Academy Facilities Manager
Brantridge School, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 6EQ12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
August 2025, subject to selection and clearance process
Closing date
3 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
21 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 36 hrs per week 7.45am - 3.30pm Monday to Thursday, 7.45am to 3.15pm Friday, with 30mins lunch break each day.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade P02, (Spine Points 35-38), £41,434.00 - £44,327.00 per annum),
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a dedicated Academy Facilities Manager at our Brantridge School to ensure our premises are well-maintained, compliant, safe, and fully operational. As Academy Facilities Manager, you will play a key role in maintaining and managing the school's facilities to ensure they are welcoming and fit for purpose. This is an essential role, managing a team of 5 where you'll be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the site, maintenance tasks, ensuring health and safety and compliance, cleaning and supporting the smooth running of school activities and events. Your work will directly contribute to creating a positive learning environment for both students and staff.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the onsite facilities team consisting of 5 direct line reports, including 3 domestic staff.
- Manage the preventative planned maintenance, reactive maintenance and upkeep of the school’s buildings and grounds.
- Ensure compliance, health, safety, and environmental standards are met through regular inspections and risk assessments.
- Prepare specification, plans for PPMs, refurbishments and improvement projects and obtain quotes.
- Coordinate with contractors for repairs and maintenance.
- Maintain site security and manage access to the buildings.
- Assist with the setup and support of school events and activities.
- Respond to emergency repairs as needed.
- Assist in carrying out regular emergency evacuation practices and keep appropriate records.
Key Requirements:
- Previous experience in site management or facilities management, ideally in a school or educational setting.
- Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
- Excellent communication and leadership abilities, with experience supervising a team
- Knowledge of health, safety, building maintenance, and environmental regulations
- Ability to work independently and manage your time efficiently
What the school offers its staff
Rewards & Benefits: Career benefits - Orchard Hill College Academy Trust,
- Enhanced parental leave schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Employee referral scheme
- Membership to Discounts for Teachers
- Discounted gym membership subscription including digital fitness
- Comprehensive training and development
- Access to counselling advice and support via Health Assured
- Commitment to wellbeing supported by our occupational health service and mental-health first aiders
- Scope for career progression across eight college centres, 14 academy schools and shared services team
- Pension scheme - the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS) both of which have life cover and financial protection for your family.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Brantridge School
- School type
- Academy, ages 6 to 11
- School size
- 69 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 6 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Brantridge School website
- Email address
- mollyking@orchardhill.ac.uk
Arranging a visit to Brantridge School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mollyking@orchardhill.ac.uk.
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