Head of Estates Technical Compliance, Band 8c

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Head of Estates Technical Compliance, Band 8c

The closing date is 06 May 2026

Are you an experienced estates professional ready for a strategic leadership role where your expertise directly shapes safety, assurance, and Board-level decision making? We are seeking an exceptional leader to join us as Head of Estates Technical Compliance, ensuring the Trust meets all statutory, regulatory, and NHS estates compliance requirements across a complex estate. Working at the heart of the organisation, you will provide assurance to the Executive Team, Designated Person (DP), and Trust Board, leading estates compliance and governance. This includes HTMs/HBNs, statutory audits, and key safety areas such as fire, water, electrical resilience, medical gases, asbestos, and wider infrastructure risk.

This is a highly influential role within a collaborative environment, working across partners including our wholly owned subsidiary (GMS), PFI partners, landlords, and ICs colleagues. You'll help ensure estates services remain safe, compliant, and resilient while driving continuous improvement.

We are looking for a senior professional with experience in healthcare estates, facilities, or infrastructure, and strong knowledge of HTMs, HBNs, and compliance accountability frameworks. The role requires the ability to translate complex technical risk into clear insight for senior stakeholders, alongside strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills. Experience in governance or safety groups and a strong commitment to patient and staff safety are essential.

Main duties of the job

• Lead estates governance and ensure full compliance with statutory, regulatory, and NHS requirements across the Trust estates
• Oversee the NHS Premises Assurance Model (PAM), including submission, action planning, and continuous improvement
• Chair and/or support estates safety governance groups, ensuring effective Authorising Engineer oversight and assurance frameworks
• Provide independent assurance through audits, inspections, and structured risk escalation processes
• Deliver clear, insightful Board-level reporting on estates risk, safety, compliance, and performance
• Contribute to business continuity planning and incident response management across estates services
• Lead governance and oversight of the Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP), ensuring alignment with organisational priorities
• Work in close partnership with clinical, operational, and EPRR teams to ensure integrated, resilient service delivery

About us

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2004 following a reconfiguration of health services in Gloucestershire. We provide acute hospital services across two main district general hospitals, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital, as well as maternity services at Stroud Maternity Hospital.

We are proud to place people at the centre of everything we do, working as one team with a shared ambition to grow, develop and learn. Every contribution is valued, and by combining our skills and experience we support both our diverse communities and each other. Gloucestershire offers a strong sense of community and outstanding natural beauty, from historic towns to Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. With excellent schools, vibrant cultural life, and superb transport links to Bristol, Birmingham and London, it is an inspiring place to live and work.

We are entering an exciting phase of estates transformation, investment, and modernisation. This role offers the opportunity to shape and influence the future of our estate, ensuring it remains safe, compliant, and fully equipped to support high quality clinical care for years to come. You will join a collaborative, ambitious, and supportive team that is committed to delivering excellence and continuously improving the environment in which care is delivered.

Person Specification Qualifications/ Education

• Degree in a relevant engineering, estates, FM or safety discipline, or equivalent experience
• In-depth managerial, financial and contracting knowledge
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Professional membership of a relevant body (e.g., IHEEM, IWFM, IOSH/IIRSM, Engineering Council)
• Formal training in healthcare estates compliance, HTMs/HBNs, or safety management

Experience, Skills and Knowledge

• Significant senior experience in Estates, FM and/or Capital within a complex acute healthcare environment
• Working in complex environment providing assurance to duty holder e.g. Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Private Finance Initiative (or similar) complex FM contracts
• Significant senior experience in Estates, FM and/or Capital within a complex acute healthcare environment
• Demonstrable experience leading Estates governance and compliance frameworks
• Experience providing assurance to senior executives, Boards or duty holders in complex legal and contractual environments e.g. WOS, PFI, Estates providers
• Strong knowledge of statutory legislation, NHS Assurance and Accountability Framework (AAF), HTMs/HBNs, and estates related risk
• Experience chairing complex safety or governance groups
• Ability to interpret complex technical, legal and regulatory information for non technical audiences
• Experience working with multiple providers and landlords to deliver compliance assurance
• Advanced data analysis, reporting and governance presentation skills
• Experience with Power BI, compliance systems and/or AI platforms
• Experience of major incident response or business continuity planning

Leadership & Behavioural Qualities

• Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to influence, challenge and negotiate at all levels
• Strong organisational skills; able to manage competing priorities and deadlines
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to handle contentious, sensitive and high risk issues confidently
• Demonstrates initiative, resilience and a proactive approach to risk and safety
• Commitment to teamwork, collaboration and Trust values

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sitewide (Beacon House, Gloucester Royal Hospital)

£79,504 to £91,609 a year(pa pro rata if part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full time

Reference number

318-26-T0253

Job locations

Sitewide (Beacon House, Gloucester Royal Hospital)