Head of Estates - Worthing and Southlands Hospitals

• Establish and develop effective communications with all stakeholders, both internal and external
• Ensuring verbal and written complaints are dealt with effectively and that any remedial action is undertaken
• Developing sound stakeholder relationships, through the attendance of ward committee meetings, chairing user group meetings and by prompt and positive responses to all stakeholder issues raised
• Able to communicate and feed-back on multi-stranded or complex projects at Board level and with senior managers as required
• Able to provide and receive highly complex, technical or sensitive information from stakeholders and utilise it as required
• Exchanges maintenance, technical project-related information with specialists, non-specialists, including senior managers, directors
• Able to negotiate with stakeholders, suppliers and contractors
• Providing expert advice, ensuring that the management can face scrutiny or any challenges by internal/external auditors in terms of Health and Safety, Standards of Service, Compliance with National Standards and other NHS documents relating to the Management of NHS facilities

• Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent plus specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate courses and experience to master's level
• Attain a building system competent or authorised person qualification and act as the Trust senior representative and lead in that building system (building system will be determined according to the needs of the Trust)
• To act as Trust wide subject matter lead in one or more areas e.g., ventilation or Medical Gases, following appropriate training.

Essential

• Knowledge of Estates operations in a large organisation including reactive and planned maintenance
• Ensure local probity and governance, including adherence to Trust and NHS protocols and policies and legislation

Essential

• Good verbal, written, presentation, report writing and negotiation skills, with the ability to develop, communicate and gain ownership for a clear vision and direction
• Skills in financial management and budgetary control
• Able to make judgements across a wide range of Estates and Facilities issues, taking into account conflicting demands, H&S issues, legislation, professional and technical expert advice

Essential

• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).