Deputy Estates and Facilities Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This role supports the Estates and Facilities Manager in maintaining NHS Blood and Transplant sites, primarily in Oxford and surrounding areas. You will manage a small team and contractors to ensure a safe environment for colleagues, donors, and visitors. The position involves overseeing maintenance, ensuring compliance, and contributing to the resilience of the organisation. It offers valuable growth within a well-established organisation.
Key responsibilities
- Support the delivery of high-quality estates and facilities services across multiple sites.
- Act as a key point of contact for local stakeholders, building strong relationships.
- Lead and support teams, contractors, and service providers.
- Contribute to planning and delivering facilities projects.
- Promote a strong safety culture by supporting risk assessments and health and safety compliance.
- Help manage contracts, budgets, and resources, ensuring efficiency and value for money.
Essential criteria
- Either a degree in Facilities Management, Building Services, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering or equivalent demonstrable experience.
- Demonstrate commitment to own Continued Professional Development (CPD)
- Proven experience managing contractors and working within facilities or estates services.
- Knowledge and application of Health and Safety regulations and statutory compliance.
- Experience of managing people and leading teams to deliver objectives.
- Experience of working collaboratively across functions and building relationships.
- Experience managing facilities services and operations.
- Knowledge of risk management and continuous improvement.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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NHS Blood and Transplant
Deputy Estates and Facilities Manager
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
We have an amazing opportunity available to join our well-established and forward-thinking organisation of NHS Blood and Transplant. If you're experienced in facilities or maintenance management or working as an assistant facilities manager, you would experience valuable growth and support in working with our state-of-the-art systems in a well-structured and progressive organisation.
You will be supporting the Estates and Facilities Manager in managing the maintenance of our Oxford site and other sites in the surrounding area. You'll manage a small team of administrators and contractors to ensure a safe working environment for your colleagues, donors, and visitors. You'd be a core member of an organisation that's fundamental to the health and resilience of the nation.
We are always keen to appreciate the experience of new staff, whether you have private sector experience of building maintenance or you have worked within other NHS trusts. You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you'll help the Estates & Facilities Manager in managing the effective and efficient delivery of local NHSBT sit
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