Deputy Head of Capital

NHS; Salford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Salford is seeking a Deputy Head of Capital to oversee strategic and operational management of capital projects. The ideal candidate will lead complex capital initiatives, ensuring stakeholder engagement and adherence to industry standards. This role is essential for delivering high-quality healthcare environments. Candidates with experience in NHS capital programmes are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Generous leave allowance

Qualifications

• Significant experience of working with complex estates and capital programmes, preferably within the NHS.
• Expert knowledge of Capital Programme Management.
• Ability to produce and effectively manage construction budgets and programmes.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor using complex programme management methodology for performance, risks, and benefits.
• Ensure a comprehensive risk management strategy for every project.
• Advise Head of Capital on issues relating to project delivery.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Project management skills

Leadership skills

Negotiation skills

Education

Management or Leadership Qualification

Job description

Deputy Head of Capital

Go back Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 07 December 2025

The post holder will be responsible for strategic and operational management of the capital team. You will play a pivotal role in delivering complex, high-value capital projects that have a significant impact across the Trust. This includes providing day-to-day leadership, line management, and expert coordination of multiple initiatives.

Utilising recognised construction project management methodologies, including RIBA stages, you will engage with a wide range of stakeholders (clinical and non-clinical), service users, and external stakeholders, to ensure full collaboration and successful project outcomes.

You will be responsible for developing business plans and performance monitoring tools aligned to strategic objectives, ensuring delivery against key targets and contributing to wider corporate policy and strategy.

A key aspect of the role involves leading effective stakeholder engagement to inform decant strategies and ensuring these are reflected in design and construction phases. You will oversee the safe and efficient handover of completed projects to clinical, operational, and estates teams.

The role requires professional integrity, sound judgement, and adherence to relevant codes of conduct. You will ensure that organisational readiness is embedded within capital programme design, including the identification and provision of necessary resources.

PLEASE NOTE - This is not an IT Project Management role. Previous applicants need not reapply.

Main duties of the job

• Manage and monitor, using complex programme management methodology for reporting on performance, risks, issues, timing, quality and benefits realisation.
• Ensure programme is reporting through appropriate governance framework with monthly reports that are accurate, on time, quality and cost.
• Advise Head of Capital on issues relating to capital project delivery, by exception reporting. Immediate escalation in respect of change to cost plan, budget, timelines of delivery / completion.
• Ensure a comprehensive risk management strategy is adopted for every project within the teams remit, which deals with complexity and potential impact on the programme.
• Ensure projects deliver excellent healthcare environments through application of industry standards and best practice, embedded into the project delivery process.
• Ensure projects are planned and executed with due care and consideration to maintaining the health, wellbeing and safety of those involved in the delivery of projects, ensuring compliance to statutory regulations.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant experience of working with complex estates and capital programmes, preferably within the NHS
• Expert knowledge of Capital Programme Management
• Ability to produce and effectively manage construction budgets and programmes
• Previous experience of estates project management in the NHS or equivalent complex organisation
• Knowledge of specific healthcare guidance HTMs, HBNs and other DoH guidance

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills with a particular emphasis on influencing and negotiating to manage and delivery users expectations, contractual compliance, exercising diplomacy and tact in sensitive situations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with proven experience of providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information.
• Negotiation, project management and delegation skills
• Good leadership skills and ability to manage multi-disciplinary design teams.

Qualifications

• Management or Leadership Qualification

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.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Full-time,Part-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working