Job Description

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We have two positions available, one at the Oxford Centre and one at the Southampton Centre. NHS Blood and Transplant is seeking experienced professionals with strong management backgrounds to oversee estate and facilities services across our centres and satellite premises. This is an exciting opportunity to manage both hard and soft services in a life-changing organisation. You'll join a forward-thinking, collaborative team where innovation, integrity, and commitment are encouraged. Estates and Facilities at NHS Blood and Transplant are unlike anywhere else in the NHS. We operate across 90 properties, but its the diversity of sites rather than the size of the portfolio that matters. Each site has its own remote team base and donor centre. Were looking for individuals who can work flexibly, providing cross-cover across both roles and all sites. Your work will ensure consistent, validated support across these regions. Our sites include laboratories (blood processing and testing), apheresis units (blood collection and therapeutic work), offices, mobile bases, and warehouses. This variety makes these roles unique.If you're keen to experience all aspects of estates and facilities management, you'll thrive in this role.
Main duties of the job
The E&F Department provides a highly responsive and proactive service, in a customer-oriented environment where teamwork and communication, statutory compliance, budget control, performance management and business continuity are key to its success. Your responsibilities will include:
1. Being accountable for the effective and efficient local provision of Estates and Facilities (E&F) services at the Blood Centre and at its satellite premises, in line with national standards.
2. Managing the E&F team within their sites and our supporting service contracts.
3. Being a subject matter expert in selected aspect(s) of E&F management.
You will be required to travel and spend time away from base, which will involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice.
About us
It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Details
Date posted
26 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
47,810 to 54,710 a year
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
008000
Job locations
NHSBT - Oxford Centre
Part Academic Block, John Radcliffe Hospital
Headley Way, Headington
Oxford
OX3 9BQ
NHSBT - Southampton Centre
Coxford Road
Southampton
SO16 5AF
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Qualified to degree level in Facilities Management, Building Services, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
• Possession of British Institute of Facilities Management accreditation or willingness to study towards
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience
Essential

• Leadership and management experience
• Facilities management experience preferably in a service environment
• Experience of managing contractors
• Experience in financial management and budget control
• Knowledge and implementation of Health and Safety regulations
• Proven ability to identify and introduce best practice in all aspects of Facilities management including administration, maintenance both hard and soft services.
• Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), or equivalent Systems

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Qualified to degree level in Facilities Management, Building Services, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
• Possession of British Institute of Facilities Management accreditation or willingness to study towards
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience
Essential

• Leadership and management experience
• Facilities management experience preferably in a service environment
• Experience of managing contractors
• Experience in financial management and budget control
• Knowledge and implementation of Health and Safety regulations
• Proven ability to identify and introduce best practice in all aspects of Facilities management including administration, maintenance both hard and soft services.
• Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), or equivalent Systems

Skills Required