Associate Director Hard Facilities Management

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Frimley; On-site; GBP 93,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an accomplished Associate Director of Hard Facilities Management to provide strategic direction and oversight for its services in Frimley, England. This pivotal role focuses on ensuring safety, compliance, and operational excellence within estates management. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in senior management, financial accountability, and leading transformation within FM services. The position offers an annual salary ranging from £93,540 to £107,535.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree or equivalent senior management experience is essential.
• Degree in Estates or engineering related discipline is required.
• Management and leadership qualifications are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Oversee estates maintenance and capital programmes across the Trust.
• Ensure robust delivery of backlog maintenance and compliance.
• Lead strategic direction of the Trust's estates services.

Skills

In depth knowledge of SFG20

Excellent analytical and evaluative skills

Strong financial and commercial acumen

Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills

High level of IT literacy

Lean six sigma / lean skills

Education

Masters Degree or equivalent senior management experience

Degree in Estates or engineering related discipline

Management and leadership qualification

MSc

NEBOSH/IOSH qualification or equivalent Health & Safety qualification

Chartered membership of relevant professional body

Tools

CAFM

Job description

Associate Director Hard Facilities Management

We are seeking an accomplished and forward-thinking Associate Director of Hard FM to provide senior leadership, strategic direction, and professional oversight for the Trust's Hard Facilities Management services.

This is a pivotal role with responsibility for ensuring our built environment is safe, compliant, sustainable, and supports an excellent experience for patients, visitors, and staff.

Main duties of the job

The Associate Director of Hard FM will lead the effective delivery of estates maintenance and capital programmes across the Trust. Reporting to the Director and Deputy Director of Estates & Facilities, you will be a key member of the Directorate's senior leadership team with professional accountability for the planning, development, and long-term strategic direction of the Trust's estates services.

You will oversee the maintenance and development of the Trust's estate, ensuring robust delivery of backlog maintenance, statutory compliance, and capital works. The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring that all Trust premises meet the highest standards of safety and regulatory compliance, while enabling operational efficiency and service excellence.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job responsibilities

A comprehensive and detailed description of the main duties can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Masters Degree or equivalent senior management experience
• Degree in Estates or engineering related disciplline
• Management and leadership qualification
• MSc
• NEBOSH/IOSH qualification or equivalent Health & Safety qualification
• Chartered membership of relevant professional body

Experience

• Significant senior management experience in the FM sector
• Significant in depth financial experience
• Experience in strategic planning
• Proven responsibility for large budgets and technical staff, engineering and project teams
• Experience developing and delivery strategy business plans and policy
• Experience of Board level reporting
• Experience of contract and supplier performance management
• Experience of transformation and modernisation of FM Services
• Experience of delivery HardFM in complex environments
• Leading and delivery development control plans
• Experience of property management and long-term Estates planning
• Experience leading large scale asset management and lifecycle replacement
• Detailed knowledge of CAFM

Skills

• In depth knowledge of SFG20, industry knowledge and engineering systems
• Excellent analytical and evaluative skills
• Strong financial and commercial acumen
• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills
• High level of IT literacy
• Lean six sigma / lean skills

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.

Director of Property and Facilities Management

£93,540 to £107,535 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS