Strategic Estates Productivity Lead

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking Strategic Estates Productivity Leads to drive healthcare infrastructure transformation. This full-time role involves engaging with various stakeholders and leading initiatives in estate productivity. Candidates should have senior leadership experience within the NHS, focusing on strategic thinking and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience in NHS estate or system transformation.
• Strategic leadership in the healthcare sector.
• Strong interpersonal and networking skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive estate productivity and health outcomes.
• Develop strategies for estate transformation.
• Engage stakeholders at ICS and national levels.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Education

Degree or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

Strategic Estates Productivity Leads 2-Year FTC | + excellent benefits

Location: North West or North East/Yorkshire | Full-Time | 2-Year FTC | National Travel Required

Are you passionate about shaping the future of healthcare infrastructure? Do you thrive in systems-level transformation and partnership working?

Main duties of the job

Working in close collaboration with Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), NHS Trusts, Local Authorities, and third-sector partners, you will be at the forefront of embedding CHPs LIFT estate into long-term service models and delivering our national PACE (Productivity Acceleration in Community Estate) programme.

You will play a lead role in:

• Driving estate productivity and improving health outcomes.
• Shaping estate transformation strategies and business cases.
• Ensuring CHPs assets are aligned with regional NHS reform.
• Representing CHP at high-level infrastructure and transformation forums.
• Building and sustaining multi-year delivery pipelines.

You will also work closely with CHPs regional and national leadership to embed estate optimisation within place-based health strategies and system reform agendas.

What Youll Bring

We are looking for strategic thinkers, credible influencers, and experienced transformation leaders who can bring:

• A strong track record of estate or system transformation in the NHS or a comparable setting.
• Deep understanding of NHS estate utilisation, infrastructure planning, and LIFT models.
• High-level communication and stakeholder engagement skillsconfident operating at ICS, Trust, and national levels.
• A values-driven mindset, focused on collaboration, innovation, and system outcomes.

About us

At Community Health Partnerships (CHP), we are redefining the landscape of community-based healthcare. As a wholly owned Department of Health and Social Care company, we manage over 300 high-quality community health buildings and partner with NHS systems to deliver innovative infrastructure solutions. We play a pivotal role in delivering modern, sustainable, and accessible health infrastructure across England. Our mission is simple: enable better care through better spaces.

As part of our growth programme, we are now recruiting two Strategic Estates Productivity Leads (SEPLs).These arekey people who will help us steer the NHS estate into a more integrated, efficient, and patient-focused future.

Details Date posted

23 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£70,000 to £80,000 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

M0046-25-0034

Job locations

Suite 12B, Manchester One

53 Portland Street

Manchester

Greater Manchester

M1 3LD

Job description Job responsibilities

For an informal discussion, contact Jonathan Phillips, Director at Seymour John Ltd- 07817 988490 and ask for the Candidate Information Pack.

To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter outlining your interest and suitability to [e-mail], quoting CHP Recruitment in the subject line.

Closing Date for Applications-June 15th, 2025

Job description Job responsibilities

For an informal discussion, contact Jonathan Phillips, Director at Seymour John Ltd- 07817 988490 and ask for the Candidate Information Pack.

To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter outlining your interest and suitability to [e-mail], quoting CHP Recruitment in the subject line.

Closing Date for Applications-June 15th, 2025

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent

Desirable

• People Management Skills
• Chartered with a professional institution

Experience Essential

• Essential Knowledge & Experience
• Senior leadership experience across the NHS and its partners, including delivering on national and regional agendas
• Delivery focused, across multiple projects
• Extensive knowledge of the NHS, delivering new partnerships and establishing appropriate resources and response
• Developed and delivered on new service offering in response to customer needs
• Thought leader, able to anticipate future opportunities and develop a response which is embedded with the strategic direction of an organisation
• Develop new partnerships in response to customer ask across public and private sector organisations
• Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
• Leadership across infrastructure planning
• In-depth understanding of NHS Long Term Plan and NHS White Paper: Integration and Innovation
• Collaborator and expert in partnership working
• Excellent interpersonal, networking and communication skills
• Experience of delivery at pace in a complex dynamic landscape.

Desirable

• Ability to establish needs and develop deliverable commercial models
• Proven senior management experience
• The ability to make critical decisions
• Good financial understanding
• Leadership Skills
• Customer Interaction
• LIFTCo Knowledge and understanding
• Ability to engage with individuals at all levels across numerous organisations
• Ability to influence the decision- making processes of others
• Problem solving skills
• High degree of self-awareness and consistently looking to improve
• Commercially and financially astute.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Educated to degree level or equivalent

Desirable

• People Management Skills
• Chartered with a professional institution

Experience Essential

• Essential Knowledge & Experience
• Senior leadership experience across the NHS and its partners, including delivering on national and regional agendas
• Delivery focused, across multiple projects
• Extensive knowledge of the NHS, delivering new partnerships and establishing appropriate resources and response
• Developed and delivered on new service offering in response to customer needs
• Thought leader, able to anticipate future opportunities and develop a response which is embedded with the strategic direction of an organisation
• Develop new partnerships in response to customer ask across public and private sector organisations
• Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
• Leadership across infrastructure planning
• In-depth understanding of NHS Long Term Plan and NHS White Paper: Integration and Innovation
• Collaborator and expert in partnership working
• Excellent interpersonal, networking and communication skills
• Experience of delivery at pace in a complex dynamic landscape.

Desirable

• Ability to establish needs and develop deliverable commercial models
• Proven senior management experience
• The ability to make critical decisions
• Good financial understanding
• Leadership Skills
• Customer Interaction
• LIFTCo Knowledge and understanding
• Ability to engage with individuals at all levels across numerous organisations
• Ability to influence the decision- making processes of others
• Problem solving skills
• High degree of self-awareness and consistently looking to improve
• Commercially and financially astute.

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 details Employer name

Community Health Partnerships

Address

Suite 12B, Manchester One

53 Portland Street

Manchester

Greater Manchester

M1 3LD

Employer's website

https://communityhealthpartnerships.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Community Health Partnerships

Address

Suite 12B, Manchester One

53 Portland Street

Manchester

Greater Manchester

M1 3LD

Employer's website

https://communityhealthpartnerships.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)