Estates Manager - Aylesbury

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking an Estates Manager at the Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury. In this role, you will manage a small maintenance team, oversee contractors, and ensure buildings are maintained safely. Strong communication and leadership skills are essential. Benefits include career progression, extensive annual leave, and a competitive pension scheme.

Benefits

Career progression opportunities

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Competitive pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience managing maintenance teams and contractors.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage internal maintenance team and external contractors.
• Ensure timely execution of reactive maintenance works.
• Oversee the maintenance budget and ensure cost-effective works.
• Train workforce on health and safety issues.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Staff management

Leadership

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for an Estates Manager to join our team at the Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury. You'll manage a small internal maintenance team and external contractors and ensure that the buildings are maintained in a safe condition and that deadlines are met. You'll also be responsible for effective internal and external communication, the delivery of all operational Estate's services and ensure that the estate is effectively managed and safe. We are looking for someone with strong communication skills and be able establish and nurture effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. Your role will support the strong and visionary leadership of the departmental team and focus on delivering efficient and timely service, assess the performance of team members and attend regular training sessions and deliver training sessions to the workforce on key health and safety issues.

Responsibilities

• Internal Communications
• External Communications
• Delivery of all operational Estate's services
• Staff Management and Development
• Team Building
• Leadership
• Ensure that reactive maintenance works are undertaken to a safe, high quality and a timely manner.
• Responsible for the maintenance budget within their hub ensuring works carried out in a cost-effective way, following SFI's and within allocated budget.
• Ensure that remedial works identified by ppm/compliance/mandatory checks and tests are undertaken to a suitable standard and in a timely manner.
• Ensure that the Trust's workforce have sufficient training to fulfil the roles and responsibilities required of them.
• Collection and recording of quality data to ensure that the department's performance reporting is accurate and of good quality.
• Undertaking of regular audits and reviews to ensure that the estate is maintained in a safe and suitable condition, and issues and risks are identified.

Additional information

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Oxford Health offers a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team