Our client, a lively co-educational academy based in North London, is seeking to appoint a highly motivated Estates Manager. The Estates Manager will have an operational and supervisory role, managing the academy’s Estates team of five staff, to ensure the safe, economic and effective operation of Trust buildings, grounds, premises and ancillary services.
The Estates Manager must ensure that the site is safe and remains an appropriate environment for students to learn and develop and for staff to work without risk to the health or welfare.
Duties include:
- To support and line manage the Estates team, ensuring an effective and efficient service is delivered at all times across all estate’s functions, including catering, grounds, cleaning, lettings, planned and reactive maintenance
- Support the Estates Director to ensure the delivery of building maintenance and capital programmes to develop and maintain the Academy’s facilities and premises to a high standard
- To be accountable for the on-going day to day operations of all Estates services, ensuring all safety systems and services are available when required
- Inspect sites, internally and externally, on a regular basis to ensure the estate is maintained to the highest standards
- Build and develop professional relationships with all suppliers, service providers and customers
- Engage with all stakeholders to create, develop, deliver and implement the Academy’s Premises Development Plan (PDP) to improve and maintain the Academy site and learning environment over a 5-year period
- Set annual and meeting budgets for all estates functions
The Estates Manager will be fully conversant on areas of Health & Safety and compliance. You will have experience of leading a team and be successful in establishing positive working relationships with staff and external stakeholders quickly.
This is a full time, all year through, onsite role. Flexible working hours are available and one day working from home.
Closing date for applications: 8th March 2024.
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