Head of Estates

An exciting opportunity to join the leadership team within Infrastructure Services at Cheshire & Wirral Partnership Trust. The Head of Estates role is located within the Estates Management office just outside Cheshire Oaks and encompasses travel to all the Trust's sites throughout Cheshire East, West and Wirral.

The Estates team is a well respected team within the Trust, providing a wide range of Estates services in support of clinical services and other non clinical services. With strong customer focus this represents an exciting opportunity to lead and represent the Estates team within the Trust.

Act as Trusts professional Estates & Property lead to ensure that the built environment is maintained and developed to a good standard and that all-statutory obligations are met.

Responsible for ensuring that the environment is safe for patients and staff.

Responsible for budgetary control of Estates budgets including financial planning, achievement of efficiency targets and cost improvement targets.

Deputise as required for the Associate Director of Infrastructure Services in their absence.

Professionally accountable for all estate management matters and provide professional advice to on strategic development of estates service.

Lead on interpretation and implementation of all technical estates matters and provide professional advice to Trust Board, Associate Director of Infrastructure, estates staff, directors and senior management of the organisation.

Professionally and technically responsible for estates policy development and implementation of legislative requirements.

Interpret, analyse and communicate information as required on complex technical Estates matters.

Represent CWP in chairing of formal stages of HR disciplinary proceedings.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP.

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Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a ‘Silver’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.