Job summary

The post holder will be responsible for strategic and operational management of the capital team. You will play a pivotal role in delivering complex, high-value capital projects that have a significant impact across the Trust. This includes providing day-to-day leadership, line management, and expert coordination of multiple initiatives.

Utilising recognised construction project management methodologies, including RIBA stages, you will engage with a wide range of stakeholders (clinical and non-clinical), service users, and external stakeholders, to ensure full collaboration and successful project outcomes.

You will be responsible for developing business plans and performance monitoring tools aligned to strategic objectives, ensuring delivery against key targets and contributing to wider corporate policy and strategy.

A key aspect of the role involves leading effective stakeholder engagement to inform decant strategies and ensuring these are reflected in design and construction phases. You will oversee the safe and efficient handover of completed projects to clinical, operational, and estates teams.

The role requires professional integrity, sound judgement, and adherence to relevant codes of conduct. You will ensure that organisational readiness is embedded within capital programme design, including the identification and provision of necessary resources.

Main duties of the job

• Manage and monitor, using complex programme management methodology for reporting on performance, risks, issues, timing, quality and benefits realisation.
• Ensure programme is reporting through appropriate governance framework with monthly reports that are accurate, on time, quality and cost.
• Advise Head of Capital on issues relating to capital project delivery, by exception reporting. Immediate escalation in respect of change to cost plan, budget, timelines of delivery / completion.
• Ensure a comprehensive risk management strategy is adopted for every project within the teams remit, which deals with complexity and potential impact on the programme.
• Ensure projects deliver excellent healthcare environments through application of industry standards and best practice, embedded into the project delivery process.
• Ensure projects are planned and executed with due care and consideration to maintaining the health, wellbeing and safety of those involved in the delivery of projects, ensuring compliance to statutory regulations.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work‑life balance.

Job details

Date posted: 21 November 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 8b

Salary: £64,455 to £74,896 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full‑time, Part‑time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number: 236‑NCA‑EA152‑24‑D

Location:

• Salford Royal Hospital
• Ladywell Building
• Salford
• M6 8HA

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.

You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Experience (Essential)

• Significant experience of working with complex estates and capital programmes, preferably within the NHS
• Expert knowledge of Capital Programme Management
• Ability to produce and effectively manage construction budgets and programmes

Experience (Desirable)

• Previous experience of estates project management in the NHS or equivalent complex organisation
• Knowledge of specific healthcare guidance HTMs, HBNs and other DoH guidance

Skills (Essential)

• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills with a particular emphasis on influencing and negotiating to manage and delivery users expectations, contractual compliance, exercising diplomacy and tact in sensitive situations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with proven experience of providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information.
• Negotiation, project management and delegation skills
• Good leadership skills and ability to manage multi‑disciplinary design teams.

Qualifications (Essential)

• Post‑graduate qualification or equivalent experience

Qualifications (Desirable)

• Management or Leadership Qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal Hospital

Ladywell Building

Salford

M6 8HA

Employer's website

https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)