Corporate Strategic Lead (Infrastructure) - Waverley Court

The City of Edinburgh Council; Easter Howgate; Hybrid; GBP 67,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking a Corporate Strategic Lead for Infrastructure to drive the capital strategy for Edinburgh’s health and social care infrastructure. You will work with NHS Lothian and council partners to plan and deliver facilities for around 5000 colleagues and ensure a fit-for-purpose working environment.

You will lead strategic planning, manage major programmes, and embed governance across large budgets.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic planning and leading programmes and projects in a complex environment.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to use data and evidence to inform planning decisions and governance structures to manage significant budgets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a capital strategy to meet health and social care needs.
• Lead the long-term review of facilities and business cases for refurbishment, disposal, and new builds.
• Embed governance structures to manage significant budgets and drive cross-partner collaboration.

Skills

Strategic planning

Programme leadership

Stakeholder management

Governance

Data-driven decisions

Job description

Corporate Strategic Lead for Infrastructure

Waverly Court

Salary: £67,457 - £80,569
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Strategy division of the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership as the Corporate Strategic Lead for Infrastructure.

Working with partners in NHS Lothian and the City of Edinburgh Council, you will play a key role in developing and implementing a capital strategy to meet the health and social care needs of the population of Edinburgh and provide an appropriate working environment for circa 5000 colleagues providing vital services.

This is a new post which sits within our wider strategic planning team and will drive a long-term plan for the review for existing facilities, alongside the development of business cases for refurbishment, disposal and new build facilities for a wide range of health and social care services.

You will have experience of strategic planning and leading programmes and projects in a complex environment. With strong relationship building and stakeholder management skills, you will take a constructive and proactive approach to problem-solving with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders.

You will be comfortable using data and evidence to inform planning decisions and have experience of developing and embedding appropriate governance structures to manage significant budgets.

This is an integrated role, which means the successful candidate can choose between employment with the City of Edinburgh Council or NHS Lothian.

City of Edinburgh Council Terms and Conditions:

• Contract: Permanent
• Salary: £67,457 - £80,569
• Hours: 36

NHS Lothian Terms and Conditions

• Contract: Permanent
• Salary: £65,125 - £70,303
• Hours: 36

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We’re interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web pageOur Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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