Project Director

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CHS is able to offer a wide range of services. Our scale enables us to offer competitive rates and we have a long track record of providing high quality, customer-focused services.

We offer comprehensive estates, facilities management, medical engineering, catering solutions and procurement services supporting the provision of safe, effective healthcare to our communities. We are committed to delivering our Green Plan goals of reducing carbon emissions, air pollution, waste generation and improving recycling throughout delivery of our services. We also enable profit to go back into patient care.

CHS recognises that its staff are its greatest asset and that its business is its people. The company aims to create an environment and culture of openness, trust and honesty. We encourage and celebrate diversity because broader perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge will enrich and enhance the value we bring to each other, our clients, shareholders and other stakeholders.

Job overview

We are looking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Project Director to lead the planning, design, construction, commissioning and handover phases through to completion of our £200m+ Foundations For Our Future Hospital Reconfiguration Programme, which include a significant clinical build extension, Multi Storey Car Park, Enabling Works and Internal Developments. You should have extensive experience, in a senior capacity, of leading the delivery of major complex hospital/healthcare projects and experience managing the financial, commercial and design assurance aspects of large scale NHS capital projects.

The Project Director will provide strategic leadership and direction to the capital team, project managers, cost advisors and other professionals. To monitor and report on build progress, oversee finance and build quality. The Project Director will work closely with the Trust reconfiguration team and will be responsible for leading the project team to successful conclusion of the project by providing leadership, strategically managing risk, monitoring finances and ensuring that each phase of the project starts and ends on schedule.

Main duties of the job

The Project Director will provide strategic leadership and direction to the capital team, project managers, cost advisors and other professionals. To monitor and report on build progress, oversee finance and build quality. The Project Director will work closely with the Trust reconfiguration team and will be responsible for leading the project team to successful conclusion of the project by providing leadership, strategically managing risk, monitoring finances and ensuring that each phase of the project starts and ends on schedule.

The post holder will provide and receive significant, highly complex, sensitive and often contentious technical, administrative, financial and specialist information on major and complex schemes involving communication with the project Senior Responsible Owner (SRO), Executive Directors, senior managers, professional consultants, legal agents, senior clinicians, operational staff, contractors and suppliers.

Critical skills in stakeholder management, thorough knowledge of the NHS and estates and facilities operational issues, oversight of capital project delivery, commercial awareness and programme and project management are required to be most successful in the role.

The role will manage capital schemes from conception through to handover. The candidate should have proven experience in project management and good working knowledge of the key RIBA stages.

Working for our organisation

At CHS we understand the differences in delivering our services in complex environments and we have a flexible approach to meet the needs of our customers. Our Estates and Facilities management functions alongside our Medical Engineering, decontamination and procurement service, provides the following:

• Fully managed estate and building maintenance
• Medical engineering/equipment maintenance/ decontamination
• Procurement advice, guidance and governance
• Capital project management
• Transport
• Grounds maintenance.
• Portering
• Catering
• Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning)

All provided to nationally recognised standards giving you assurance that your premises and equipment will be the best they can, and your customers will have confidence in you as a provider.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Project Director will provide strategic leadership and direction to the capital team, project managers, cost advisors and other professionals. To monitor and report on build progress, oversee finance and build quality. The Project Director will work closely with the Trust reconfiguration team and will be responsible for leading the project team to successful conclusion of the project by providing leadership, strategically managing risk, monitoring finances and ensuring that each phase of the project starts and ends on schedule.

The post holder will provide and receive significant, highly complex, sensitive and often contentious technical, administrative, financial and specialist information on major and complex schemes involving communication with the project Senior Responsible Owner (SRO), Executive Directors, senior managers, professional consultants, legal agents, senior clinicians, operational staff, contractors and suppliers.

Critical skills in stakeholder management, thorough knowledge of the NHS and estates and facilities operational issues, oversight of capital project delivery, commercial awareness and programme and project management are required to be most successful in the role.

The role will manage capital schemes from conception through to handover. The candidate should have proven experience in project management and good working knowledge of the key RIBA stages.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to Master's degree level or equivalent level of experience, in an associated field e.g. BSc Project Management
• Qualifications relating to programme/project management
• An NEC3 or 4 accredited Project Manager
• IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent
• Evidence of career progression

Desirable criteria

• Project management qualification (e.g. Prince 2 or equivalent)
• Further relevant professional or management qualifications e.g. Chartered Status such as RICS, CIOB etc.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Associated AP training certification:• Pressure Systems • Water • HV/LV • Fire • Ventilation • Medical Gas • Decontamination • Waste

Knowledge & Skills:

Essential criteria

• Detailed knowledge and understanding of all aspects of Capital Development with particular emphasis on statutory regulation, HTM and best practice guidance.
• Professional background including specialist knowledge in more than one of the following areas for a significant time: - Architecture / Interior Design - Construction - Engineering - Project Management
• Excellent personal organisational management skills. To be able to act on their own initiative. Excellent team working skills
• Ability to produce high quality written reports. To be able to develop good working relationships with all levels of staff
• Proven ability to produce detailed reports and Business Cases to Board level.
• Knowledge and understanding of Health Building Notes (HBNs) and Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs)
• Experience in managing, designing, implementing and evaluating multiple projects
• Demonstrable interpersonal, management and communication skills with all levels of staff
• Ability to multitask and undertake complex thinking
• High level of influencing, persuasion and negotiation skills
• Ability to work autonomously and use creative problem-solving skills to deal with a wide range of complex issues
• Knowledge of Government Soft Landings and building commissioning
• Conflict resolution skills
• Negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues
• Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Persuade board and senior managers of the respective merits of different options, innovation, and new market opportunities

Desirable criteria

• Excellent knowledge and experience using design packages such as AutoCAD, BIM

Experience:

Essential criteria

• Experience of managing the financial, commercial and procurement aspects of large-scale NHS capital projects
• Experience of managing a multi professional team at different levels of seniority including senior clinicians and a range of external advisors e.g. architects, cost advisors, contractors
• Demonstrable and significant experience within a public sector organisation with experience in managing complex building projects within an acute hospital healthcare environment or similar
• Understanding of the design development process and key NHS/RIBA project stages.
• Detailed theoretical knowledge and experience of practical application of NEC3 or 4 contracts
• Experience of successfully planning and implementing major change in health/clinical services
• Knowledge and experience of relevant health and safety legislation and in particular the Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations
• Able to participate in bid evaluation activities and processes
• Demonstrable ability to assist senior managers with the establishment of new systems and contracts and the effective management of the transition to businessas-usual service delivery

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in the role of project director for a major NHS capital project
• Experienced and understanding of the NHS procurement process for capital contracts

General

Essential criteria

• Membership of an associated professional organisation/institution e.g. RICS, CIBSE, CIOB, IHEEM etc

Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions (CHS) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. CHS will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.

If applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via NHS Jobs. If you have a query relating to your application, please contact the recruitment team on ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). For Enhanced and Standard DBS checks you will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHS is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

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Documents to download

• Project Director (PDF, 592.5KB)
• Recruitment Pack - Project Director (PDF, 814.5KB)