Job vacancy

We are looking for an experienced estates and capital projects specialist to join our growing team. This role would suit someone who has worked as a Capital Projects Manager, Estates Development Manager or in a similar role within the NHS or wider public sector, and who now wants to apply that experience across a wide range of clients and schemes. You will lead the technical estates input to our work, from estates strategies and condition reviews to client-side management of capital schemes and the technical content of business cases. You will report to a Managing or Principal Consultant and work alongside colleagues across the gbpartnerships group.

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The role

• Lead estates strategies and estate reviews, including condition, utilisation and compliance assessments.

• Provide client-side project management of capital schemes, from feasibility through design, procurement and construction to handover.

• Manage design teams and professional services throughout the full project lifecycle including identifying required design team disciplines other professional services, statutory approvals and surveys and investigations, market testing and proposing the project requirements, procuring the services and awarding contracts, managing performance and administrating payments and appointments. 

• Lead the technical estates input to Strategic Outline, Outline, Full and Short Form Business Cases.

• Provide oversight of the preparation of design briefs and design assurance processes, drawing on input from the wider design team and specialist design disciplines, including compliance with relevant Health Building Notes (HBNs) and Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs).

• Advise clients on procurement routes, frameworks and contracts, including ProCure23 and NEC.

• Present findings and recommendations to clients, including Trust Boards, ICBs and other approval bodies.

• Coach and support junior colleagues, taking on line management as the team grows.

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What we're looking for

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in NHS or wider public sector estates and capital projects, or in consultancy or professional services with a strong estates focus.

• Knowledge of NHS capital frameworks and processes, including business case and capital approvals, ProCure23, NEC contracts and the HBN and HTM suite of guidance.

• A proven track record of delivering capital schemes through design, procurement and construction to time, cost and quality.

• Confidence reading drawings and construction information, and challenging design, cost and programme information.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, and the ability to build strong relationships with senior stakeholders.

• Membership of a relevant professional body (such as RICS, CIOB, RIBA, CIBSE or APM) is desirable, as is a project or programme management qualification.

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What we offer:  

• Salary of £55,000 to £60,000 per annum, with performance-linked bonuses

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Length of service awards

• Private health cover

• Pension; access to pension adviser

  Hybrid working, with a preference for a North West base and regular national travel; bespoke flexible working arrangements will be considered

• Four days paid volunteering leave per annum

• Company electric vehicle and cycle to work schemes

• Colleague referral payment scheme 

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To find out more about the requirements of the role, please download the full job description linked below.

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About us

At gbpartnerships consult, we empower organisations to deliver long-lasting change by transforming their practices, processes, and spaces. From healthcare planning to sustainability assessments, we’ve completed over 150 impactful built-environment projects across England and Wales in just two years. We pride ourselves on our positive team culture and promoting a healthy work life balance. 

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As part of the gbpartnerships group, we offer a unique combination of consultancy, property development, town planning, architecture and asset management expertise, enabling us to provide end-to-end solutions that deliver real value.  We are entering an exciting growth period and want likeminded professionals to join us on the journey.

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Our values:

• Integrity: Acting with honesty and fairness. 

• Ambition: Continuously striving for excellence. 

• Excellence: Delivering quality in everything we do. 

• Accountability: Taking responsibility for outcomes. 

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How to apply

​Please send your CV and a short covering note to enquiries@gbpconsult.co.uk by 12 noon on Friday 27th November 2026.

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The selection process

1.  Shortlisting. We review all applications after the closing date.

2.  Round 1, online interview. A competency-based interview by Microsoft Teams with two members of our team.

3.  Round 2, technical interview. A face-to-face interview focused on your technical estates and capital projects knowledge and experience. We will send you full details in advance.

4.  Round 3 (possible). A meeting with two of our Managing Consultants/Managing Director in person or by Microsoft Teams.

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We aim to complete the process by 18 December 2026 and will agree a start date that suits you.

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gbpartnerships is an equal opportunities employer. gbpartnerships is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce. We recruit, develop and retain people based on merit, ability and potential, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

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gbpartnerships and gbpartnerships consult reserve the right to withdraw, amend, change or remove any vacancies described here, at any time and without notice. Any information submitted to gbpartnerships and / or gbpartnership consult in relation to recruitment will be treated confidentially and in line with GDPR and our privacy statement.