Devon Premises Manager

The Academies For Character And Excellence, Totnes, TQ9 5TZ

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  31 December 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 30 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,314.00
• Pay scale: Torbay H 24

What skills and experience we're looking for

What We’re Looking For

We need a proactive and organised leader with a commitment to excellence and a passion for maintaining safe and inspiring learning environments. You’ll need:

• Experience in premises or facilities management.
• Strong practical skills and knowledge of regulatory compliance.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to build positive relationships with colleagues and contractors.

Your Mission

As the Devon Premises Manager, you will lead our Devon based premises teams to ensure that our Devon schools are maintained to the highest standard, remain fully compliant, and are safe, inspiring spaces for learning. In partnership with Trust’s Estates Lead, you’ll be responsible for managing and overseeing all aspects of our Devon estates’ maintenance and security, leading your team to deliver excellence every day.

This is a varied and hands-on role requiring practical skills, attention to detail, and strong leadership. From organising planned and reactive maintenance to ensuring health and safety compliance, you’ll be at the heart of building an environment where children and staff can thrive.

What You’ll Be Doing

Premises and Facilities Management

• Overseeing maintenance, repairs, and improvements across the Devon schools, ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Leading and supporting the premises teams using the ‘Every’ System for estates-related compliance.
• Managing building security through routine and non-routine inspections and patrols.

Health and Safety Leadership

• Driving a strong health and safety culture, conducting regular spot checks, and ensuring safe working practices.
• Keeping COSHH files compliant and up to date and ensuring protective equipment is used as needed.
• Attending relevant training and promoting health and safety standards across all sites.

Team Leadership and Collaboration

• Leading and directing the premises staff across Devon to deliver high-quality facilities management.
• Liaising with contractors to ensure smooth and efficient operations.
• Championing ACE’s values and fostering a positive and collaborative working environment.

What the school offers its staff

Join Our Vision for Excellence and become the Devon Premises Manager at The Academies for Character and Excellence!

Are you ready to take your career to the next level and make a meaningful impact on the lives of children across Devon? The Academies for Character and Excellence (ACE) is a thriving and dynamic multi-academy trust of seventeen Primary Schools spanning Devon and Somerset. We're growing fast and committed to creating exceptional schools built on our shared core values: Collaboration, Community, Integrity, Equity, and Uncompromising Excellence.

This is your chance to be part of an innovative and supportive team that puts its mission at the heart of everything it does. As our Devon Premises Manager, you’ll enjoy:

• Opportunities for growth and career progression
• A flexible and engaging role
• The satisfaction of making a real difference to children’s education
• A welcoming workplace where your contribution is valued
• Access to a company vehicle for your duties

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@acexcellence.co.uk

CVs are not accepted.

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.

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ACE Job Description - Devon Premises Manager.pdf - 880 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Academies For Character And Excellence

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: The Academies For Character And Excellence website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@acexcellence.co.uk
• Phone number: 07762 859361
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-academies-for-character-and-excellence (opens in new tab)

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