Facilities Business Partner
Orchard Hill College Academy Trust, Sutton, SM1 1DA16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
to be confirmed
Closing date
7 August 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 July 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 36hrs per week, 8.45am – 4.30pm (M-Th) and 8.45am – 4.15pm (Fr).
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- OHC&AT Business Support Scale (Outer London), Grade PO3/4 (Spine Points 38-44), £45,746 - £52,187 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a Facilities Business Partner to oversee a hub of school and college sites within OHC&AT. Reporting to the Head of Facilities, you will build strong relationships with leadership teams, ensure sites operate efficiently and compliantly, and support Trust-wide contracts using agreed KPIs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee facilities operations across a hub of school and college sites, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant environments that support teaching and learning.
- Ensure compliance with all statutory and Trust requirements, including health & safety, fire, asbestos, and CDM regulations, through audits, inspections, and contractor oversight.
- Manage Trust-wide facilities contracts and deliver planned maintenance and small-to-medium estates projects, ensuring value for money and adherence to procurement processes.
- Lead, support, and develop facilities staff, working collaboratively with academy leadership teams and central services to drive high standards and continuous improvement.
- Contribute to budget planning, procurement, and asset management while building effective relationships with stakeholders to ensure high-quality service delivery across the Trust.
Key Requirements:
- Recognised training/qualifications associated with facilities management
- Driving licence (all new appointments will be required to have a clean, valid driving licence).
- Valid MIDAS training to coaching level (training available)
- To hold or be willing to work towards the Institute of Work Place Management qualification in facilities management
- To hold or be willing to work towards NEBOSH or IOSH qualification.
What the school offers its staff
OHC&AT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
- Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
- Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
- Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Employee Car Lease Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
- Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme, and free Virtual GP Appointments.
- Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
- Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Further information about the job
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.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Orchard Hill College Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- MollyKing@ohcat.org
Orchard Hill College (the College) and Orchard Hill College Academy Trust (the Trust) together form Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust (OHC&AT), a family of specialist education providers for pupils and students from nursery to further education across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. As an Outstanding provider (Ofsted 2019) and Academy sponsor, Orchard Hill College has a strong track record for making a positive impact within the local communities it serves.
Pupils and students within the OHC&AT family have a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs including autistic spectrum disorder; speech, language and communication difficulties; social, emotional and mental health; profound and multiple disabilities; and physical disabilities including multi-sensory impairment and complex health needs.
Our ambition is to contribute further to improving the education offer for all pupils and students in our communities, including those with SEND. The College offers specialist educational programmes for students aged 16 and over in College centres and satellite provision in London and the South. The Academy Trust enables us to build on and extend scope of our work in these geographical areas, so that Academy pupils can also benefit from our expertise and access a greater range of opportunities arising from our strong community and stakeholder networks.
Supporting our College and Academies, OHC&AT also operates a range of services and support including Quality and Standards, Learning Support and Business Support.
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