Senior Property Manager

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Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

General Requirements of the Role:

• Property Management: To contribute to the efficient operation and utilization of the estate by actively managing all aspects of the property portfolio, designing and implementing property management systems and ensuring the coordinated approach to property management that delivers on Trust objectives.
• Policy: To be familiar with policy and the service priorities that drive property strategies for the health sector and wider public sector.
• Consultants: To appoint and manage appropriate property and legal consultants to ensure the delivery of an efficient, timely and professional property management service at all times.
• Landlord and Tenant: Professionally manage and negotiate all leases & licences entered into by the Trust whether as landlord or tenant to ensure that the Trust fulfils all obligations as appropriate and that the Trusts tenants fulfil their obligations as a reasonable tenant; appropriate action to be taken in event of breaches.
• Data: Develop and publish property performance metrics for space utilisation, patient satisfaction, activity and value delivered from estate and annually benchmark against NHS and commercial organisations
• Property Terrier: Manage appropriate resources to develop and maintain a comprehensive categorised estate terrier with all deeds, plans and tenancy arrangements, obligations and liabilities scanned and stored in electronic format

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Values

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Masters/Postgraduate or equivalent experience
• Chartered professional RICS

Experience

Essential criteria

• Property Management background
• Planning and design skills in the context of understanding and optimising service functions and needs
• Commercial negotiation of lease terms, legal and technical due diligence
• Project management skills
• Sound knowledge of Landlord and Tenant and experience applying terms of commercial leases
• Background in SLA and service charge administration
• Ability to interpret complex data from various sources
• Drafting reports and presenting outputs
• Financial management of land and property asset base
• Relevant experience in working with property assets
• Significant post qualification experience at senior level
• Ability to manage politically difficult or sensitive relationships
• Extensive management of a team of external consultants

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria

• Working knowledge of Valuation techniques
• Detailed knowledge of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
• Extensive experience working on leases, tenancies and associated documents
• Proven ability to negotiate commercial deals
• Past experience of healthcare property
• Clear aptitude to engage with internal and external stakeholders and service providers and business partners
• Effective communication, negotiation and influencing skills to deliver best value
• Ability to deal with complex legal documentation problems
• Ability to act autonomously in predicting and responding to problems
• Be able to organise workload and manage outcomes to meet planned objectives
• Knowledge and confidence to challenge and ability to negotiate successful outcomes avoiding conflict

• Covid-19 Vaccination

  Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
  We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.

• AT* - Apprenticeship Training. Where AT* is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role.
• By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we require you to complete your stat and Man e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.
• If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK. Please Note: We are unable to sponsor Band 2 to 4 as the salary does not meet the UKVI Points Based system threshold.
• If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system
• If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
• The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
• The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of offenders act.
• By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
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Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.

Please note:

• Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
• Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
• Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

Please be advised that due to exceptionally high demand, all Royal Free accommodation is at full capacity and waiting lists are being held. Average waiting times are 12 months. Please do not rely on Trust accommodation when you commence your role and ensure you investigate alternative accommodation for your arrival.

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• Benefits Poster ( PDF , 148.6 KB )
• Staff Networks at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust ( PDF , 563.8 KB )
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