# Estates & Facilities Manager

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Lincoln
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Estates and facilities
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- **Contract type:** 6 months (Fixed term for 6 months)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-09T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-21T12:02:19.141Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lincolnshire/Lincoln/Lincolnshire_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Corporate/Corporate-v8059203
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8059203?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lpft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you an experienced facilities professional ready to lead and innovate in a dynamic healthcare environment?

We are seeking a proactive and dedicated Band 7 Estates & Facilities Manager to oversee our Property and FM services across multiple sites.  This pivotal role ensures the delivery of high-quality, safe, and efficient estate, and facilities services that directly impact patient experience and operational excellence.

You will lead a team of Estates & Facilities and Soft FM Officers, managing service contracts, and work collaboratively with corporate, clinical, and non-clinical stakeholders to maintain compliance with national standards and local policies. Your leadership will be key in driving service improvements and embedding a culture of accountability and excellence.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading and managing Property Management and FM services across multiple sites.
- Ensuring estate compliance and upkeep within allocated budgets.
- Supporting strategic initiatives that enhance sustainability and operational resilience.

If you want to make a difference in healthcare through estates and facilities excellence, we want to hear from you.

### Main duties of the job

You will lead the delivery of in-house and outsourced estates and facilities services across LPFT properties. You’ll formulate plans to improve service delivery, contribute to estate strategy, and ensure compliance with statutory requirements. Duties include managing building user group meetings, maintaining accurate property databases, and overseeing PAM, PLACE, and ERIC reporting. You’ll collaborate on capital projects, manage estate condition surveys, and ensure safe handover of completed works.

You’ll be responsible for building security, risk management, and health & safety, acting as Responsible Person for water and fire safety. The role includes managing energy use, supporting sustainability initiatives, and leading climate adaptation efforts. You’ll oversee housekeeping, cleaning, and maintenance providers, ensure contractor induction and compliance, and review backlog maintenance to support capital investment planning.

You’ll attend governance meetings, prepare reports, and deputise for the Head of Estates & Facilities when required. The role demands strong leadership, analytical skills, and the ability to manage complex estates operations across a diverse healthcare estate.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

- Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
- Competitive annual leave allowance
- Car leasing scheme
- NHS pension scheme
- Free eye tests
- Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

## Job Details

Are you an experienced facilities professional ready to lead and innovate in a dynamic healthcare environment?

We are seeking a proactive and dedicated Band 7 Estates & Facilities Manager to oversee our Property and FM services across multiple sites. This pivotal role ensures the delivery of high-quality, safe, and efficient estate, and facilities services that directly impact patient experience and operational excellence.

You will lead a team of Estates & Facilities and Soft FM Officers, managing service contracts, and work collaboratively with corporate, clinical, and non-clinical stakeholders to maintain compliance with national standards and local policies. Your leadership will be key in driving service improvements and embedding a culture of accountability and excellence.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading and managing Property Management and FM services across multiple sites.

Ensuring estate compliance and upkeep within allocated budgets.

Supporting strategic initiatives that enhance sustainability and operational resilience.

If you want to make a difference in healthcare through estates and facilities excellence, we want to hear from you.

## Job Description

You will lead the delivery of in-house and outsourced estates and facilities services across LPFT properties. You’ll formulate plans to improve service delivery, contribute to estate strategy, and ensure compliance with statutory requirements. Duties include managing building user group meetings, maintaining accurate property databases, and overseeing PAM, PLACE, and ERIC reporting. You’ll collaborate on capital projects, manage estate condition surveys, and ensure safe handover of completed works.

You’ll be responsible for building security, risk management, and health & safety, acting as Responsible Person for water and fire safety. The role includes managing energy use, supporting sustainability initiatives, and leading climate adaptation efforts. You’ll oversee housekeeping, cleaning, and maintenance providers, ensure contractor induction and compliance, and review backlog maintenance to support capital investment planning.

You’ll attend governance meetings, prepare reports, and deputise for the Head of Estates & Facilities when required. The role demands strong leadership, analytical skills, and the ability to manage complex estates operations across a diverse healthcare estate.

## Responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

NHS pension scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Understanding of the Trust’s Standing Financial Instructions, or of the concept of working within the constraints of SFIs
- Demonstrates probity, diplomacy, and confidentiality
- Able to work within a multi-disciplinary team
- Responsive and customer focused
- Effective communication skills in both verbal and written form
- Able to meet targets, alongside changing and sometimes conflicting deadlines
- Organised and able to plan
- Ability to use keyboard and general office equipment
- Able to conduct themselves in a professional and logical way, demonstrating empathy, and the ability to develop authentic and sustainable working relationships

### Experience

**Essential**

- Understands the importance of customer focus within the provision of estates and facilities services in a healthcare environment
- Understands the principles of effective specification and management of reactive and remedial work within the built environment, including contractor induction, risk assessment, ongoing control and appropriate close out on completion
- Aware of the need for governance of delivery of estates and facilities services in the NHS

**Desirable**

- Has previously worked within an estates and facilities role in a healthcare environment
- Understands the importance of governance of estates and delivery in the NHS and able to explain its importance

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Educated to a Master Degree level or equivalent experience with working knowledge of managing a team and the understanding of service performance from contracted service providers
- Good secondary education with demonstrable skills in use of English, spoken and written, math, and effective use of IT including the MS Office Suite
- Used to working under pressure and change
- Trade qualifications / completed apprenticeship
- Practical on site management of facilities services

**Desirable**

- IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH Health & Safety Certificate
- LCA 9010 or similar qualification in water safety management, , or willingness to study for such a qualification in the future
- MIWFM or AssocRICS accreditation

## Documents

- [lpft info (pdf, 44.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2654)
- [staff network (pdf, 321.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2459)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10349339)
- [tips for applicant success (pdf, 670.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2299)
- [estates & facilities manager (pdf, 512.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10349338)

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