Assistant Estates Manager - Town Planning
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a town planning professional to join the Estates team within the Financial and Commercial Directorate of NHS Essex ICB. The post holder will support the Estates Strategy with a primary focus on town planning, policy, strategic developments, and primary care. They will contribute to delivering strategic plans, managing risks, and supporting the development of Neighbourhood Health Centres. The role involves engaging with local planning authorities and supporting primary care practices with local developments.
Essential criteria
- Educated to Degree level (relevant focus) or equivalent managerial experience
- Evidence of sustained commitment to continuing professional development
- Personal Attributes and Values
- Personal commitment to the values of the NHS 10-year Plan, the NHS People Plan, the Nolan Principles, to championing equality, diversity and inclusion within the ICB and the wide health system
- Takes personal responsibility and works with a high level of integrity
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to work as part of a team and independently
- Able to adapt to different situations, influencing others and building credibility effectively
- Self-motivated, confident and positive attitude, able to adapt to complex and constantly changing environments and prioritise workload within that context
- Experience in Town Planning, preferably policy and development management, and knowledge of relevant policy and legislation.
- Experience of working in a relevant healthcare environment (NHS or other)
- Experience managing projects in relevant commissioning functions as outlined in the ICB model blueprint.
- Knowledge of the health, care and local government landscape, including relevant legislation, policies and guidance, and an understanding of the social determinants of public health.
- Governance and Assurance
- Experience delivering projects that require collective decision-making and how to negotiate success in those situations
- A good understanding effective corporate governance and the route for decision making within the ICB
- People and Culture
- Line management experience, including supporting individual development and addressing under-performance, when necessary.
- Acts as a positive, compassionate and inclusive manager, demonstrating commitment to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity.
- A commitment to continuous improvement, organisation learning and achieving positive outcomes for all staff, patients, service users and carers working in line with the NHS People Promise
- Partnership and Communities
- Experience working across organisational boundaries in the development and delivery of projects.
- Able to represent the organisation credibly and positively.
- Able to effective influencing and challenge within areas of responsibility, escalating appropriately where necessary.
- Strategy and Analysis
- Experience using analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex problems, ability to recognise policy implications and how to manage potential competing priorities / interests in developing strategies.
- Able to translate complex information into clear communications for a range of audiences, including to deliver effective reports to senior leadership.
- Experience scoping and delivering effective evaluations of projects and interventions, including understanding relevant data and evaluation tools and methods for formal and informal evaluations
- Educated to Degree level (relevant focus) or equivalent managerial experience
- Evidence of sustained commitment to continuing professional development
- Personal Attributes and Values
- Personal commitment to the values of the NHS 10-year Plan, the NHS People Plan, the Nolan Principles, to championing equality, diversity and inclusion within the ICB and the wide health system
- Takes personal responsibility and works with a high level of integrity
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to work as part of a team and independently
- Able to adapt to different situations, influencing others and building credibility effectively
- Self-motivated, confident and positive attitude, able to adapt to complex and constantly changing environments and prioritise workload within that context
- Experience in Town Planning, preferably policy and development management, and knowledge of relevant policy and legislation.
- Experience of working in a relevant healthcare environment (NHS or other)
- Experience managing projects in relevant commi
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NHS Essex Integrated Care Board
Assistant Estates Manager - [contact details removed]
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
We are recruiting a town planning professional to join Essex ICB.
It is an important role in the Estates team which forms part of our Financial and Commercial Directorate and has a pivotal role to play in delivering the ambitions 10 Year Health Plan. This is an exciting time for Estates as we move forward with medium term planning and multi-year capital allocations.
This role will support the Estates Strategy for the ICB and have a primary focus on town planning but will work across Town Planning & Policy, Strategic Developments, Primary Care & Neighbourhood Health as programmes and projects require. Our Assistant Estates Managers will contribute to the delivery of one or more strategic plans supporting key milestones and managing risks and opportunities.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Supporting the implementation of policy and / or service developments related to Estates, drawing on requirements from NHS strategies, including the ICB strategy and the 10 Year Health Plan, through engaging with and responding to local planning authority consultations on planning policy and development proposals.
Supporting primary care practices with local developments.
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