9 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 June 2026

  • Closing date

    19 April 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    10 April 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 Hours per week. All Year Round

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£42,284.00

What skills and experience we're looking for

Diverse Academies Trust are seeking a Facilities Manager to join our talented and supportive team across Mansfield and the surrounding area. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in maintaining and developing a diverse estate of academies.

We warmly welcome and encourage visits, meeting our team and seeing our organisation is the best way to understand who we are and the difference you can make.

The opportunity

The trust has a cluster of academies in Mansfield and the surrounding area with a range of estate including Victorian, clasp and new build academies. Our academies include all phases of primary, secondary and special.

The Facilities Manager will take responsibility for the effective management of these academy buildings, ensuring the safe and efficient operation of all systems and processes. Each site has its own team of staff who will report directly to the Facilities Manager

This role will be based across Mansfield and the surrounding area, providing leadership, oversight, and operational support to ensure our academies are well maintained, compliant, and fit for purpose.

The successful candidate will:

  • Work under the direction of the head of business operations and facilities.
  • Work collaboratively with a range of managers across facilities.
  • Provide a professional and proactive service to the highest levels, ensuring a safe learning and working environment for the benefit of the students and staff.
  • Take responsibility for the management and oversight of all systems, ensuring correct operation effectiveness and efficiencies, servicing and other statutory requirements are met.
  • Manage day to day compliance, health and safety for these sites, including developing of risk assessments and operational procedures.
  • Arrange, manage and facilitate service contracts and maintenance work as required.
  • Develop knowledge of all academy sites to facilitate and work flexibly across the Trust when required.
  • Manage and co-ordinate a team of premises staff across a group of academies.

Essential:

  • Professional qualification in Facilities Management / Electrical / Mechanical

  • Experience of controlling and maintaining Building Management Systems (BMS) and control operations, maintenance and improvement

  • NEBOSH general certificate or similar

Desirable:

  • Experience of working in educational settings

What the school offers its staff

Why join Diverse Academies Trust?

Diverse Academies is a multi-academy trust with a vision to inspire, to raise aspirations and to create brighter tomorrows. Across primary, secondary and special settings, we share a common mission to nurture curiosity, develop wellbeing and empower children and young people to go beyond their aspirations. Together, we believe we can make a difference in our diverse communities, and in the lives of those who learn with us and work with us.

We empower. We respect. We care.

Visits are welcomed and encouraged – please contact Theresa Skillen, tskillen@diverse-ac.org.ukto arrange, or for further information.

Our employee benefits

At Diverse Academies, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.

In return you will benefit from:           

  • Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 14%.
  • Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities covering technical, leadership and coaching skills via the trust’s Diverse Association for Professional Learning
  • Full support and induction         
  • A strong and caring ethos among staff and students           
  • Networking opportunities across Diverse Academies           
  • Salary sacrifice opportunities such as car, cycle and technology schemes
  • Staff discounts and offers on gym membership, holidays, days out, cinema tickets, restaurants and top online shopping sites including instant voucher codes
  • 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals
  • Health and Wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider, eyecare vouchers for a free eye test and contribution towards glasses for display screen equipment users

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

View advert on school website (opens in new tab)

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Horizons Academy

School type
Free School, ages 7 to 19
School size
Up to 160 pupils
Age range
7 to 19
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Arranging a visit to Horizons Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email tskillen@diverse-ac.org.uk.

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