Associate Director of Property Strategy: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 81,774 to 93,879 £ / Year

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to influence the future of the Trust’s estate and infrastructure.

Reporting directly to the Director of Estates & Facilities, you will lead the development and implementation of property and asset management strategies that support the organisation’s long-term objectives. You will be responsible for overseeing estate investment programmes, driving efficient use of space, improving asset performance, and ensuring the estate delivers maximum value for patients, staff, and the wider organisation.

Through effective data analysis, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement, you will champion continuous improvement and innovation, ensuring the Trust’s estate remains sustainable, efficient, and aligned with future service developments.

Main duties of the job

  • The successsful candidate willplay a pivotal role in the development and implementation of the Property Implementation Plan (PIP).
  • Ensure investment decisions align with clinical priorities and organisational objectives as they develop through the PIP.
  • Ensure that the Trust transformation programmes are docked into the PIP and BAU.
  • Develop long-term estate plans and oversee strategic estate governance.
  • Lead development of strategic options appraisals and business cases to support the PIP.
  • Regularly present, explain and negotiate highly complex and potentially contentious property strategy, investment, acquisition/disposal, asset and space-utilisation proposals with senior stakeholders, clinical and operational leaders, landlords, professional advisers and external partners, securing agreement where priorities and interests conflict

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level qualification in Estate Management, Property, Building Surveying, Real Estate, Engineering, Construction Management or related discipline.
  • Advanced specialist theoretical and practical knowledge across property and estates strategy, asset management, real estate, space planning, estate investment and strategic governance, underpinned by substantial postgraduate development and senior experience to Master’s-equivalent depth.

Experience

Essential

  • Requires in-depth managerial, financial, commercial and strategic knowledge applicable to a large and complex estate.
  • Significant senior leadership experience within a large, complex estate.
  • Demonstrable experience of developing estates strategy.
  • Experience of leading the asset management and space utilisation functions.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
  • Excellent leadership, communication and change management capabilities.

Desirable

  • NHS Estates and Facilities leadership experience.
  • Knowledge of NHS regulatory and assurance frameworks
  • Leading continuous improvement for estates through data and efficiencies
  • Membership of a related professional body MRICS, MCIOB, CEng, MCIBSE, FRICS

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: 15 November 2026

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