Associate Director of Estates & Facilities Operations
| Posting date: | 20 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £94,356.00 to £108,814.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £94356.00 - £108814.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2026 |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL6 8DH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9216-26-0621 |
Summary
The following are not deemed to be prescriptive and may change from time to time to reflect any change in local or government policy or statutory orders: Estates and Facilities Strategy Formulate long term strategic plans for Estates and Facilities services, which have wide ranging impact across the organisation and the entire local healthcare system. Lead the delivery against the Trusts key Estates and Facilities strategic priorities and set short and long-term corporate objectives that deliver to these priorities. Formulate and deliver a strategic plan for the vertical integration of Estates and Facilities functions and services across the Western Locality, responding to the Service implications of the delivery of new models of care. The Trust Estate Hold corporate responsibility for the built physical assets for the entire organisation. Hold corporate responsible for keeping the Trusts land and property in good repair. Hold corporate responsibility for a wide range of high impact services that directly affect every patient, visitor and staff member who comes into contact with the organisation every day of the year. Hold corporate responsibility for fire safety. Hold corporate responsibility for Safe Water Management. Hold corporate responsibility for the management of parts of the Estates where there may be Asbestos Containing Materials. Estates Management Ensure the Trust complies with all relevant Health Technical Memoranda and Health Building Notes. Ensure that there are relevant policies, plans and procedures in place to ensure delivery of a safe and compliant estate. Ensure that suitably qualified Authorising Engineers, Authorised and Responsible Persons, who are appointed in line with recognised guidance. Ensure that all members of the Directly Employed Labour team are suitably trained, certified and competent. Ensure that the Trust maintains an up-to-date assessment of the backlog maintenance, based on 6-facet, or other appropriate methodology. Ensure that there are appropriate processes in place for stakeholders to report defects or failures, and that there are processes in place to risk assess and resolve these in priority order. Ensure the management of an effective emergency on-call and out of hours service is available to the Trust to ensure business continuity across all Estates and Facilities services. Facilities Management Ensure that the Trust Facilities services deliver compliance with the Hygiene Code, and associated standards. Ensure that the Trust has an appropriate Security Management Strategy, and that the Trust has appropriately trained and competent staff to fulfil statutory security responsibilities. Chair the Security Strategy Group for the Trust. Ensure the safe, compliant and sustainable delivery of the Trusts Waste Management business Derriford Waste Management Services. Hold accountability for the delivery and development of commercial facilities services which reduce the net cost of running the estates. This includes responsibility for car parking, retail income, staff residential accommodation, and health and leisure facilities provision. Take responsibility for the Trusts Portering resource, and deliver a transformation programme that delivers efficiency, productivity, staff engagement and financial improvements. Deliver compliance with the NHS Food Standards for all inpatient catering. Deliver compliance with the Department of Health NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles. Compliance and Assurance Formulate appropriate policy and governance arrangements across the entire spectrum of Estates and Facilities services. Hold corporate responsibility for estates and facilities policies and provide assurance to Board with respect to compliance with these policies. Hold accountability for all financial, contract, business and performance aspects of Estates and Facilities functions, managing and minimising financial and performance risk and creating business opportunities. Ensure that the Trust has an appropriate Premises Assurance Model, and that this is fully aligned to all legislation, regulation and good practice, and that this is used to provide assurance to Trust Board and external stakeholders and regulators. Hold responsibility for audit functions associated with estates and facilities, including cleaning, patient catering safety, legionella control, fire safety, asbestos management. Ensure that there are appropriate controls in place for contractors working on Trust premises, and that these are appropriately monitored and controlled. Information and Reporting Analyse, interpret and present highly complex data and build business cases supported by clear evidence using advance multivariate analytical techniques. Communicate highly complex and sensitive estates and facilities technical information and policies involving high level negotiations to all levels of staff across the Trust and across the healthcare system (including Department of Health, NHS England, NHS Improvement, and other providers). Hold corporate responsibility for all information systems that are used to deliver Estates and Facilities services, ensuring that robust contingency and business continuity plans are in place. Ensure that all information governance and data protection standards are met for Estates and Facilities functions. Risk Management Hold corporate responsible for determining and managing the risks associated with the estate backlog maintenance liability, providing information and reports to the Trust Executive and Trust Board as necessary which clearly sets out the level of risk and associated mitigation plans. Ensure that a comprehensive Risk Register is maintained across all services, which is regularly reviewed; and ensuring that all Incidents and near misses are appropriately investigated and lessons learned. Ensure that there are appropriate business continuity plans in place across all estates and facilities services, and that these are regularly reviewed and updated. Continuous Improvement and Patient Experience Develop programmes to modernise and re-design functions and services which improve efficiency and/or effectiveness of the built environment. Develop programmes of continuous improvement for Estates and Facilities Services, maximising opportunities to work across the organisation to integrate support services to deliver efficiency, productivity and financial improvements. Financial Own the Trust revenue budgets for all Estates and Facilities Services, delivering within annual financial targets. Ensure that there is an appropriate scheme of delegation in place across Estates and Facilities. Develop and deliver Financial Improvement Programmes which mitigate Cost Pressures and reduce the overall cost of delivery of Estates and Facilities Services. Lead the annual and long-term business planning for estates and facilities services, and ensure that these are aligned to, and respond to the needs of Care Groups and Service Lines across the organisation. Staff and Professional Leadership: Lead the Estates and Facilities Directorate and manage, motivate and develop staff so as to maintain the highest level of staff morale and to create a climate within the Trust characterised by high technical and professional standards and transparency. Support and drive projects to improve performance and satisfaction levels of all Estates and Facilities staff based on Staff Survey and other staff engagement and feedback mechanisms. Deliver effective appraisals and personal development plans for all staff in line with best practice across the trust and using these and other tools to develop the team to their full potential and the benefit of the Site Services Directorate and the Trust. Manage, motivate and develop staff within the Site Services Directorate to ensure that they are able to deliver the responsibilities of the department. Take responsibility for line management for all Estates and Facilities staff employed by the organisation. Develop succession planning for the services, ensuring that there are both short term plans in place to provide cross-cover, but also that there are long term plans in place to recruit, develop and retain staff in critical skills areas. Lead the development of apprenticeship and other training, development and employment models that support the Trust, the wider City and the system to secure the skills needed for the management and maintenance of the future estate. For further details please see the attached JD & PS.