Job overview

Venn Group is proud to be working in exclusive partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust to recruit a visionary Associate Director of Estates.

This is a career-defining opportunity to join one of the world’s most prestigious paediatric hospitals, where innovation, compassion, and excellence converge. You’ll be at the heart of GOSH’s transformation, leading the strategic development and operational delivery of estates services across a complex, high-profile healthcare environment.

You’ll hold professional accountability for the safety, compliance, and performance of all estates infrastructure, overseeing a £12m revenue and £3.5m capital budget. From reactive and planned maintenance to major capital works and sustainability initiatives, you’ll drive service excellence, risk management, and long-term estate planning – including supporting the development of the new Children’s Cancer Centre.

This is a senior leadership role with significant influence. You’ll work closely with executive directors, clinical teams, and external regulators, providing expert guidance on engineering, construction, and infrastructure strategy. 

GOSH is seeking a dynamic leader with:

• A Master’s degree or equivalent technical qualification in engineering or a related field.
• Chartered status and full membership of a recognised engineering institution (IHEEM, CIBSE, IMechE, IEE).

Please note: your application details will be shared with Venn Group.

Main duties of the job

• The Associate Director of Estates is a senior member of the Space and Place Directorate with professional accountability for estates maintenance and for the long-term strategic development of the Trust’s full estates service
• Responsibility and accountability for ensuring that Trust premises are safe for patients, staff and visitors. Should be professionally and technically responsible for the annual estates plan, estates policy development and the implementation of legislative requirements across the Trust. The Associate Director of Estates will ensure that the functions of the Estates Department are carried out safely, efficiently and cost effectively to provide a high-quality service to patients and staff
• The role takes overall responsibility for delegated areas and provides a structure and process for the effective interface with all project activities to ensure that appropriate communications, safety arrangements and operating procedures are in place, and are timely and effective
• You will set improvement standards, drive consistency, and build financial and commercial management capability within estates services. This will include, proactively working with a range of senior stakeholders/Directors to innovate and expand or rationalise estates services, planning and evaluating new business options, identifying potential new funding streams and income generation to support achievement of the Trust’s strategic objectives.

Working for our organisation

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.

We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.