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Salary: Attractive Salary (Very Senior Manager grade)
Base: Stockport NHS Foundation Trust & Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS FT
Location: Travel required across both sites
Are you ready to lead and innovate in a dynamic NHS setting? This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of estates and facilities services across two forward-thinking NHS Trusts. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust are seeking an outstanding leader to join us as Joint Director of Estates and Facilities.
Our Trusts are committed to collaboration in delivering high-quality, safe, and sustainable healthcare for our communities. This pivotal role offers the chance to oversee strategic leadership, operational delivery, and transformation of estates and facilities services. You will play a key part in ensuring our infrastructure is fit for purpose, efficient, and future proofed.
The Opportunity
As the most senior professional for Estates and Facilities, reporting directly to the Joint Chief Executive, you will:
• Lead the development and implementation of long-term Estates Strategies across both Trusts that align with clinical need and future demand.
• Manage and address backlog maintenance to ensure our estate stays safe, compliant, and operationally effective.
• Oversee and optimise the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract at the Tameside site, ensuring value for money and alignment with Trust priorities.
• Lead the Net Zero Carbon agenda to create sustainable and energy-efficient environments.
• Maximise and drive through capital development programmes that enable modern and high-quality patient care.
• Provide inspirational leadership to a large workforce, fostering a positive, inclusive, and high-performance culture.
• Advise Trust Boards, acting as a key partner in strategic decision-making and risk management.
What you will bring
We need an experienced, innovative and commercially astute leader with:
• A proven record in estates management and capital developments within a complex organisation.
• Experience managing backlog maintenance and optimising PFI contracts.
• Expertise in financial and risk management, with a focus on value and outcomes.
• Exceptional skills in planning, managing change, and delivering results.
• The ability to inspire teams and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• A drive to innovate and create environments that support patients and staff.
Why This Role?
This is a superb opportunity to make a real impact across two Trusts. You will lead the transformation of our healthcare estate, leaving a legacy that improves outcomes for patients, staff, and the wider community. We offer the autonomy to deliver change, the platform to innovate, and the chance to work in a supportive, ambitious environment.
If you are motivated by challenge, thrive on leading change, and want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.
For a confidential discussion or further details, please contact Jonathan Phillips at Seymour John Ltd