Head of Estates

NHS; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider is seeking a Head of Estates to lead their Estates Services at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. The role requires an experienced Estates professional who will act as a strategic advisor and manage compliance issues to ensure the delivery of quality services. The ideal candidate will have significant management experience in a health environment and possess qualifications in Engineering or Building Management. A salary between £76,909 to £85,684 pro-rata is offered.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Health benefits

Professional development

Qualifications

• Significant post qualification experience in Hard FM assets and services management.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Experience with NHS service delivery targets.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Estates Service, ensuring compliance with NHS targets.
• Advise DSFS Board on strategic and compliance issues.
• Develop an estates strategy aligned with the Trust's clinical services.

Skills

Effective communication

Leadership skills

Organised approach to work

Risk evaluation

Education

Building/Engineering Degree or equivalent

NEBOSH National Diploma

Chartered membership of a professional body

Job description

Head of Estates

The closing date is 05 January 2026

DSFS has a new and exciting opportunity for an experienced and dynamic Estates professional to lead our Estates Services at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Reporting to our Director of Operations, this role will be the organisation's professional lead and Board advisor for Estates services and compliance, bringing an innovative approach to the development of service and site strategies.

We are committed to the development and wellbeing of all our team and are looking for an inspirational leader that will build on our philosophy of service excellence through our people.

Interviews to be held 9th January 2026 and 12th January 2026.

Main duties of the job

To lead, manage and develop the Estates Service, ensuring that all services meet statutory, NHS targets and requirements and offer quality and value for money as required by DSFS and Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Undertake the role of Estates professional advisor to DSFS Board, advising and reporting on key Estates strategic and compliance issues.

To develop an estates strategy that is aligned with and enables the delivery of the Trust's clinical services strategy.

To lead estates compliance services. Working closely with senior DSFS and Trust leaders to ensure these services meet national standards, patient expectations and are aligned with the Trust's clinical strategy and aims.

Deputise for the Operations Director as required both within the Trust and at external forums.

To develop and promote the development and wellbeing of all our people.

Support the organisation's transformation agenda and take the lead on transformation projects where appropriate.

About us

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS is proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone's abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered.

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Job responsibilities

Please see the Job description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Building/Engineering Degree or BTEC Higher Level Diploma/Certificate or qualification equivalent to degree level.
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• To be a member of a professional organisation.
• NEBOSH National Diploma
• Chartered membership of a professional body

Experience

• Significant post qualification experience and track record of Managing Hard FM assets and services within a complex health environment.
• Effective communication, presentational and reporting skills.
• Highly developed technical / knowledge and appreciation of FM services including statutory legislation and DH mandatory and good practice guidance.
• Preparing of reports to support assurance/governance of operational services
• Authorised Persons Experience
• Previous proven operational management experience in the NHS or similar environment involving a wide range of procedures and practice.
• Able to demonstrate evidence of effective financial management.
• Experience of working with NHS / other service delivery targets
• Experience of line managing individuals and/or a team
• Experience of service development
• Experience of analysing data, facts and other evidence to identify problems and to propose and implement solutions.
• Experience of working with staff at all levels including internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of working with staff to effect change, requiring negotiating, and influencing skills.

Skills and Knowledge

• Demonstrating an organised approach to work
• Management of non-skilled, skilled, and professional staff
• Risk Evaluation in a live working environment
• Effective leadership skills

Personal Attributes

• Confident and participative team leader and player
• Effective communicator particularly at senior manager levels
• Ability to think and manage strategically and operationally
• Self-motivated with a high level of focus, drive and energy
• Maintains high standards of professionalism and confidentiality
• High productivity
• Ability to work under pressure and constantly achieve within tight timescales.
• Motivated to seek personal learning and career development
• Willingness to undertake further training in line with requirements of the Trust commensurate with the technical and strategic nature of this post.

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.

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

£76,909 to £85,684 a year pro-rata per annum