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NHS England’s purpose is to create the conditions for an ambitious and high quality NHS. We empower our people and partners to solve problems, provide outstanding care for every patient and improve the nation's health.
Our 7 regional teams work directly with systems and NHS providers across the country. Each region acts as the interface between national strategy and local delivery, overseeing performance, supporting improvement and enabling transformation at scale.
Head of Construction
Accepting applications until: 13-Sep-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 13-Sep-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- National - Any NHSE Base
- Town
- Leeds
- Postcode
- LS1 4AP
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 7 months (Until 31/03/2027)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £94,356 - £108,814 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 8d)
Specialty
- Main area
- Administration
- Interview date
- 21/09/2026
Our Organisation
We share the core values set out in the NHS Constitution, which all colleagues are expected to demonstrate.
We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement, whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern.
Job overview
Head of Construction
An exciting opportunity has become available to join the NHS estates capital and transaction team as ProCure Framework Lead and Head of Construction and play a leading role in supporting the effective deployment of the substantial increases in capital investment into the NHS Estate and the mobilisation of the next iteration of the ProCure framework due to go live in 2027. You will lead construction intelligence and advice for the NHS estates team driving quality, efficiency and innovation across the framework and broadly across NHS capital projects.
This vacancy is a key role for the estates and facilities team with an ability to influence construction across the NHS. As Head of Construction you will utilise your expertise to advise on the impact of changes to the construction landscape and strategies and approaches for the NHS to support NHS objectives.
The ProCure Frameworks
The current P23 and previous P21/P21+/P22 Frameworks are industry leading and award winning, delivering more than £18bn of NHS Capital Projects since 2002. All ProCure projects are predicated on NEC contracts. With your help, ProCure24 will excel and develop and achieve further recognition supporting the delivery of the next generation of capital investment across the NHS making a step change in the NHS estate.
ProCure24 will succeed the current framework in spring 2027, becoming the 5th generation of ProCure Frameworks, taking it into its 3rd decade of provision.
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The Key Objectives of the NHSE Estates and Facilities Team
The aim is to ensure the provision of a clean, safe, and suitable estate and patient environment within the healthcare system. In relation to estate matters, the team’s key responsibility is to design the system strategy, set policy, ensure system wide delivery and accountability to Parliament.
To support the effective delivery of the significant capital investment increase in the Estates and Facilities Team at NHS England.
The team has significant areas of accountability with several institutional relationships; some rooted in statutory and other requirements of the healthcare system; in particular:
- The NHS Constitution England (2015) Patient and Public right ‘…You have the right to be cared for in a clean, safe, secure and suitable environment’.
- Statutory healthcare regulations requirement that, ‘…service users are protected against the risks associated with unsafe and unsuitable premises.
- Productivity and Efficiency Management Recommendations for the NHS.
- Net zero.
- Delivery and assurance of capital investment.
This is an exciting time for NHS construction with significant increases in capital secured via the spending review moving into delivery, a longer term funding settlement and the recent publication of the NHS capital plan alongside the launch of ProCure 24/CWAS3.
Working for our organisation
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Position
We require a motivated individual to join our small specialist team. We need someone who:
- Displays leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.
- A self-starter keen to make a difference, quickly able to build relationships and capable of working within a complex landscape.
- Has broad construction and commercial knowledge and experience with a track record of delivery.
- Able to quickly distil information and data and identify key points and communicate this effectively.
- Is a team player also experienced in leading and developing a team.
- Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness.
- Is proficient and experienced with NEC contracts.
This is an excellent opportunity to make a real difference across the NHS at a national level. Post location is flexible however it will require travel as and when required across England to support Regional and National Teams as well as NHS Trusts undertaking Capital Investment Projects.
Important: Please be aware there are residency requirements you need to meet:
All NHS England Head of Construction personnel must hold SC level as a minimum.
To meet National Security Vetting requirements, SC clearances require 5 years continuous UK residency. In certain cases, this can be reduced to three years continuous UK residency, with additional overseas checks for the previous two years.
Candidates who were posted abroad for service with HM Government, Armed Forces or within a UK government role - will still be considered.
Please make sure you meet these requirements before applying for this role.
You don’t need to have SC already, however, failure to achieve the requirements for SC after offer, will result in the job offer being withdrawn.
For further advice please check https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels#security-check-sc or contact [email protected].
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MRICS (Member of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) or MCIPS (Member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply) or equivalent
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- In depth additional expert knowledge acquired over a significant period of time in the following area(s): Experience of leading a team
- Experience of working with multiple stakeholders and driving improvement
- Excellent experience of design and construction process across the full spectrum of project complexity, especially for NHS buildings
- Knowledge and experience with NEC3 and NEC4 construction contracts, especially options A, C and ECSC
- Good knowledge of design and construction efficiency techniques, such as repeatability, standardisation, and modern methods of construction
- Good knowledge of public sector business case process and procedure
- Knowledge of public sector procurement and regulation
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas relating to: Very Strong experience of delivering construction projects across a range of complexities and value
- Experience of encouraging/identifying innovations through to delivery
- Experience of supplier and stakeholder management and ensuring performance and improvement
- Strong experience of supporting budget holders to ensure the successful delivery of strategic and programme driven activities.
- Proven and significant leadership experience and/or formal management qualification
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, the NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations.
- Demonstrable experience of managing and prioritising a large budget with solid working knowledge of financial process requirements.
- Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
- Member of relevant professional body
Skills, Capabilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Capability and skill to collaboratively engage within NHSE, DHSC and across Government inc. Cabinet Office and Government Commercial Agency. Flexible and adaptable to changing requirements
- Resilient
- Driven to always act ethically
- Recognises commercial sensitivities and keeps appropriate confidences
- Capability to objectively mediate difficult, contentious, situations
- Commitment to focus on quality and promote high standards
- Competent and confident with public presentation and speaking
- The ability not just to manage staff, but to inspire, lead and develop them Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
- Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical, academic and all levels of staff
- High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
- Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess verbal, written, numerical and draw appropriate conclusions
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing senior leadership
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
- Autonomy to undertake actions as a result of own interpretation of policy and guidance providing a source of expert advice to the organisation
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public. Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Values diversity and difference; operates with integrity and openness
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, look for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation.
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
- Self-awareness in teams of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel across multiple sites where required
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Dolby
- Job title
- AD of National Estates Transactions and Capital
- Email address
- [email protected]
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