Deputy Director of Property

at  Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals

RFL Property Services (RFLPS) is a wholly owned subsidiary company of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (the “RFL Group”). We work in partnership with the RFL Group and multiple other NHS organisations to support and promote good clinical outcomes, enhance patient experience, and enable staff to deliver world class care.
Our vision is simple yet ambitious: to transform the way healthcare estate and operational services are delivered within the NHS and connect people who care through world class spaces.
Since incorporation in 2018, we have grown rapidly, currently managing a portfolio of over 120 properties and delivering services across multiple NHS Trusts. We have been recognised for our efforts in the industry by winning IHEEM and Building Better Healthcare Estates & Facilities Team of the Year and gaining ISO accreditation for several of our services.
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, our “parent” Trust, is one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the UK, delivering care to more than 1.6 million people a year through our 3 main hospital sites Barnet, Chase Farm and Royal Free.
RFL Property Services offer Wholly Owned Subsidiary Terms and Conditions and the RFL Group Terms and Conditions (Agenda for Change) do not apply to this vacancy.

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1.1 Lead the formation and delivery of RFLPS strategy, providing its Customers and Clients with optimised property asset and estate management solutions.
1.2 Provide senior leadership and direction on all Property Asset and Estate Management initiation and change programmes.
1.3 Provide leadership and direction to the Property team and wider RFLPS teams to ensure delivery against agreed commissions, instructions, SLAs and KPIs.
1.4 Work with RFLPS’s internal and external customers and clients to set the property estate strategy to support the overriding RFLPS business strategy.
1.5 Develop long term partnerships with client executive teams and stakeholders and act as the main point of contact to ensure all property change strategies and programmes are managed effectively and in line with the agreed strategies and plans.
1.6 Collaborate with and advise the wider RFLPS Directors and teams including Capital Projects, Transformation, Estates & Facilities in the property asset and estate management capability.
1.7 Deliver fit for purpose environments from which client services are provided from.
1.8 Optimise financial benefit from development opportunities.