As the Head of Estates and Facilities, they will provide specialist estates and facilities management expertise to support and advise operational and corporate departments within Shared Services.

Work with stakeholders across the organisation to develop and communicate the Shared Services vision for estates and facilities and ensuring alignment with operational priorities and requirements. This will involve managing very complex information that is multi-stranded (statutory requirements, legislation, service delivery, financial and workforce information), in order to manage the delivery of services.

Essential criteria

• An accredited Facilities Management, Mechanical/Electrical engineering, Architectural or Surveying degree or equivalent experience
• In depth professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent plus specialist knowledge acquired through post-graduate courses and experience to masters equivalent level plus in-depth managerial, financial and strategic knowledge
• Substantial track record and knowledge of delivery and managing a Hard and Soft FM service.

Desirable criteria

• An appropriate management qualification.
• Chartered membership of a recognised professional institution (e.g. IWFM, RIBA, MRICS, CEng etc).
• Understanding of the complex nature of the NHS environment. including estate planning.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience with a track record of operating in an estates management discipline
• Expert knowledge and experience of developing and implementing strategies and plans for the delivery of services.
• In-depth management experience including Finance/ budgetary, health and safety, statutory compliance and procurement.
• Experience of leading training and development programmes across an organisation.
• Experience of line management of diverse teams and managing staff.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of NHS processes/protocols in managing an estate.
• Experience of working on business cases and acting as a project manager on capital projects.

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

• Advanced technical, theoretical and practical knowledge of managing buildings and associated complex systems.
• Capable of working within a team environment and on own initiative when required.
• Good professional and analytical skills.
• Good communication skills, both orally and written, and being capable of explaining complex technical issues to a nontechnical audience
• A high level of IT/Computer skills.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to demonstrate tact and diplomacy when providing formal presentations to stakeholders providing information in a variety of formats.
• Experience of giving presentations on technical issues.
• Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.

Other

Essential criteria

• Good interpersonal and team skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• High workload capacity and perseverance.

Desirable criteria

• Energy, enthusiasm and ambition.
• Commitment to personal professional development.