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Director of Estates | Surrey & South West London | Strategic NHS leadership role overseeing estates, infrastructure, facilities, capital projects and compliance across a major healthcare group. Lead transformation, budgets and service excellence.

Director of Estates

Location: Surrey & South West London (Multi-Site)
Salary: £52.36 per hour
Hours: 37.5 per week
Contract: Full-Time - Temporary for 3 months

The Role

Our client is seeking an accomplished senior leader to support the strategic and operational delivery of Director of Estates services across a large and complex healthcare organisation.

Acting as Deputy to the Group Chief Facilities, Infrastructure and Environment Officer, you will play a pivotal role in leading major capital programmes, driving regulatory compliance, improving operational performance, and ensuring the efficient management of a diverse estate portfolio.

You will also contribute to executive-level decision-making, provide assurance to Board committees, and support the delivery of long-term infrastructure and transformation strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Hard FM, Estates Project Management, Clinical Engineering and Medical Physics services.
• Deliver large-scale capital, infrastructure and estate improvement programmes.
• Oversee compliance, governance, risk and assurance frameworks.
• Manage significant revenue and capital budgets, ensuring value for money and financial control.
• Drive service improvement, efficiency programmes and performance management initiatives.
• Develop and implement estate strategies, property plans and workforce transformation projects.
• Support Board committees with reporting, audits and compliance assurance.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with senior stakeholders, regulators, partners and contractors.
• Deputise for the Group Chief Officer as required.

About You

You will have:

• Significant senior leadership experience within Estates, Facilities, Infrastructure or Capital Projects.
• Experience managing large multidisciplinary teams and complex operational services.
• Strong financial, commercial and contract management expertise.
• A proven track record of delivering strategic improvement and transformation programmes.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience operating within large, highly regulated organisations, ideally within healthcare.
• A Master's degree or equivalent senior-level experience and evidence of continuing professional development.

Why Join Our Client?

• Strategic leadership position with significant organisational impact.
• Opportunity to shape major capital and infrastructure programmes.
• Exposure to executive-level decision making.
• Diverse portfolio spanning estates, facilities and transformation.
• Opportunity to influence the future delivery of healthcare services.

If you are a visionary operational leader with extensive estates and infrastructure experience, we would like to hear from you.

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Pay: Up to £52.36 per hour

Licence/Certification:

• DBS (required)

Work Location: In person