Band 8c Deputy Director of Estates & Facilities

Job overview

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an outstanding Deputy Director of Estates to provide senior leadership across a large, diverse and strategically important estate supporting community healthcare services across Birmingham and beyond.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced estates leader who can bring strategic insight, strong leadership and a commitment to delivering a safe, sustainable and future‑focused estate.

Main duties of the job

The Deputy Director of Estates will support and deputise fully for the Director of Estates, providing high‑level leadership across the estate portfolio and ensuring the delivery of the Trust’s Estates Delivery Plan.

This role provides strategic oversight and direction across the estates function and ensures alignment between estates development, capital investment planning, property strategy and service needs.

The post holder will directly line manage the Head of Land & Property and the Head of Capital, ensuring effective delivery across property management and capital development programmes.

Please note: Engineering and statutory compliance functions are led by the Head of Estates, and this post provides senior leadership and assurance across the directorate rather than operational management of those technical areas.

What we’re looking for: ✔ Senior NHS estates experience (or similar complex environment) ✔ Strong strategic and capital planning skills ✔ Excellent stakeholder and leadership capability ✔ Professional estates, engineering, property or construction background

What we offer: ⭐ Influence at senior level ⭐ A large, varied estate portfolio ⭐ Opportunity to shape future estate strategy ⭐ Supportive, forward‑thinking estates leadership team

📍 Full‑time | Permanent | Band 8c

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide senior leadership for the Estates Directorate and act as full deputy to the Director of Estates.
• Lead delivery of the Trust’s Estates Delivery Plan, ensuring estate strategy supports high‑quality patient care.
• Oversee strategic capital planning and lead the development of robust business cases for estate investment.
• Provide senior oversight of the Capital, Property and wider estate planning functions.
• Lead and support the Heads of Land & Property and Capital, ensuring coordinated and effective management of these areas.
• Provide senior assurance across all estate risks, governance arrangements and estate‑related statutory responsibilities.
• Build strong relationships with internal leaders, partners, and external agencies to ensure effective estate planning and delivery.
• Support long‑term estate optimisation, rationalisation opportunities and improvements to estate performance.