Estates PFI Contract Manager

Company Description

Our vision for Single Corporate Services  
Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have a shared vision of a single corporate service across our two organisations, supported by a single set of identical systems and processes, under joint leadership, to drive significant efficiencies, improve employee experience, and return time to patient care. 

This vacancy is part of the Single Corporate Services Division.

Why are we changing the way we deliver Corporate Services? 
Working as a partnership, both IWT and PHU have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The creation of a single corporate service is essential for us to support our clinical and operational services, and our wider transformation programme. 

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation.  You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Job Description

Location: Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust 
Position Type: Permanent, full time 37.5 hours per week 
Salary: Band 8b £64,455 - £74,897 per annum

Summary:

We are looking for a proactive, technically astute leader to take responsibility for the compliance, performance, and contractual management of the Hard FM elements of the Trust’s PFI agreement. This critical leadership role ensures the delivery of safe, compliant, and cost-effective services across our estate, supporting patient care and staff wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and monitor Hard FM performance under the Trust’s PFI contract, ensuring statutory, regulatory, and contractual compliance.

• Provide strategic and technical leadership on engineering, lifecycle, and compliance matters.

• Lead the Estates Performance Team and act as deputy to the Head of Estates.

• Develop and oversee robust governance, quality assurance, and performance frameworks.

• Collaborate with stakeholders and contractors to ensure service continuity and value for money.

• Lead on PFI contract lifecycle planning, performance reviews, and contractual negotiations.

• Support the Trust’s sustainability, carbon reduction, and energy efficiency goals.

About You:

You will be:

• A qualified estates or engineering professional (e.g. Degree/HND or equivalent in Building Services/Engineering).

• Experienced in managing large-scale estates services within PFI or healthcare environments.

• Skilled in complex contract negotiation and performance management.

• Adept at interpreting and applying NHS technical guidance (HTMs, HBNs, ACOPs).

• A confident communicator with strong leadership, team development, and stakeholder management skills.

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If you're ready to make a real impact in healthcare estates management, we encourage you to apply.

Please see full job description for more information. 

Qualifications

Essential:

• Degree-level qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant technical or estates-related discipline.

• Proven experience (5+ years) in estates, technical, or contract management roles—ideally in a regulated environment such as healthcare or MOD.

• Strong knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance, including HTMs and HBNs.

• Demonstrable leadership and experience managing multi-professional teams on complex and sensitive issues.

• Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and analytical skills.

• Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiation abilities.

• Contract management and technical compliance experience, including monitoring third-party providers.

• Understanding of financial data with experience in budget and cost management (no formal finance qualification required).

• Working knowledge of Health & Safety, business continuity, and sustainability in estates.

• High level of IT literacy and report-writing skills.

• Ability to influence at all levels, including clinical and non-clinical stakeholders.

• Experience of delivering work to tight deadlines in complex environments.

Desirable:

• Post-qualification Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

• Professional registration (e.g., Engineering Council, BIFM).

• Corporate membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., IHEEM, CIBSE, IFM).

• Formal management training or qualification.

• NHS or public sector estates experience.

• Senior leadership experience in a similar environment.

• Working knowledge of PFI contracts and client-side management.

• Understanding of current issues affecting the healthcare estates sector.

• Familiarity with business analysis and policy development. 

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.