Head of Estates & Facilities inLiverpool inLiverpool PUBLISHED THU 7 NOV 2024

The post holder is responsible for delivery of safe, efficient, and effective Estates and Facilities services, and for the management of the Trusts infrastructure and facilities functions ensuring a high-quality, cost-effective service. Responsible to the Chief Operating Officer, the post holder will manage and direct Operational Services staff in the provision of an Estates and Facilities, optimising its efficiency and effectiveness to meet service users, staff and visitor needs within agreed resource allocations.

Interview Date: Monday 16th December

Responsible for delivery of the Trust's annual capital programme

Making judgements across wide range of estates and facilities issues taking into account legislation, H&S, policies and protocols, conflicting demands, professional and technical expert advice on estates/contractual matters, formulation of estates development options

Responsible for formulating the Estates and Facilities Operational delivery plan and contribute to the wider teams planning processes to ensure that the objectives identified to achieve the plans align with overall Trust objectives.

The post holder will undertake the duties of Authorised Person/Responsible Person as required.

Act as the Estates and Facilities Divisions operational services specialist advising on, producing, and maintaining a range a range of Trust-Wide Estates and Facilities policies and procedures that reflect the requirements of the regulation, legislation and guidance relating to the varied disciplines.

To work with senior managers within the Trust to agree a model for the future provision of facilities services and to take responsibility for implementing this.

Lead on change management based on experience, ensuring continuous improvement is maintained.

Through the Facilities and Estates Managers, ensure the environment within the Trust is safe for service users and staff and the services delivered by teams to be of a high quality that meet the needs of service users and staff.

About us

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the Estates and Facilities Teams are, at all times, staffed with suitably qualified and experienced Personnel who are trained, developed and motivated to provide effective and efficient services across the Trust. The post holder will liaise with a wide diversity of stakeholders to ensure that the service is delivered effectively, embracing changes in the delivery of health care, and identifying and implementing innovative solutions, which support the modernisation agenda.

The role will be predominately strategic in nature, providing delivery of the organisations estate strategy and development of strategic partnerships with Trust partners to ensure a collaborative approach to development of the Broadgreen site.

The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the reactive, corrective and planned maintenance of equipment, engineering services and building fabric for all Healthcare properties under their control. The post holder will have full responsibility for ensuring the environment is safe for patients and staff.