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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

About

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.

Contact

Address: Edward Jenner Court; Gloucester Business Park; Brockworth; Gloucestershire; GL3 4AW
Contact Number: 0300 421 8333

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Ref: 327-26-144 Vacancy ID: 7817269

Senior Estates Programme Manager

Accepting applications until: 04-Mar-2026 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 04-Mar-2026 23:59

Location

Gwefan: Rikenel
Cyfeiriad: Montpellier
Tref: Gloucester
Cod post: GL1 1LY
Major / Minor Region: Gloucestershire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: 28 months (Fixed term contract for 2.5 years to deliver project)
Oriau: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Cyflog: £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (NHS AfC: Band 8a)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: Estates

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

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Lead the planning and delivery of key programme activities, including design development, procurement stages, stakeholder engagement, and implementation phases. Ensure all planning processes comply with Trust policies, statutory requirements, and best practice project and programme management methodologies practice project and programme management methodologies

The postholder will develop and manage an agreed programme and ensure delivery within defined time, cost, and quality constraints. Plan, coordinate, and monitor multiple interdependent workstreams, ensuring alignment with programme objectives and organisational priorities.

Produce and maintain detailed programme plans, schedules, and milestones, proactively adjusting to emerging risks, issues, and changes in scope. Ensure effective resource planning by identifying capacity requirements and coordinating contributions from internal teams, external contractors, and specialist advisors

Make informed judgements on complex project matters, balancing competing priorities, operational constraints, financial considerations, and organisational risk.

Evaluate and interpret highly complex information to appraise a range of options, including where data is incomplete or conflicting, ensuring full consideration of legislation, Health & Safety requirements, statutory compliance, and expert technical advice.

Develop and present robust business cases with clear financial appraisal, risk assessment, and alignment to project priorities, providing evidence-based recommendations to support informed decision-making

Use analytical skills to interpret technical reports, design proposals, contractual documentation, and financial models, ensuring accuracy and compliance with Trust standards and statutory requirements.

Establish and maintain robust governance arrangements, ensuring timely reporting, escalation, and decision making through programme boards and senior leadership forums. making through programme boards and senior leadership forums.

Lead the development of policies and procedures that support and govern the programme of work, ensuring they are robust, evidence based, and aligned with organisational priorities.

Provide effective line management to the project team, offering clear leadership, direction, and support to ensure high performance, professional development, and delivery of programme objectives.

Manage all aspects of people leadership for the project team, workload planning and allocation, and proactive performance management, ensuring all actions are undertaken promptly, constructively, and in full accordance with organisational HR policies and procedures

Provide clear, visible leadership to the project team including regular supervision, performance reviews, and ongoing support to ensure high standards of delivery, creating a positive, high‑performing culture that supports the successful delivery of the estates programme. Foster a collaborative, solution‑focused environment that encourages innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement

Ensure the Trust fulfil their client responsibilities under construction design and management regulations and that the projects are designed in accordance with Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs), Health Building Notes (HBNs) and all other relevant statutory requirements

Commission and undertake survey work required to support the estates programme, ensuring surveys are appropriately scoped, delivered to the required technical standards, and used to inform planning, design, compliance, and decision‑making across the programme

The Trust is required to work in line with the Government’s UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

Free car parking at many of our sites
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
Recognition and long service awards
Fast Track physiotherapy
Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

If you are aged 16-30, you may be eligible for financial and pastoral support from the King’s Trust, with who we are in partnership with to support your first 6 months in role. We will pass on your details to the King’s Trust who will be in touch with you if you are eligible. If you would rather not be contacted, please let us know.

For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.

Good luck with your application.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Person specification

Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol

Educated to degree level, and additional knowledge acquired via formal training and accreditation at master’s level, or equivalent specialist knowledge acquired through experience
Recognised project or programme management qualification (APM, Prince 2, MSP, or equivalent Essential Application and Interview
Clear evidence of CPD

Experience

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Experience in developing and managing programmes and and ensuring delivery within defined time, cost, and quality constraints
Experience in the effective management of contracts and monitoring of contractual performance
Experience in effective project management, including, schedules, and milestones, proactively adjusting to emerging risks, issues, and changes in scope.
Experience in the management of a high quality, responsive and cost-effective estates service with specific customer focus
Experience in Estates Computer‑Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) system and CAD software and understanding of how these tools can be used to generate, analyse, and report estates information