Senior Estates Manager

at  NHS Property Services

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Estates Manager to become part of our team in the Derbyshire area. This is a mobile position, offering a blend of home-based and on-site work, tailored to meet the demands of the business, with the option for flexible home working. You will be working across a demanding portfolio and will need strong experience within property background and delivering excellent customer service.
The salary on offer is starting from £50,000 depending upon experience plus £3,000 car allowance with eligibility for our annual 10% bonus.
This is a permanent role working 37.5 hours per week.
About the role:
Senior Estates Managers play an important role at NHSPS. They are the conduit between senior managers and the colleagues across the business who deliver for our customers and who keep the business running smoothly. The Senior Estates Manager is a Delivery role across Facilities Management and Property Management, with key customer delivery interface. The overall budget responsibility is circa £5m, over 20 properties with a Gross Internal Area on average of 20,000 square metres. Their teams are made up of specialists and team contributors, and typically they are responsible for the delivery of defined elements of the strategy and operating plans. Senior Estates Managers frequently share the same professional and technical backgrounds as their teams, and their role is to manage and coach their teams to deliver in line with targets and performance standards.

What you will bring to the role:

• Property Management background or Facilities Management
• Experience of line management in a busy, customer focused business
• Experience of driving improvements to enable efficiency
• Experience of delivering change
• Managing delivery against key performance indicators in line with NHSPS SLAs and metrics shared with the customer
• Managing internal and external customer relationships in a complex and changing environment
• Ability to manage occupancies and maintain key property data across NHSPS systems
• Delivery of a high quality, professional and robust safety and compliance management plan

What we can offer you:

We understand how important life is outside of work so, as well as a competitive salary we will also offer:

• 27 days annual leave+ 8 days bank holiday with the option to buy additional weeks leave.
• A Smarter Working Policy, empowering you to choose the location of how and where you work according to your daily activities.
• Training and development opportunities, providing opportunities for our colleagues to develop and progress their careers at all levels through our Professional Excellence Framework.
• Company-wide Colleague Referral Scheme
• SMART Pension contribution into which the company will contribute up to 6%
• A range of flexible benefits including NHS retail discounts and Cycle to Work Scheme.
• We have a great Colleague Assistance Programme and offer support for all areas of life.

An organisation with a passion
We are an organisation with a passion for giving back. Putting money back into the NHS, raising £150,000 over 3 years for our charity partner Young Lives vs Cancer, supporting colleagues to volunteer within their local communities, and being committed to creating a sustainable working environment on our pledge to become net zero carbon by 2050. We understand that it’s important to feel like the work you do is having a meaningful impact on society, and through our approach to being a responsible business, we make sure that every colleague is given the opportunity to make a difference.
We celebrate diversity, and we are working hard to create an inclusive environment where people love to work and can fulfil their potential.
For full details of the role, please see the attached role profile.
We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.
Contact our Talent team at careers@property.nhs.uk to find out more.

• Property Management background or Facilities Management
• Experience of line management in a busy, customer focused business
• Experience of driving improvements to enable efficiency
• Experience of delivering change
• Managing delivery against key performance indicators in line with NHSPS SLAs and metrics shared with the customer
• Managing internal and external customer relationships in a complex and changing environment
• Ability to manage occupancies and maintain key property data across NHSPS systems
• Delivery of a high quality, professional and robust safety and compliance management pla