Associate Director of Estates

Associate Director of Estates

The closing date is 28 October 2025

This vacancy is only open at this stage to internal employees of the following organisations within the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Integrated Care System:

• North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
• Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
• University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, inclusive of Black Country Procurement Group and North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Service.
• Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

We are recruiting to the post of Associate Director of Estates. As the Trust's lead specialist for Estates, you will be responsible for developing and delivery of the Trust's Estates Strategy. Reporting to the Chief Finance Officer, you will regularly communicate complex multi faceted information in relation to estates, capital and maintenance with senior management across the Trust.

Band 8d £91,342 - £105,337 per annum

Full time 37.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

You will act as the Trust lead for the management of the PFI contract ensuring the Trust receives the outputs and outcomes as outlined in the contract. You will be a key point of contact with the PFI management to ensure the contract performance is maintained, taking a lead on benchmarking and market testing as and when required.

With significant experience of a senior management role in a complex organisation and a proven track record of delivery within a building and/or engineering environment, you will have strong relationship building and communication skills and above all else you will demonstrate mature leadership skills and have a compassionate and inclusive leadership style. Previous experience of working within a healthcare or public sector environment is desirable.

Additional responsibilities include providing direct management of a multidisciplinary maintenance department and project managing new revenue and capital developments. As budget holder for Estates, you will also produce clear reports for the Board whilst providing technical support to the Estates team.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first "carbon net zero" national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Job responsibilities

• Develop the Estates and Capital Strategic Plan and associated documents to ensure that the Estates team makes the most effective contribution to the delivery of the Trust's strategic objectives.
• Through effective planning, ensure that all Estates and Capital functions adapt to the Trust's changing strategic requirements including identification and implementation of service developments and innovative methods of delivery.
• Oversee the development of positive and proactive short, medium and long term delivery plans and infrastructure replacement plans to ensure the effective operation and maintenance of the estate.
• Ensure that the Head of Estates has effective plans in place for delivery of emergency, urgent and routine repairs on time, according to patient care priorities together with addressing backlog maintenance and, within available resources, ensure the Estate supports delivery of safe and outstanding patient care.
• Define what outstanding means for the Estates function, and work with the team to develop and implement plans to work towards becoming outstanding.
• Contribute to the development of the Trust's corporate strategy, ensuring that Estates and Capital initiatives and priorities are appropriately reflected.

Person Specification Experience

• Extensive experience within the Building, Construction and Management Industry
• Completion of a recognised Engineering Industry Training Board (EITB) or Building Industry Training Board (CITB)
• Experience within an Estates Department

Qualifications

• Masters degree or equivalent
• Has an NHS recognised chartered professional qualification

Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to manage and motivate a team of Estates staff in day to day operational activities and provide leadership and strategic direction
• Understands the contracting process and practical management

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.

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust