Capital Estates Business Partner

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a Capital Estates Projects Business Partner to oversee the implementation of capital projects. This role involves managing stakeholder engagement, leading project delivery, and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. The successful candidate will have a strong background in project management, particularly within the NHS, and will play a key role in delivering significant service transformations.

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree standard or equivalent experience.
• Substantial experience in Project/Programme Management.
• Experience of Business Change across complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of capital projects and estates utilisation.
• Deliver large scale service transformation through systems and process change.
• Manage project budgets and ensure financial accountability.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Analytical Skills

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Project

Visio

SharePoint

Job description

Job summary

Main areaCapital Estates Projects Business PartnerGradeBand 7Contract18 months (Fixed term: 18 months)HoursFull time - 37.5 hours per week (Working hours approx 8am - 5pm, expected as part of the role hours may fall outside as an when required not excluding weekend days.)Job ref350-TWS6887814-CEmployerMersey Care NHS Foundation TrustEmployer typeNHSSiteHollins Park HospitalTownWarringtonSalary£46,148 - £52,809 per annumSalary periodYearlyClosing01/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Band 7

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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

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Job overview

The post holder will support the implementation of capital estates projects. To put in place effective and transparent governance arrangements to manage the identified project.

The post holder will be responsible for significant aspects of the capital delivery of the estates project, including producing key project documents associated business change processes.

Also, responsibility for developing and communicating trust requirements and expectations, and then working alongside stakeholders to ensure that any new space is suitable for the proposed service provision and supporting any moves that are required.

The post holder will communicate and engage with key stakeholders to produce the design brief in conjunction with the stakeholders that describe service needs.

Interview: 15 minute Powerpoint Presentation

" How will you insure the successful delivery of capital estates projects"

Shortlisting Planned for 2-May-2025

Interviews Planned for 9-May-2025

"Previous applicants need not apply for this position"

Main duties of the job

To lead the implementation of capital project and estates utilisation, including the analysis of the change processes and training required to successfully deliver the projects and maximise the project benefits.

To directly deliver large scale major service transformation through the implementation of systems, buildings and the surrounding business, process and people change to time, cost, and quality expectations in partnership with the wider estates team and divisional project teams. To resolve problems that arise during capital projects, estates utilisation and move management projects and to report any problems that cannot be resolved to the relevant project board or other group.

To work with key stakeholders to ensure that there is clear understanding of the problems and commitment to the proposed solutions.

To involve all stakeholders internally and eternally to ensure that analysis and implementation stages of projects are fully supported. Although the Capital Projects Estates Manager is responsible for the overall capital budget, elements of this will be devolved to the post holder, who will take responsibility for day-to-day management of the relevant elements of programme / project management budgets.

Working for our organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will support the implementation of capital estates projects. To put in place effective and transparent governance arrangements to manage the identified project.

The post holder will be responsible for significant aspects of the capital delivery of the estates project, including producing key project documents associated business change processes.

Also, responsibility for developing and communicating trust requirements and expectations, and then working alongside stakeholders to ensure that any new space is suitable for the proposed service provision and supporting any moves that are required.

The post holder will communicate and engage with key stakeholders to produce the design brief in conjunction with the stakeholders that describe service needs.

Interview: 15 minute PowerPoint Presentation

" How will you insure the successful delivery of capital estates projects"

1. To lead the implementation of capital project and estates utilisation and move management projects and other projects, including the analysis of the change processes and training required to successfully deliver the projects and maximise the project benefits. 2. Ensuring alignment of activity with organisational strategic objectives and direction and defining change management strategy, acting as a point of reference and the sharing of best practice, in all matters related to the management of change within the estates team. 3. To directly deliver large scale major service transformation through the implementation of systems, buildings and the surrounding business, process and people change to time, cost, and quality expectations in partnership with the wider estates team and divisional project teams. 4. To ensure that predefined standard frameworks are employed across the Trust for business, process and people change related to the delivery of the estates framework. 5. To resolve problems that arise during capital projects, estates utilisation and move management projects and to report any problems that cannot be resolved to the relevant project board or other group. 6. To ensure that each project is subject to robust financial management so ensuring that the project is delivered on budget. 7. To assure the divisions of delivery of new capability and benefits within clearly defined timescales. 8. To work with key stakeholders to ensure that there is clear understanding of the problems and commitment to the proposed solutions. 9. To involve all stakeholders internally and eternally to ensure that analysis and implementation stages of projects are fully supported. 10. Mapping activity and identifying gaps between current and future state business processes. 11. To ensure that PRINCE2 project management principles are followed within the projects and to promote these principles to others within the Trust as appropriate. 12. To ensure all estates projects are delivered in line with the NHS Estates code and in accordance with Trusts standing financial instructions. 13. Undertake regular research, using complex research methodology, to support the Capital Projects Estates Manager in ensuring that Business Change elements of estates projects are managed and supported within current ‘good practice’ guidelines, and that any revised guidelines are put into practice. 14. Any ‘good practice’ developed as a result of research activity should be shared widely within the local health community and beyond. 15. Although the Capital Projects Estates Manager is responsible for the overall capital budget, elements of this will be devolved to the post holder, who will take responsibility for day-to-day management of the relevant elements of programme / project management budgets. 16. Support the Capital Projects Estates Manager to develop appropriate objectives and performance plans for their team, ensuring that these align with overall Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust aims and objectives, and adhere to national and locally defined targets and standards.

"Previous applicants need not apply for this position"

Person specification

Qualifications

Educated to Degree standard or equivalent experience

PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate or equivalent

Substantial experience working in a Project/Programme Management Environment

Experience

Experience of Business Change across a range of complex projects

Extensive experience of large project development and deployment

Experience of defining user requirements and converting them to future state requirements

Ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines and work effectively under pressure

Ability to answer complex queries and solve problems

Managing projects in an NHS environment

Knowledge and understanding of the NHS strategic direction, both locally and nationally

Can work autonomously to achieve agreed objectives

Experience of operational management and service delivery

Experience of working across organisational boundaries to achieve results

Ability to work collaboratively with staff of all disciplines to promote and develop service improvement projects

Values

Continuous Improvement

Accountability

Respectfulness

Enthusiasm

Responsive to service users

Engaging leadership style

Strong customer service belief

Transparency and honesty

Discreet

Skills

High levels of verbal and written communication skills required including negotiation, persuasion, presentation, and report writing skills

Ability to work in a confidential and sensitive manner with a professional attitude towards all stakeholders.

Ability and experience in engaging with third party suppliers and key stakeholders

Highly motivated, innovative, and enthusiastic with the ability to motivate others

Excellent problem - solving skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Demonstrate ability to make judgements based on the analysis and investigation of issues

Effective Problem solving, logical troubleshooting and analytical skills

Ability to work unsupervised and able to manage own time and workload

Excellent organisational skills and ability to react to changing requirements positively

Budget management experience in a project environment

IT literate with substantial experience of using Visio, 13/10/2021 Microsoft Project, SharePoint, including standard Microsoft Products

Prepared to travel as the post requires

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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

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Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.