Area Facilities Manager
Truro & Penwith Academy Trust, Truro, TR4 9LD11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 December 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
25 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday. 37 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £38,611.00
What skills and experience we're looking for
Join TPAT as an Area Facilities Manager – Shape Exceptional Learning Environments
Are you ready to make a meaningful impact across a dynamic educational estate? TPAT is seeking a proactive and dedicated Area Facilities Manager to lead the way in delivering outstanding operational services across our cluster of primary schools in the West of Cornwall.
This role is pivotal role within the Trust, ensuring our schools are maintained to the highest standard's, providing leadership and line management for school’s sites teams and to ensure that stakeholder focused services are provided.
About You:
We are looking to hear from experienced candidates who can:
-Drive excellence in facilities management, ensuring smooth, efficient, and coordinated service delivery for all stakeholders.
-Create safe, inspiring, and compliant learning environments where students and staff thrive.
-Inform strategic planning and execution across facilities, health and safety, and premises operations—delivering high-quality outcomes in both the short and medium term.
-Provide strong leadership and line management to school site teams, fostering a culture of professionalism, collaboration, and stakeholder focus.
-Ensure service contracts are delivered to the highest standards, aligned with best practice and current legislation.
This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your expertise, energy, and leadership to a role that truly matters. If you're passionate about creating environments that support learning and growth, we’d love to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
Working for TPAT and Benefits
‘The Trust that Schools want to join’ Ofsted - 2019
We are an inclusive and progressive Trust and believe that all children and young people should have the best possible life chances. If you share this belief, we would love you to work with us.
We care about our staff and value their skills, contribution and expertise. Our commitment to growing great people means that we support staff in their own professional growth and development and empower them through support and career opportunities. Whether you choose to work in one of our schools, or are based in our central team, you will thrive in a stimulating, friendly and diverse environment that nurtures talent and celebrates success.
If you choose to work for us, you will receive:
- A competitive salary
- National terms and conditions of employment and access to either Teachers Pension or Local Government Pension Schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye voucher scheme
- Access to CPD and career pathways to further develop your career
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides employees with free confidential advice and support on a variety of personal, family or workplace issueshhtps://www.employeeassistance.org.uk/
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, workers, volunteers, governors and trustees to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to appropriate pre-employment checks and will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check, a Safeguarding Self-Declaration Form and satisfactory online searches undertaken.
Applying for the job
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About Truro & Penwith Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- recruitment@tpacademytrust.org
Truro and Penwith Academy Trust supports primary and secondary schools in Cornwall. We believe all children and young people should have the best possible life chances and we do this with a relentless drive for the highest possible level of achievement involving academic, creative, sporting and cultural opportunities. We have a shared moral purpose and a shared vision in our schools while celebrating the unique and distinctive features of our school communities within their local context. We genuinely believe in partnership working with our schools, the pupils and their parents and the wider community as each serves to create the best possible outcomes for our children and young people.
We also believe that our teachers, leaders and support teams are deeply committed to providing a well-rounded, inspirational, challenging and character-building education for all students throughout their time with us. We are proud to empower them through support, training and career opportunities. With such an outstanding team we are able to ensure every student achieves all that they are capable of and more, regardless of background, culture, heritage or ability.
Arranging a visit to Truro & Penwith Academy Trust
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@tpacademytrust.org.
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