Strategic Lead Estates Operations

Job overview

The post holder provides senior operational leadership for Estates services across allocated Trust sites, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient maintenance of buildings, engineering systems and infrastructure. They will support the delivery of Trust priorities by ensuring high‑quality operational estates services and contributing to service improvement and local planning.

Main duties of the job

• Lead operational estates delivery across designated sites, ensuring services support clinical and organisational needs.
• Manage and develop operational teams to ensure safe, compliant and efficient maintenance services.
• Contribute to estates service improvements, operational planning and compliance assurance.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability and continuous improvement.

Working for our organisation

Our Poppy’s Promise Commitment

We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team — clinical or non-clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.

We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.

Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.

By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the job description found within the Candidate Pack.