Portering Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves managing the operational Portering team, ensuring a comprehensive, professional, and responsive service. The post holder will provide clear leadership, ensuring efficient and effective high-quality service delivery. Responsibilities include day-to-day operational oversight of Facilities functions like Portering, Linen Services, and Waste management on-site. The manager will also support service improvement projects and ensure departmental objectives are met.
Essential criteria
- Management Qualification or equivalent experience in Facilities Services management at NVQ Level 4
- Formal training or equivalent experience of Food Safety up to Level 4
- COSHH, Infection Prevention Control
- Health & Safety IOSH Management of Risk
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience of working at an operational management level in a similar field within NHS or private sector
- Sound knowledge across all Facilities Services disciplines and willingness to learn
- People management experience including Supervisory of a Team.
- Experience of co-ordinating and developing a range of diverse services
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate experience of working under pressure to deadlines
- Communication and relationship skills
- Communicates well at all levels with tact and diplomacy
- Excellent oral and Communication skills including Complex report writing and presentation skills
- Analytical and Judgement skills
- Working to deadlines safely in a care environment.
- Required to work within an unpredictable and demanding environment requiring concentration when undertaking work tasks.
- Good facilitation skills; able to lead meetings effectively
- Good knowledge of facilities services management and applicable legislation i.e. food safety/cleaning standards and Hygiene Code of Practice
- Experience of managing and monitoring budgets
- Able to interpret and implement policies and procedures
- Planning and organisation skills
- Well organised with attention to detail and accuracy
- Good IT and keyboard skills word processing,
- Self- motivated and able to work on own initiative and meet tight deadlines organising work of self and others
- spreadsheets/report writing skills
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
- All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with Ability to work out of hours or on call when required Full UK driving Licence ( Max 3 points)
- Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours
- Training & Qualifications
- Management Qualification or equivalent experience in Facilities Services management at NVQ Level 4
- Formal training or equivalent experience of Food Safety up to Level 4
- COSHH, Infection Prevention Control
- Health & Safety IOSH Management of Risk
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience of working at an operational management level in a similar field within NHS or private sector
- Sound knowledge across all Facilities Services disciplines and willingness to learn
- People management experience including Supervisory of a Team.
- Experience of co-ordinating and developing a range of diverse services
- Demonstrate experience of working under pressure to deadlines
- Communication and relationship skills
- Communicates well at all levels with tact and diplomacy
- Excellent oral and Communication skills including Complex report writing and presentation skills
- Analytical and Judgement skills
- Working to deadlines safely in a care environment.
- Required to work within an unpredictable and demanding environment requiring concentration when undertaking work tasks.
- Good facilitation skills; able to lead meetings effectively
- Good knowledge of facilities services management and applicable legislation i.e. food safety/cleaning standards and Hygiene Code of Practice
- Experience of managing and monitoring budgets
- Able to interpret and implement policies and procedures
- Planning and organisation skills
- Well organised with attention to detail and accuracy
- Good IT and keyboard skills word processing,
- Self- motivated and able to work on own initiative and meet tight deadlines organising work of self and others
- spreadsheets/report writing skills
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
- All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with Ability to work out of hours or on call when required Full UK driving Licence ( Max 3 points)
- Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Portering Manager
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
Portering Manager at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
We are firmly committed to being the best possible provider of healthcare and place to work in the NHS and we have an opportunity to recruit to this exciting role.
The post holder will provide responsibility for the operational Portering team delivering a comprehensive, professional and responsive Portering Service. Demonstration of clear leadership of the services delivered and the team ensuring an efficient and effective high quality service.
Day to day operational responsibility for ensuring that the range of Facilities functions including at ward level, Portering, Linen Services and managing the Waste on-site.
Previous applicants need not apply
Main duties of the job
Support the development and implementation of a number of service improvement projects defined nationally or locally, taking responsibility for achieving defined targets and implementing action plans to deal with under-performance.
Ensure that the departments and Trust objectives are effectively achieved through translation into improved service delivery. As Portering Manager having the responsibility of managing the Portering teams across the sites, managing this large staffing group to ensure a high quality, eff
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