Job summary
- Main area
- Estates and Facilities
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 9
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-KS001
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Greenwood Offices, Heatherwood Hospital
- Town
- Ascot
- Salary
- £111,377 - £127,835 pa inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
FM Transformation and Development Control Plan Director
NHS AfC: Band 9
Job overview
Be part of something extraordinary
Frimley Park Hospital is being reimagined as part of one of the UK’s most ambitious healthcare projects. This isn’t just a rebuild — it’s a revolution in care, sustainability, and innovation.
We’re creating a digitally enabled, future-proof hospital that puts patients and staff first, with cutting-edge facilities, green spaces, and flexible design.
We are seeking an experienced and visionary FM Transformation and Development Control Plan Director to lead the delivery of a major transformation programme across the Estates and Facilities Directorate, aligning with the Trust’s Development Control Plan and the national Wave 1 New Hospital Programme (NHP).
This is a senior leadership role reporting directly to the Director of Estates and Facilities, with responsibility for delivering complex, high‑value transformation across both Hard FM and Soft FM services, utilising industry best practice, innovation and emerging technologies.
This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of FM services within one of the region’s most ambitious healthcare transformation programmes.
Join us and help shape the future of healthcare. Leave a legacy that lasts
Main duties of the job
The role holder will be expected to operate in a complex environment including:
• Have budget management responsibility for Transformation and the Development Control Plan and be accountable to Director of Estates and Facilities.
• Provide Management and leadership as well as leading on the development of
transformation strategies and policies for the directorate.
• Accountable for the procurement of the services of professional teams to facilitate all
aspects of the Transformation and the Development Control Plan and meet the Trust’s
SFI’s.
• Work closely with internal colleagues, stakeholders and external partners to ensure that all Hard and Soft FM implications are considered, as part of any transformation or capital
works.
• Provide excellent delivery that supports corporate developments
• Develop and Manage the Development Control Plan and have budget forecast responsibility.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached the job description and person specification for detailed information on the main responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Master’s degree or equivalent job related experience/graduate calibre.
- In-depth knowledge in a number of disciplines eg financial management, performance management, information systems, staff management acquired through training and experience over an extended period.
- In-depth knowledge of service and quality improvement methodologies and broad experience of successful implementation of improvement projects in an engineering/facilities management environment.
- Evidence of Facilities Management Transformation.
- Evidence of Built Environment programmes.
Desirable criteria
- Additional post-graduate Facilities Management qualification.
- Evidence of on-going accredited quality improvement training.
- Degree level project and programme management qualification such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, or MSP Practitioner.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Strong Facilities Management expertise together with extensive experience of developing complex built environments.
- Experience in Facilities Management Transformation.
- Experience of planning and development.
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of quality improvement procedures and practices.
- Proven track record of delivering highly complex quality improvement projects and programmes with a drive for continuous improvement and overcoming resistance to change.
- Track record of delivering projects within budget and to deadlines.
- Ability to make corporate financially astute decisions that affect the wider organisation.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in engineering systems.
- Experience of Smart Building technology.
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to evaluate and learn from outcomes with a clear commitment to innovation, learning and improvement.
- Ability to handle a rapidly changing and complex, ambiguous environment.
- Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously. • Ability to establish and maintain credibility.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tony Broom
- Job title
- Director Estates and Facilities
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07493864877
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