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Programme Director

Barts Health NHS Trust

London, E13 8SLView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£118,919 to £135,920

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

1 November 2026

13 days left

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated professional to fill our post of Capital Programme Director/Deputy Director of Estates. This position...

The post holder will be professionally responsible and accountable for the standard, delivery, continual monitoring, risk management and review of the Newham University Hospital capital programme delivery to ensure a professional, high quality, cost effective and efficient service to meet the demands of the organisation, its staff and patients. The post holder will also play a significant role in contributing to the delivery of the Trust capital programme at a strategic level and occasionally at a project level for larger schemes or where more junior project managers need support.

The post holder will deputise for the Group Deputy Director EFM Capital Programme PFI and Retained Estates & MES and work closely with the other senior Trust clinical managers, heads of EFM Group Services, engineering staff, craft staff and construction professionals, clinicians, senior managers, along with statutory bodies and external agencies.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment..

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Experience

Essential

  • Management of capital programmes for development and maintenance of Estates, facilities and property
  • Financial management and analytical abilities including negotiating claims
  • Experience in procuring and delivering projects and contracts, via a range of procurement routes
  • Experience of managing building project teams, developing design briefs, service specifications, appointing and managing professional advisors and consultants.

Skills

Essential

  • Strategic Vision: Ability to translate corporate goals into clear, actionable estates and capital development strategies.
  • High-Value Negotiation: Proven skill in managing commercial disputes, final accounts, and complex supplier or contractor negotiations.
  • Stakeholder Influence: Advanced communication skills required to advise, challenge, and present complex technical data to Board-level executives and external regulatory bodies.
  • Multidisciplinary Team Leadership: Experience in recruiting, mentoring, and managing in-house project managers, surveyors, and external multi-disciplinary design teams.
  • Risk & Change Management: Expert utilization of corporate risk registers, mitigation strategies, and leading teams through large-scale organizational transitions.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Significant post qualification experience & track record of Managing capital projects assets and services, including budgets within a complex acute health environment
  • Significant experience operating at Senior level Deputy Director level, Head of Service
  • Managing strategic and operational change. Including the impact on assets, resources, services & staff and developing new ways of working

Qualifications

Essential

  • A degree or master's level qualification in a relevant field such as construction, engineering, architecture, surveying, or estates management.
  • Project Management:

Desirable: - Professional Chartership

Other

Essential

  • Ability to think and manage strategically and operationally
  • Self-motivated with a high level of focus, drive and energy
  • Ability to maintain detached, professional, impersonal, successful relationships
  • Maintains high standards of professionalism and confidentiality

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

14 October 2026

Last checked

15 October 2026

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About the employer

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Barts Health NHS Trust

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