Estates Manager

The Howard Academy Trust, Chatham, ME4 4FQ

31 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Immediately

• Closing date

  23 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £44,253.00 - £51,928.00 Annually (FTE) NJC PO2 32-39

Estates Manager job summary

The Howard Academy Trust are seeking an experienced and motivated estates professional to join our growing Trust during an exciting period of development. Reporting to the Head of Estates, you will play a key role in ensuring our schools provide safe, compliant, well-maintained, and inspiring environments where pupils and staff can thrive.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive leader with strong estates, facilities, or property management experience. You will lead and support Site Teams across a hub of schools, oversee maintenance and capital projects, manage contractors and compliance programmes, and work closely with school leaders to continuously improve our estate.

The successful candidate will be an effective people manager, a confident user of digital systems and data, and someone who can balance strategic planning with operational delivery. In return, you will have the opportunity to help shape the future of a growing Trust and make a lasting difference to the learning environments of thousands of young people.

This is a full time, permanent role, all year round, paid on the NJC pay scale PO2 point 32-39 (FTE £44,253 - £51,928). The working pattern will consist of 37 hours per week, Monday-Friday.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly capable manager to apply transferable skills in a purposeful sector, delivering high‑quality, cost‑effective solutions and making a tangible, positive impact across the Trust’s schools.

Why Join Us:

As well as working for a Trust that improves people’s lives every day, you will enjoy:

• Competitive Salary package
• LGPS pension (with employer contributions of 22.5%)
• Heavily subsidised private healthcare
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to CPD and a commitment to your learning and growth
• Discounted gym membership
• Free flu jabs
• A welcoming work environment and teamwork
• Hybrid working

If you would like to arrange a call, have any questions or require further information, please contact the Head of Estates, Charlie Graham, via email - estates@thatrust.org.uk

We reserve the right to alter our interview dates and close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

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

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 The Howard Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-howard-academy-trust

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