Head of Energy Management | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £82,906 - £94,632 pa inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 March 2026 |
| Location: | Dartford, DA2 7WG |
| Company: | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7799042/277-7799042-CORP |
Summary
This is a new strategic vision role to help meet the national NHS Green Plan & Net-Zero agenda. The post holder will be the specialist lead responsible for developing & driving forward the Trust’s Energy Management, buildings decarbonisation in line with the NHS Sustainability & Net-Zero & Trust’s Estates & Facilities Strategies. They will bring specialist skills & expertise to improve the Trust’s buildings energy performance & meet local & national energy saving & carbon reduction targets as well as ensuring the cost-effective purchase of utility supplies to ensure the Trust operates within the defined Estates operations & energy budget to support the achievement of Living Within Our Means cost saving targets.
The postholder will lead complex Estates energy-related operations & manage by bringing strong skills & judgement to integrate the Trust’s energy efficiency, energy management & decarbonisation (Net-zero Sustainability) objectives around the optimisation & effectiveness of the Trust Estate. They will be expected to liaise with a wide variety of Trust staff, at all levels, & external organisations & provide specialist knowledge to ensure the effective service delivery of those services related to the environment, energy & sustainability included within Trust Policies, Procedures & Service Level Agreements. Particularly working with the Sustainability Manager & Heads of Estates Development & Facilities to ensure a cohesive approach to energy management & decarbonisation.
• Take a strategic lead on the Estate energy management, utilities and waste.
• Review and oversee all sub metering arrangements, energy contracts, costs, energy use, decarbonisation initiatives and funding to deliver improved energy efficiency, cost savings and carbon reduction.
• Develop and deliver systems to manage, monitor and report Estates performance around Trust buildings energy and utilities performance which require complex technical analysis and assessment to forecast both consumption and prices for a commercial contract.
• Manage all contracts and finances associated with energy, utilities, patient transport, transport and waste management.
• Research and develop ideas and projects to secure necessary external capital funding that helps meet the Trust decarbonisation and carbon reduction targets.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care
For further information relating to this role, please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached.
This advert closes on Sunday 1 Mar 2026
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