket Loan

Long Term Service Awards

Sports and social club

Subsidised staff gym and leisure facilities at both hospital sites, including a 25m swimming pool at Guy’s

Subsidised on-site nurseries and childcare vouchers

On-site cinemas for patients and staff

A comprehensive staff health and well-being programme, '5 ways to a healthier YOU'

Ride to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Free staff counselling service

Free stop smoking service

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and personal specification. If you meet the criteria, please do speak to MRG our retained recruiters for this role.

• Degree level education in a construction discipline.

registration

• Professional registration

Experience

• Relevant experience in a project and programme leadership role with responsibility for procuring and managing major capital projects: - in excess of £50m in value. - in live, physically congested, high public footfall urban environments.

Experience

• Strong knowledge and experience of contract management and procurement, cost management, budgeting and supply chain management.

Experience

• Strategic planning including sourcing options and procurement for capital programmes.

Skills

• A highly credible leader with the capability to motivate and manage an in-house team as well as external consultants.

Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Name Davina Scoble Job title Interim Director Transformation & Change Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07766906269

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