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Job summary

Main area
Estates
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
164-7118104-A
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Both
Town
NOTTINGHAM
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/07/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Compliance, Performance and Operations Manager

Band 8a

Job overview

Join Our Team as a Facilities Compliance, Performance, and Operational Manager!
 
Are you ready to make a significant impact in the realm of facilities management? We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Facilities Compliance, Performance, and Operational Manager to join our Facilities Senior Management team. In this pivotal role, you will support the day-to-day operational leadership and management of a diverse range of soft services within the Directorate of Estate and Facilities Management.
 
Key Responsibilities:

Lead all auditing efforts to ensure full compliance with statutory regulations and approved codes of practice, particularly in Health and Social Care.

Collaborate with the Facilities Department, the Trust, and our partners to maintain the highest standards of operational performance and compliance.

Why Join Us?

Be part of a dynamic senior management team driving excellence in facilities management.

Influence the compliance landscape and ensure that our services meet and exceed industry standards.

Work in an environment that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

If you are passionate about facilities management and ready to lead in ensuring compliance and performance excellence, we want to hear from you! Apply now to take the next step in your career and help us shape the future of our facilities.

Main duties of the job

This role is responsible for co-creating, monitoring, and reporting the Facilities Department’s compliance performance with respect to statutory and Regulatory requirements Trust-wide, including external Contracts. Additionally, they will need to provide specialist expert compliance advice. 

The post holder is responsible for supporting the Soft FM Management team by providing a full and flexible business administration & compliance service, assisting with the preparation of business cases, operational development proposals and lead the operational management of all Facilities digital Systems. Writing, delivering, and presenting assurance reports to the Estates and Facilities Directorate in a timely manner. These services include Business Performance (Statutory and Mandatory record keeping and management), administration support, contract management and managing & coordinating compliance models & systems.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details.

Person specification

Training & Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a professional qualification or relevant experience in the specific discipline at a comparable level for a proven significant time.
  • Further specialist knowledge facilities management knowledge or experience to Masters level equivalent.
  • Sustained record of continued professional development

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant proven management experience
  • Knowledge of Healthcare/National Standards
  • Proven track record of managing a variety of projects
  • Experience of preparing and presenting reports and complex information, written and verbal to a range of audiences including writing policies/ procedures and protocols
  • A clear understanding of the use of performance metrics to drive improvement
  • Ability to quality assure information prior to being presented to the senior management team
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of Facilities Management environment – particularly related to health care.

Communication & Relationship

Essential criteria
  • Utilise persuasive, motivational and negotiating skills with empathy, to engage effecticely with NUH colleagues, Staff Side, contractors and suppliers, in negotiations.
  • The postholder will be required to liaise and work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary project teams, external professional design consultants and contractors if and when required.
  • Ability to provide and receive, analyse and translate to different teams, highly complex data and information to maintain performance and facilitate service improvement

Analytical and Judgement

Essential criteria
  • The postholder will be required to produce and/or analyse and interpret complex numerical and written information and be able to resolve issues surrounding conflicts of interest and data.
  • Ability to use a number of different data sources – Nervecentre, MiCAD, Food ordering systems, PLACE and Accessing Model Hospital Data.
  • The postholder will be responsible for setting, monitoring and reporting on the facilities department compliance performance
  • The postholder shall provide a full and flexible business administration and compliance service, fully utilising appropriate Trust systems

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.NHS Rainbow badgeadded for NUH

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Donna Jones
Job title
Deputy Director, Estates & Facilities
Email address
[email protected]
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