Strategic Programme Manager (Building Surveyor)

Strategic Programme Manager (Building Surveyor)

Location: Greater Manchester / Hybrid

Salary: £53755 to £60504 (Pay Award pending)

NHS Terms and Conditions (excellent benefits & pension)

Do you want to shape the future of NHS infrastructure and lead early-stage planning for some of the most ambitious capital projects in UK healthcare?

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) delivers hospital and community healthcare across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale, serving a population of over 1 million people. With 20,000 staff, we operate one of the NHS’s largest and most ambitious capital investment programmes.

As part of our expansion, we are looking for a detail-driven and forward-thinking Strategic Programme Manager to join our Capital team. If you’re passionate about shaping project feasibility, decant strategy, and business case development—and you bring a surveying, architectural, or cost-planning background—this role offers real purpose and impact.

You’ll take ownership of RIBA stages 0-2, leading the scoping and development of future-facing healthcare infrastructure projects. You’ll work in collaboration with clinical leaders, estates professionals and multi-disciplinary teams to define and prioritise the next generation of NCA’s capital investments.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead feasibility, service user engagement, and early design development
• Create elemental cost plans and project briefs to inform strategic investment decisions
• Draft strategic business cases, design options and initial appraisals
• Shape decant and phasing strategies for complex estate reconfigurations
• Ensure compliance with NHS healthcare standards including HTM, HBN and CDM regulations
• Support early-stage prioritisation across a multi-site, multi-million-pound capital pipeline

About You:

You’re a structured thinker with excellent communication skills and a background in surveying, construction, or architecture. You’ll need:

• A degree in building surveying, quantity surveying, construction, or architecture
• Experience managing project feasibility and early-stage design in healthcare environments
• Understanding of NHS estate guidance and capital project standards (HTMs/HBNs) and building regulations
• Ability to translate clinical and operational requirements into viable capital project briefs

Bonus Points:

• Chartered status (e.g. RICS, CIOB, MAPM)
• Experience with AutoCAD and elemental cost planning tools
• Public sector or NHS capital development experience

Why Join NCA?

This is your chance to contribute to one of the most exciting capital investment programmes in UK healthcare. You’ll shape the way infrastructure meets future healthcare needs—working in a high-performing, collaborative, and values-led team.

Apply today and help define the next generation of NHS infrastructure across Greater Manchester. For an informal discussion, please contact our retained recruitment partner Jonathan Phillips at Seymour John Ltd.

To apply please send your CV and a short cover letter indicating your interest in the role to Jonathan. Please mark the email subject "NCA Strategic Programme Manager"

Closing Date: Monday 23 June 2025

Interview Date: Monday 14 July 2025