Associate Director of Infrastructure: PFI & Contracting

We are seeking an experienced senior commercial and contracting leader to join our Infrastructure leadership team as Associate Director of Infrastructure: PFI & Contracting.

This is a significant appointment within the Trust and an opportunity to lead a strategically important portfolio at a time when we are strengthening our approach to PFI, commercial management and wider contracting arrangements.

Our PFI arrangements are complex, long term and central to the effective operation of our estate. We are looking for an individual who can bring strong commercial judgement, contractual expertise and strategic leadership to ensure the Trust is represented confidently and effectively in its relationships with the SPV, service partners and other key stakeholders., As Associate Director of Infrastructure: PFI & Contracting, you will provide senior leadership across the Trust's PFI and wider contracting portfolio. You will be responsible for strengthening commercial and contractual management, developing effective governance and ensuring the Trust has clear oversight of performance, risk, lifecycle, remedial activity and contractual obligations.

A key part of the role will be developing mature and constructive relationships with our PFI partners. We are looking for someone who understands that effective commercial management requires both challenge and collaboration: an individual who can protect the Trust's interests, hold partners appropriately to account and build the relationships needed to deliver sustainable long-term outcomes.

You will work closely with senior leaders across the Trust and with external partners at Director and senior management level. The role therefore requires considerable judgement, credibility and the ability to communicate complex commercial matters clearly and persuasively.

You will also have an opportunity to help shape the future development of the PFI and remedial works function, strengthening capability, structures and ways of working within the team.

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee
health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.