# Associate Director of Estates Technical Compliance > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/associate-director-of-estates-technical-compliance/692abb55-47ab-4493-a0ea-9ae60367467c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/associate-director-of-estates-technical-compliance/692abb55-47ab-4493-a0ea-9ae60367467c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Kent and Canterbury Hospital - **Workplace type:** hybrid - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £94,356 - £108,814 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed-Term) - **Employment type:** Full time, Home or remote working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T15:00:47.077Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Canterbury/East_Kent_Hospitals_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Technical_Estates_Compliance/Technical_Estates_Compliance-v8292301 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8292301?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview At EKHUFT, every role contributes to delivering safe, high-quality care — and our estates are no exception. Our facilities are the backbone of patient care, from the reliability of critical systems to the safety of every ward, theatre, and clinic. We are committed to ensuring our estate is not only compliant with all statutory and NHS requirements but also future-ready, sustainable, and resilient. As our Associate Director of Technical Estates Compliance, you will be the Trust’s senior lead liaising with our subsidiary organisation regarding estates compliance, assurance, and governance. Your expertise will directly influence patient safety, operational continuity, and Board-level decision-making. You will be integral to agreeing the strategic direction for compliance across a complex, high-profile estate — ensuring that every building, system, and process meets the highest standards of safety, regulation, and performance. ### Main duties of the job What You'll Do - Review and agree the Trust’s estates technical compliance strategy, ensuring full adherence to statutory, regulatory, and NHS guidance. - Provide expert advice to the Board, Executive Team, and senior leaders on compliance risks, priorities, and investment needs. - Oversee the development and delivery of robust compliance monitoring systems, audits, and reporting frameworks. - Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and professional excellence. - Drive innovation in compliance management, including the adoption of digital monitoring tools and sustainability-focused solutions. - Act as the Trust’s Authorised Person for key engineering disciplines, ensuring safe systems of work and technical assurance. What You'll Bring - Significant senior leadership experience in estates compliance within a large, complex organisation — ideally healthcare. - In-depth knowledge of statutory, regulatory, and NHS estates compliance requirements, including HTMs and HBNs. - Chartered Engineer or equivalent professional status, with relevant technical qualifications in engineering or estates management. - Proven ability to influence at Board level and lead teams through change. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and risk management skills, with a track record of delivering measurable improvements. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Why You'll Love It Here - The opportunity to shape the compliance strategy for one of the most complex and vital estates portfolios in the NHS. - A collaborative, values-driven culture where your expertise is respected and your voice matters. - Generous NHS pension scheme, annual leave entitlement, and flexible working arrangements. - The satisfaction of knowing your work directly supports safe, high-quality patient care every single day. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant senior leadership experience in Estates, FM and/or Capital within a complex acute healthcare environment or similar regulated environment - Working in complex environment providing assurance to duty holder e.g. Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Private Finance Initiative (or similar) complex FM contracts - Demonstrable experience leading organisational wide governance and assurance frameworks including estates governance and compliance frameworks - Experience of advising and providing assurance to senior executives, Boards or duty holders in complex legal and contractual environments e.g. WOS, PFI, Estates providers - Experience chairing complex safety or governance groups - Ability to interpret complex technical, legal and regulatory information for non-technical audiences - Experience working with multiple providers and landlords to deliver compliance assurance - Advanced data analysis, reporting and governance presentation skills - Experience with Power BI, compliance systems and/or AI platforms - Experience of major incident response or business continuity planning **Desirable** - Strong knowledge of statutory legislation, NHS Assurance and Accountability Framework (AAF), HTMs/HBNs, and estates-related risk ### Qualifications **Essential** - Masters Degree in a relevant engineering, estates, FM or safety discipline, or equivalent experience - In-depth managerial, financial and contracting knowledge - Evidence of Continuing Professional Development - Professional membership of a relevant body (e.g., IHEEM, IWFM, IOSH/IIRSM, Engineering Council) - Experience working with PFI/wholly owned subsidiary, complex contract management environment - Formal training in healthcare estates compliance, HTMs/HBNs, or safety management ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to influence, challenge and negotiate at all levels - Strong organisational skills; able to manage competing priorities and deadlines - Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder-management skills - Ability to handle contentious, sensitive and high-risk issues confidently - Demonstrates initiative, resilience and a proactive approach to risk and safety - Commitment to teamwork, collaboration and Trust values ## Documents - [associate director of estates technical compliance jd (pdf, 816.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10610581) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.