• Job Description

  Req#: C9236-25-1179?language=en&page=378&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking applications from high calibre senior estates and facilities leaders to join the Group Capital, Estates and Facilities Team.

  Stakeholder panels will be held on the 28th July virtually followed by a face to face interview with the panel on the 29th July.

  Main duties of the job

  The Head of Property and Space Management post is a key member of the Capital, Estates and Facilities senior management team.

  The role provides senior leadership for the Trusts property portfolio and programme for improved space utilisation across the four Northern Care Alliance footprints of Bury, Rochdale, Fairfield and Salford including the community assets and acute sites.

  The post holder will be accountable for the management of properties including lease management and working in partnership with other public sector organisations to optimise the use of estates across the NCA footprint.

  The role will include leadership for improvement work to optimise and use space effectively and efficiently.

  The post holder will work closely with colleagues within the Estates and Facilities team as well as senior leaders across the NCA and Executive Team.

  About us

  The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

  As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care , appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

  In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

  Details

  Date posted

  01 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8c

  Salary

  £74,290 to £85,601 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  236-NCA-AC154-25

  Job locations

  Salford Hospital

  Stott Lane

  Salford

  M6 8HD

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

  Person Specification

  Qualification

  Essential

  • Master's degree or equivalent job related experience in healthcare planning/healthcare facilities
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

  Desirable

  • Chartered Membership of an appropriate institution in architecture, engineering, facilities management, surveying, building, property (e.g. RICS) or equivalent

  Knowledge and Experience

  Essential

  • Evidence of managing a large property portfolio, including the negotiation of leases and licences, and delivering cost saving efficiencies.
  • Knowledge of lease management
  • Extensive experience working at a senior management level in a large complex organisation preferably within the NHS.
  • Managing and implementing change at a senior level.
  • Experience of delivering large scale transformation programmes in a large and complex organisation
  • Information and or finance management and analysis of complex financial data.
  • Exposure to solving issues, preferably within a complex healthcare environment.
  • Experience of developing alliances and partnerships within and across organisations.

  Desirable

  • Detailed knowledge of, and demonstrable experience in, the application of best practice programme and project management methodologies.

  Skills

  Essential

  • Intellectual flexibility that enables the reasoned assessment of a situation and the ability to draw pragmatic conclusions.
  • Willing to challenge existing practice and be able to do so successfully
  • Highly developed interpersonal and facilitation skills, with ability to gain and maintain credibility at all levels of the organisation, including with senior clinicians and external partners.
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
  • Highly proficient in the use of standard office software
  • Able to manage multiple and complex projects including reporting and tracking of plans and action
  • Exposure to solving issues, preferably within a complex healthcare environment
  • Able to analyse data and draw conclusions based on this

  Person Specification

  Qualification

  Essential

  • Master's degree or equivalent job related experience in healthcare planning/healthcare facilities
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

  Desirable

  • Chartered Membership of an appropriate institution in architecture, engineering, facilities management, surveying, building, property (e.g. RICS) or equivalent

  Knowledge and Experience

  Essential

  • Evidence of managing a large property portfolio, including the negotiation of leases and licences, and delivering cost saving efficiencies.
  • Knowledge of lease management
  • Extensive experience working at a senior management level in a large complex organisation preferably within the NHS.
  • Managing and implementing change at a senior level.
  • Experience of delivering large scale transformation programmes in a large and complex organisation
  • Information and or finance management and analysis of complex financial data.
  • Exposure to solving issues, preferably within a complex healthcare environment.
  • Experience of developing alliances and partnerships within and across organisations.

  Desirable

  • Detailed knowledge of, and demonstrable experience in, the application of best practice programme and project management methodologies.

  Skills

  Essential

  • Intellectual flexibility that enables the reasoned assessment of a situation and the ability to draw pragmatic conclusions.
  • Willing to challenge existing practice and be able to do so successfully
  • Highly developed interpersonal and facilitation skills, with ability to gain and maintain credibility at all levels of the organisation, including with senior clinicians and external partners.
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
  • Highly proficient in the use of standard office software
  • Able to manage multiple and complex projects including reporting and tracking of plans and action
  • Exposure to solving issues, preferably within a complex healthcare environment
  • Able to analyse data and draw conclusions based on this

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Salford Hospital

  Stott Lane

  Salford

  M6 8HD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Salford Hospital

  Stott Lane

  Salford

  M6 8HD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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