Estates & Facilities Compliance, Contracts and Assurance Manager

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Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.

We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.

You'll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.

The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award.

We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years.

We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust.

We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars.

Join us and you'll do the best work of your life - and make a difference to other people's lives. What we do together, matters.

Job overview

Estates & Facilities Compliance, Contracts and Assurance Manager
Band 8a - £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
37.5 hours per week
Pride House, Basildon

We are looking to appoint an experienced E&F Compliance, Contracts and Assurance Manager (Band 8a) to play a pivotal role in strengthening estates governance, statutory compliance and commercial management across the Trust.

This new post will lead and own the Estates & Facilities compliance, commercial and assurance framework for both Hard and Soft FM services. Reporting to the Associate Director of Core Services, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across the full contract lifecycle (from specification and procurement through mobilisation, performance management and renewal), and for all key statutory estates and M&E compliance activities. You will line-manage the E&F Contracts Manager, E&F Governance & Assurance Officer, Finance Assistant and Driver/Stores person, ensuring services are delivered safely, cost-effectively and in line with NHS and Trust standards.

If you're shortlisted for this role, your interview will take place on 3 June 2026

Main duties of the job

The role will lead key Estates & Facilities safety and assurance forums (including EMAG, FMAG and EFGAG) and act as a principal liaison with regulators and inspectors, providing clear, evidence-based assurance to senior leaders, Trust committees and external bodies. You will oversee PAM and ERIC inputs, FOI responses for the department, and the integrity of compliance-related data within CAFM/EAM and other systems.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior estates/facilities professional with strong compliance, contract management and assurance experience.

Lead and own the compliance, commercial and assurance framework for Estates & Facilities (E&F), and covering hard and soft FM services across the Trust. Provide strategic and operational leadership for the full contract lifecycle (specification, procurement, mobilisation, governance, performance management and financial control), statutory estates/M&E compliance and assurance activities. Act as the single point of contact for departmental FOI requests, working with SMEs to collate and return information. Line-manage the E&F Contracts Manager, E&F Governance & Assurance Officer, Finance Assistant and Driver/Stores person. Ensure services are delivered safely, cost-effectively and in compliance with statutory, NHS and Trust standards, and provide robust evidence and reporting to senior leaders, committees and regulators.

Working for our organisation

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Compliance, Assurance & Regulatory Leadership
• Responsibility for Policy and Service Development
• Contract Lifecycle Management & Procurement
• Performance, Monitoring & Reporting
• Financial Management & Cost Capture
• Systems, Records & Stock Management
• Assurance, Audit & Compliance Actions
• FOI & Information Requests
• Stakeholder Engagement, Training & Leadership
• Continuous Improvement & Projects
• Operational Support & FlexibilityAssurance, Confidentiality & Legal Compliance

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Degree or equivalent qualification in engineering, facilities management, construction, estates management, business management or a related discipline; OR substantial demonstrable experience at a senior level in estates/facilities compliance and contract management.

Desirable criteria

• Postgraduate qualification or additional specialising in estate/ facilities management, project management, or procurement.

knowledge

Essential criteria

• In-depth knowledge of NHS estates standards, health and safety legislation (including fire safety legislation), HTM requirements, and statutory compliance obligations.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of ISO standards, environmental sustainability practices, and energy management in healthcare settings.

skills/experience

Essential criteria

• Significant senior experience delivering contract lifecycle management for both hard and soft FM services within complex organisations (preferably NHS or public sector).

Desirable criteria

• Experience of managing FOI/EIR requests or similar information governance processes.

Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.

Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email epunft.recruitment.adverts@nhs.net and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.

Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered 'suitable alternative employment' to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

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