Senior Strategy Manager - North

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Estates Strategy Manager to join our team based in the North. The successful candidate would be required to travel and report to either the Durham or Stockport Hubs. This role you will be hybrid working & working flexibly. The salary on offer is £60,000 - £70,000 with £3,500 car allowance, up to 6% match pension, plus eligibility for our annual 10% bonus.

About the role:

The role requires strong property, business, political and financial acumen to provide pragmatic solutions to deliver savings and estate optimisation, whilst balancing effectively the interests of NHSPS and the needs of the wider health and social care system. You will need to develop an excellent understanding of the potential of the NHSPS portfolio in your geographic/functional area, and to help drive efficiencies to optimise the portfolio, through property consolidation, enabling disposals, driving value from lease events and where relevant the "right-sizing" of new developments.

The focus of the Senior Estate Strategy Manager:

Undertake options assessments to develop location, or site-specific strategies to drive planning for lease events, the use of vacant and sessional space policies.
Working with occupiers to help them obtain relevant business case approvals to commit to carry through the implementation of those schemes aligning with NHSPS estate strategy
Responsible for identifying and delivering opportunities for rationalisation, investment and disinvestment in our portfolio; to rationalise our properties to meet our 3-year strategic business plan
The estate strategy team will be responsible for developing projects up until the point of agreed business cases (customer) and Initiative Approval Process (IAP) (Internal), at which point the projects will be handed over to other NHS PS teams either within Asset Management or Construction, dependent upon the project
To manage the formulation and delivery, review and implementation of portfolio strategies on a geographic or customer driven or similar basis.

What you will bring to the role:

Member of a professional estates body for example RICS, RTPI, RIBA (Desirable)
Professional/technical know how
Commercial and financial acumen
Relevant legislative/regulatory frameworks
Broad understanding of modern people practices
Understanding of Primary Care Policy in the NHS
Excellent knowledge of property strategies and strategic asset management across a broad portfolio of properties
Knowledge of working in a complex political environment
Working knowledge of negotiating headleases, subleases and property transactions
Experience of line management in a busy, customer focused business
Experience of driving improvements to enable efficiency
Experience of delivering change
Track record of success in professional area
Experience of customer relationship management
Experience of working in partnership with public-private organisations for project delivery

What we can offer you:

We understand how important life is outside of work so, as well as a competitive salary we will also offer:

27 days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday with the option to buy additional weeks leave.
A Smarter Working Policy, empowering you to choose the location of how and where you work according to your daily activities.
Training and development opportunities, providing opportunities for our colleagues to develop and progress their careers at all levels through our Professional Excellence Framework.
SMART Pension contribution into which the company will contribute up to 6%
A range of flexible benefits including NHS retail discounts and Cycle to Work Scheme.
We have a great Colleague Assistance Programme and offer support for all areas of life.

An organisation with a passion…

We are an organisation with a passion for giving back. Putting money back into the NHS, raising £150,000 over 3 years for our charity partner Young Lives vs Cancer, supporting colleagues to volunteer within their local communities, and being committed to creating a sustainable working environment on our pledge to become net zero carbon by 2050. We understand that it's important to feel like the work you do is having a meaningful impact on society, and through our approach to being a responsible business, we make sure that every colleague is given the opportunity to make a difference.

We celebrate diversity, and we are working hard to create an inclusive environment where people love to work and can fulfil their potential.

We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

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