Associate Director of Estates

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The postholder is a key member of the Trust senior management and will be responsible for ensuring that the:

Departmental Leadership and Management:You will provide direct line management and strategic direction for four key portfolios:

Head of Estates:Oversight of allEstates Maintenance and Compliancefunctions, including specialist maintenance contracts and technical adherence toHTM 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, and 07.

Head of Projects:Delivery of theAnnual Capital Plan, overseeing allmajor constructionand refurbishment schemes to ensure they meet clinical needs while fulfilling allCDM Health and Safetyobligations.

Head of Fire and Health & Safety:Comprehensive management of theRegulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Orderand all statutory requirements under theHealth and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

Estates Space Utilisation Manager:Management of theEstates Utilisation Policyandassurance model, ensuring that all Trust assets are used to maximum efficiency and identified underused spaces are reconfigured to support service expansion.

Main duties of the job

Policy Development and Professional Standards: You will lead the development, implementation, and rigorous maintenance ofall Estates-related Policies and Codes of Practice.

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI):You will lead the delivery of ongoing service enhancements through theTrust’s CQI programme, embedding a culture of frontline-led improvement and structured problem-solving. By utilising formalCQI methodologies, you will refine estates processes, eliminate waste, and improve service reliability, ensuring the department remains at the forefront of the Trust’s journey towards operational excellence.

Operational Resilience and Emergency Response:You will be responsible for the provision of a robust24/7 reactive engineering response, including the management of theon-call rosterfor subject matter experts and engineering teams. In partnership with theEPRR team, you will ensure all estates response plans are tested, proven, and underpinned by a comprehensive set ofStandard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Financial and Capital Stewardship:You will hold direct accountability for theEstates Revenue budgetand theAnnual Capital Programme. This includes developing a prioritised5-year rolling planto eliminateBacklog Maintenance, leading on theannual Cost Improvement Plan (CIP), and managing thetender processesfor specialist outsourced contracts to ensure robustKPI and SLA monitoring.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • . Educated to degree level in a relevant built environment, Estates, engineering, construction, facilities management or related discipline, or equivalent level of knowledge and experience.
  • . Membership of a relevant professional body associated with Estates, engineering, construction, facilities management, project management or the built environment.
  • . Management and leadership qualification, or equivalent senior leadership experience within a complex organisation.

Desirable

  • . Formal project or programme management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP, APM or equivalent).
  • . Health and Safety qualification relevant to Estates or construction environments (e.g. NEBOSH or equivalent).

Experience

Essential

  • . Extensive experience of strategic Estates management, statutory compliance, operational governance and capital programme delivery.
  • . Significant experience of managing Estates revenue and capital budgets, contractor performance, outsourced Hard FM services and organisational change within complex operational environments.

Desirable

  • . Experience of working within the NHS acute healthcare sector.
  • . Experience of Estates Masterplanning, strategic estate development and business case development.

Knowledge, skills, Abilities

Essential

  • . Strong strategic leadership, organisational and people management skills within complex operational environments
  • . Excellent programme, project, commercial and financial management skills, including procurement, tender evaluation, contract negotiation, cost control and budget management.
  • . Extensive knowledge of Estates management, engineering infrastructure, Hard FM services and statutory compliance within complex healthcare or comparable environments.

Desirable

  • . Ability to lead innovation, service modernisation and organisational change programmes.
  • . Knowledge of digital Estates systems, asset management systems and data reporting platforms.

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).

Closing Date: 30 July 2026

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