Associate Director Facilities Management | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	31 March 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£91,342 - £105,337 per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	30 April 2026
Location:	Salford, M6 8HD
Company:	Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7907872/236-NCA-EA055-26-A

Summary

Are you a strong operational leader with a drive for delivering high quality services for patients and colleagues? We are recruiting to an exciting new post at the Northern Care Alliance Foundation Trust for an Associate Director of Facilities Management.

This is a fantastic role for someone who wants to lead our Facilities Management Services and join our well established team in Capital, Estates and Facilities.

The team operates across numerous acute and community sites in Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford in the Greater Manchester Area. We work as one team and looking for candidates to join us who are passionate about the important role that Estates and Facilities professionals have in a patients journey.

You will have responsibility for strategic and operational management of facilities management services across the NCA. The post holder will have expertise in managing a portfolio of services with experience in leading organisational change, driving service improvement and creating positive cultural change. You will be working with senior clinical leadership teams to support patient care and align with the Trust’s organisational values of Care, Appreciate and Inspire.

Based principally at Salford Royal Hospital, with significant cross site working, the successful post holder will report to the Director of Capital, Estates and Facilities and be a member of the senior leadership team.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in ourCandidate Information Pack.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk


This advert closes on Tuesday 14 Apr 2026

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.