Capital Estates Business Partner

Main area Capital Estates Projects Business Partner Grade Band 7 Contract 18 months (Fixed term: 18 months) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working hours approx 8am - 5pm, expected as part of the role hours may fall outside as an when required not excluding weekend days.) Job ref 350-TWS-C

Site Hollins Park Hospital Town Warrington Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/05/:59

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Job overview The post holder will support the implementation of capital estates projects. To put in place effective and transparent governance arrangements to manage the identified project. The post holder will be responsible for significant aspects of the capital delivery of the estates project, including producing key project documents associated business change processes. Also, responsibility for developing and communicating trust requirements and expectations, and then working alongside stakeholders to ensure that any new space is suitable for the proposed service provision and supporting any moves that are required. The post holder will communicate and engage with key stakeholders to produce the design brief in conjunction with the stakeholders that describe service needs.

Interview: 15 minute PowerPoint Presentation

"How will you ensure the successful delivery of capital estates projects?"

Main duties of the job

1. To lead the implementation of capital project and estates utilisation, including the analysis of the change processes and training required to successfully deliver the projects and maximise the project benefits.
2. To directly deliver large scale major service transformation through the implementation of systems, buildings and the surrounding business, process and people change to time, cost, and quality expectations in partnership with the wider estates team and divisional project teams.
3. To resolve problems that arise during capital projects, estates utilisation and move management projects and to report any problems that cannot be resolved to the relevant project board or other group.
4. To work with key stakeholders to ensure that there is clear understanding of the problems and commitment to the proposed solutions.
5. To involve all stakeholders internally and externally to ensure that analysis and implementation stages of projects are fully supported.
6. Although the Capital Projects Estates Manager is responsible for the overall capital budget, elements of this will be devolved to the post holder, who will take responsibility for day-to-day management of the relevant elements of programme/project management budgets.

Working for our organisation Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. The post holder will support the implementation of capital estates projects. To put in place effective and transparent governance arrangements to manage the identified project.
2. The post holder will be responsible for significant aspects of the capital delivery of the estates project, including producing key project documents associated business change processes.
3. Also, responsibility for developing and communicating trust requirements and expectations, and then working alongside stakeholders to ensure that any new space is suitable for the proposed service provision and supporting any moves that are required.
4. The post holder will communicate and engage with key stakeholders to produce the design brief in conjunction with the stakeholders that describe service needs.
5. Interview: 15 minute PowerPoint Presentation
6. "How will you ensure the successful delivery of capital estates projects?"

Person specification Qualifications

• Educated to Degree standard or equivalent experience
• PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate or equivalent
• Substantial experience working in a Project/Programme Management Environment

Experience

• Experience of Business Change across a range of complex projects
• Extensive experience of large project development and deployment
• Experience of defining user requirements and converting them to future state requirements
• Ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines and work effectively under pressure
• Ability to answer complex queries and solve problems
• Managing projects in an NHS environment
• Knowledge and understanding of the NHS strategic direction, both locally and nationally
• Can work autonomously to achieve agreed objectives
• Experience of operational management and service delivery
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries to achieve results
• Ability to work collaboratively with staff of all disciplines to promote and develop service improvement projects

Values

• Accountability
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet

Skills

• High levels of verbal and written communication skills required including negotiation, persuasion, presentation, and report writing skills
• Ability to work in a confidential and sensitive manner with a professional attitude towards all stakeholders.
• Ability and experience in engaging with third party suppliers and key stakeholders
• Highly motivated, innovative, and enthusiastic with the ability to motivate others
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate ability to make judgements based on the analysis and investigation of issues
• Effective Problem solving, logical troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Ability to work unsupervised and able to manage own time and workload
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to react to changing requirements positively
• Budget management experience in a project environment
• IT literate with substantial experience of using Visio, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, including standard Microsoft Products
• Prepared to travel as the post requires

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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

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Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
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