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Castlefield Recruitment Head of Estates 2024-10-23 15:00:52 2025-01-23
or call Josh Burrows on:
0113 212 4610
Ref #: JAB19010
Location: London
Salary: £86,462 - 93,773 GBP
Type: Permanent

Castlefield Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with Great Ormond Street Hospital on their search to recruit a Head of Estates. GOSH is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare, with a mission to provide world-class care to children and young people with rare, complex and difficult-to-treat conditions.

The UK’s only academic Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) specialising in paediatrics is a collaboration between GOSH and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, recently renewed for a further 5 years. This unique partnership enables tangible clinical research from bench to bedside that has already developed a number of new clinical treatments and techniques that are used around the world.

This is an exciting time to join the GOSH Space and Place Directorate which has ambitious plans for the future of GOSH Estates.

The Head of Estates position provides an exciting opportunity to play a key role within the Trust and will cover all areas of Estates.

It would suit an experienced Estates professional with strong staff management capabilities who is looking for a career opportunity which will create real value in a setting that genuinely impacts positively on young lives.

The Trust is easily accessible via various public transport links and comes with a full NHS benefits package which includes 27-33 holidays + BH, attractive pension scheme, various discounts and an interest free season ticket loan.

For more information about this exceptional role, including the candidate pack and details of how to apply and key recruitment dates, please visit the Great Ormond Street Hospital – Castlefield Recruitment Microsite or reach out to Josh Burrows at Castlefield Recruitment on Josh.burrows@castlefieldrecruitment.com.

 

The Role

  • Be a senior member of the Space and Place Directorate with professional accountability for estates maintenance and for the long-term strategic development of the Trust’s full estates service.
  • Responsible professionally and technically for the annual estates plan, estates policy development and the implementation of legislative requirements across the Trust.
  • Ensure, through sound fiscal management, that services are delivered within tight budgetary control for both internal and external contracts and the requirements of the Trust in line with Trust objectives, Government initiatives and financial efficiency targets.
  • To have full line management responsibility for the estates service (including disciplinary, grievance, recruitment and selection, appraisals, mandatory training compliance).
  • To lead, develop and model a culture which ensures that a ‘safety first’ and risk assessed approach is taken with all activities in Estates.
  • Development of maintenance of the Estates' assets including input to Capital and Major proposals, relative to the Trust's Strategic Plan.

 

The Person

  • Educated to degree standard in a relevant discipline or hold equivalent experience.
  • Ability to successfully line manage staff in line with good people practice, organisational policies and expectations (disciplinary, conduct, performance, probation period, attendance and grievances).
  • Substantial Estates operational management experience either in the NHS or a wider public sector environment.
  • Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
  • Experience of developing and implementing policies and standard operating procedures.
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Ref #: JAB19010
Location: London
Salary: £86,462 - 93,773
Type: Permanent

Castlefield Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with Great Ormond Street Hospital on their search to recruit a Head of Estates. GOSH is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare, with a mission to provide world-class care to children and young people with rare, complex and difficult-to-treat conditions.

The UK’s only academic Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) specialising in paediatrics is a collaboration between GOSH and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, recently renewed for a further 5 years. This unique partnership enables tangible clinical research from bench to bedside that has already developed a number of new clinical treatments and techniques that are used around the world.

This is an exciting time to join the GOSH Space and Place Directorate which has ambitious plans for the future of GOSH Estates.

The Head of Estates position provides an exciting opportunity to play a key role within the Trust and will cover all areas of Estates.

It would suit an experienced Estates professional with strong staff management capabilities who is looking for a career opportunity which will create real value in a setting that genuinely impacts positively on young lives.

The Trust is easily accessible via various public transport links and comes with a full NHS benefits package which includes 27-33 holidays + BH, attractive pension scheme, various discounts and an interest free season ticket loan.

For more information about this exceptional role, including the candidate pack and details of how to apply and key recruitment dates, please visit the Great Ormond Street Hospital – Castlefield Recruitment Microsite or reach out to Josh Burrows at Castlefield Recruitment on Josh.burrows@castlefieldrecruitment.com.

 

The Role

  • Be a senior member of the Space and Place Directorate with professional accountability for estates maintenance and for the long-term strategic development of the Trust’s full estates service.
  • Responsible professionally and technically for the annual estates plan, estates policy development and the implementation of legislative requirements across the Trust.
  • Ensure, through sound fiscal management, that services are delivered within tight budgetary control for both internal and external contracts and the requirements of the Trust in line with Trust objectives, Government initiatives and financial efficiency targets.
  • To have full line management responsibility for the estates service (including disciplinary, grievance, recruitment and selection, appraisals, mandatory training compliance).
  • To lead, develop and model a culture which ensures that a ‘safety first’ and risk assessed approach is taken with all activities in Estates.
  • Development of maintenance of the Estates' assets including input to Capital and Major proposals, relative to the Trust's Strategic Plan.

 

The Person

  • Educated to degree standard in a relevant discipline or hold equivalent experience.
  • Ability to successfully line manage staff in line with good people practice, organisational policies and expectations (disciplinary, conduct, performance, probation period, attendance and grievances).
  • Substantial Estates operational management experience either in the NHS or a wider public sector environment.
  • Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
  • Experience of developing and implementing policies and standard operating procedures.
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