Estates Contracts Manager

Cabot Learning Federation, Bristol, BS15 4JT

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 December 2026

• Closing date

  22 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
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• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £23,799 - £25,548

Estates Contracts Manager job summary

Job Title: Estates Contracts Manager 

Actual Annual Salary: £23,799 - £25,548 (Based on hours and working weeks)  

Full-Time Equivalent Salary: £40,958 - £43,697 (CLF Grade F). Based on 37 hours per week, all year round.  

Contract Type: Permanent 

Hours: Part-time, 21.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday / All year-round  

Additional role info: 21.5 hours across 3 days (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday),  21.5 hours across 5 days. Flexibility to be discussed at interview.

Provisional Start Date: 1 December 2026 

We are looking for an experienced Estates Contracts Manager to join our Estates and Facilities team. You will play a key role in overseeing a diverse range of estates contracts, driving contractor performance, ensuring compliance, and delivering excellent value and service standards across our estate. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in supporting the delivery of a diverse and evolving portfolio of estates contracts across the Cabot Learning Federation (CLF). As part of our dedicated Estates Contracts Team and reporting to the Deputy Director of Estates & Facilities, you will oversee a wide range of supplier relationships, ensuring services are delivered efficiently, compliantly and to a consistently high standard across our growing family of schools and educational settings. 

This is a varied, fast-paced and genuinely rewarding role, ideal for an experienced contract management professional with strong administrative and organisational skills and the ability to build effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. You will bring proven experience in contract management, supplier performance monitoring and compliance oversight, ensuring high standards of service delivery across the organisation. 

 

About you: 

You will:  

• Hold a recognised contract management qualification or can demonstrate a sound knowledge and experience of contract management practices, procedures and documentation. 
• Evidence a successful track record of delivering contracts that achieve measurable service improvements and added value. 
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships and engage with a wide range of stakeholders. 
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of organisational structures, systems and processes. 
• Possess good literacy and numeracy skills, including GCSE English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above (or equivalent qualifications). 
• Have a sound understanding of GDPR requirements and best practice in relation to data protection compliance. 
• Have excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate issues, identify root causes and implement practical, effective solutions. 
• Be able to make informed decisions, exercising sound judgement to balance risk, safety and operational requirements. 

Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification, prior to submitting an application. 

This role involves travel, and the successful candidate will require their own transport with Business Insurance. 

 

About Cabot Learning Federation:  

The Cabot Learning Federation is a mature multi-academy trust in the South West of England which promotes the delivery of excellent educational experiences for our pupils, improving their life chances.    

  

The core purpose of the CLF is at the HEART of all we do.  

 

Our vision is simple: we believe that by working together rather than in isolation we can accelerate school improvement and embed excellence in our academies. In doing so, together we can create more opportunities for the lifelong success for our students. 

 

Why work at CLF? 

We are a diverse and inclusive community of 37 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we are all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We are proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others. 

 

We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters and so encourage applications from underrepresented and global majority groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.   

  

We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered. 

 

What we can offer you: 

• Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) 
• Generous annual leave 
• A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in-role/wider-trust development opportunities 
• Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme 
• Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs 
• A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay 
• Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking plus many more 

 

Recruitment timeline: 

• Closing Date: 22 September 2026 @11.59pm  

• Short-listing: 23 September 2026 

• Interviews: 6 October 2026 

 

As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.  

 

We are unable to offer sponsorship with this role.  

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out.    

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we are dedicated to equity and inclusion and commit to interviewing applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria. We aim to provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and support employees throughout their employment. If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process please let us know how we can assist. 

 

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

The Cabot Learning Federation are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful applicant will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK and a child disqualification check. The checks will also include an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Cabot Learning Federation

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Cabot Learning Federation website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cabot-learning-federation

Cabot Learning Federation (CLF) is a diverse West Country multi-academy trust which is home to 36 schools operating in five clusters in Bristol, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Somerset.

The CLF is unique due to its tight geographical concentration, the diversity of the communities it serves, and the variety of educational provisions it offers. We are one of the largest and most respected trusts in the South West and hold national as well as regional recognition due to the breadth and influence of strong practice in our trust.

Our collaborative culture, driven by a strong moral purpose, is key to our success. We believe strong collaboration can drive school improvement and embed excellence in our academies. Our team is united with the common goal of delivering outstanding educational experiences and promoting the life chances of the young people in our academies now and in the future.

Following a recent period of growth, we are proud to serve circa 18,000 pupils who all attend one of our 10 secondary academies, 17 primary academies, an all-through provision, a studio school, a discrete post-16 provision, three special schools and two alternative provisions spanning the age ranges.

The CLF is an equal opportunity employer and is proud to serve a diverse student population and their communities. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. To ensure our leadership team is fully representative of the people we serve, we are encouraging applications for this role from global majority communities.

We are proud to be part of a diverse region and celebrate the richness of cultures, faiths and backgrounds of our students. We aim to develop a curriculum that is responsive to our pupils’ needs and reflects their diverse interests and backgrounds.

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