Productivity Lead - Property Directorate

Sabp; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Flexible working

Job summary

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Productivity Lead for the Property Directorate. You will lead the productivity and improvement agenda, turning diverse data into clear insights, priorities and measurable benefits across functions.

The role focuses on establishing baselines, dashboards and benefits tracking, benchmarking, and options appraisal, supporting change workstreams to boost efficiency while protecting quality and safety, engaging across sites.

Qualifications

• Degree-level education or equivalent in business/management, estates or facilities, improvement science, project management, analytics or a related discipline.
• Postgraduate qualification or advanced training in improvement, business, analytics, programme management or a related field.
• Project/programme management training or substantial equivalent practical experience (PRINCE2, APM, MSP or similar).
• Advanced competence in Excel and reporting/data-visualisation tools with the ability to analyse and communicate complex information.
• Evidence of recent and relevant continuing professional development.
• Membership or qualification with a relevant professional body (IWFM, APM, RICS or similar).
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of NHS Estates/Facilities guidance and healthcare property standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the Property Directorate productivity and improvement agenda across all functions.
• Turn operational, financial, workforce, contract, asset, utilisation and project information into clear insight and measurable benefits.
• Establish robust productivity baselines, performance measures, dashboards and benefits tracking.
• Undertake benchmarking, root-cause analysis and options appraisal.
• Lead or support improvement workstreams to increase efficiency, release capacity and improve value for money.
• Engage with Property senior leaders, Finance, BI, Procurement, Digital, Transformation and external suppliers to embed productivity into BAU.

Skills

Leadership and stakeholder facilitat

Data analysis

Change management

Project management

Benchmarking

Communication of insights

Quality improvement

Decision support

Education

Degree-level education or equivalent in business/management, estates or facilities, improvement science, analytics

Postgraduate qualification in improvement, analytics, or programme management

Project/programme management training (PRINCE2/APM/MSP) or substantial practical experience

Tools

Excel

Reporting/Data-visualisation tools

Job description

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Productivity Lead - Property Directorate

The closing date is 22 November 2026

The postholder will lead and coordinate the Property Directorate productivity and improvement agenda, working across all functions. The role will turn operational, financial, workforce, contract, asset, utilisation and project information into clear insight, agreed improvement priorities and measurable benefits. The role will ensure we are a data driven proactive forward-thinking division.

The postholder will establish robust productivity baselines, performance measures, dashboards and benefits tracking; undertake benchmarking, root-cause analysis and options appraisal; and lead or support improvement workstreams that increase efficiency, release capacity, improve value for money and protect quality, safety and compliance. The role will combine analytical insight, project and change management, quality/improvement methodology and stakeholder facilitation rather than operating as a purely analytical post.

Working closely with Property senior leaders, Finance, Business Intelligence, Procurement, Digital, Transformation colleagues, operational services and external suppliers, the postholder will ensure that productivity opportunities are evidence-based, deliverable, financially validated and embedded into business-as-usual practice. The role will require regular engagement across Trust sites and the wider Property portfolio.

Work with other Trusts and organisations to understand where we are outliers and opportunities for learning, improvement and collaboration.

Main duties of the job

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description & person specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree-level education or equivalent relevant experience in business/management, estates or facilities, improvement science, project management, analytics or a related discipline.
• Relevant postgraduate qualification or demonstrable equivalent depth of specialist knowledge acquired through advanced training, CPD and substantial relevant experience
• Project/programme management training or substantial equivalent practical experience, for example PRINCE2, APM, MSP or comparable methodology.
• Advanced competence in Excel and reporting/data-visualisation tools, with the ability to analyse and communicate complex operational and financial information
• Evidence of recent and relevant continuing professional development.
• Relevant postgraduate qualification or advanced training in improvement, business, analytics, programme management or a related field.
• Membership or qualification with a relevant professional body, for example IWFM, APM, RICS or an improvement/analytics body.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, recognised QI coaching qualification or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of NHS Estates and Facilities guidance and healthcare property standards.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of leading and delivering productivity, efficiency, service-improvement or transformation initiatives in a complex organisation.
• Experience of analysing and triangulating data to identify trends, variation, root causes and improvement opportunities.
• Experience of developing performance measures, dashboards, benchmarking outputs, benefit trackers and reports that support senior decision-making.
• Experience of translating analysis into practical improvement plans and working with operational teams to implement and sustain change.
• Demonstrable project management experience, including governance, planning, risk management, action tracking, dependencies, reporting and benefits realisation.
• Experience of preparing options appraisals, business cases, recommendations or decision papers for senior stakeholders.
• Experience of working collaboratively across professional, organisational and service boundaries and influencing stakeholders at different levels of seniority.
• Experience of working within the NHS/public sector, Property/Estates/Facilities, infrastructure or another complex enabling-service environment is desirable.
• Experience of supplier/contract performance improvement, resource planning, space utilisation, maintenance or capital-project productivity is desirable.

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.

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

£51,657 to £58,785 a yearPro rata, Includes Fringe HCAS