Facilities Manager
Co-op Academy Swinton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M27 6JUThis job expired on 10 October 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 October 2024 at 8am
Date listed
2 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
- Catering, cleaning and site management
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday - Friday, 36 hours per week Occasional weekends
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,076 - £36,648 (pay award pending)
What skills and experience we're looking for
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Co-op Academy Swinton team as a Facilities Manager.
As Facilities Manager, you will be responsible for maintaining the building’s condition and ensuring it remains a safe, secure and welcoming environment for all.
Key responsibilities include overseeing daily site operations, managing contractors and maintenance, and working with the Finance Manager to seek guidance and control of purchasing and servicing arrangements including quotations, tenders and orders, and overseeing key contracts such as cleaning, grounds maintenance and catering.
You will also be responsible for security of the premises, opening and closing, and ensuring all health and safety is compliant in accordance with legislation and planning for ongoing development of our academy’s facilities.
You will also work closely with the Principal, wider Senior Leadership Team and your own Facilities team to ensure the smooth running and safe operation of the academy day to day and in the long-term future. You will have a strong background in managing buildings, ideally within an educational or public sector environment, as well as managing a team.
Successful candidates will be proactive, well organised and passionate about creating the best possible environment for our staff and students.Experience of working in facilities management and facilities maintenance is essential. It is desirable for you to have the relevant Health & Safety qualification but this will be discussed at interview if you are selected.
Co-op Academies Trust aims to provide an outstanding education for all our learners, founded on co-operative values, at the heart of the community.It is responsible for 30+ academies in Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, the Wirral and Stoke-on-Trent, with the Co-op Group acting as the sponsor.
You’ll join a talented staff team and a successful partnership of schools which is committed to raising the educational ambitions of the communities it serves.
What the school offers its staff
Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are centred around a different, fairer and better way of doing things. These values are embedded in everything that we do within the Academy - they are our ‘Ways of being’;
Do what matters most|Be yourself, always|Show you care|Succeed together
As part of the Co-op Academy Trust, you will also benefit from excellent CPD as well as a Trust wide network of colleagues to share best practice with.
Other benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave + bank holidays (this increases with length of service)
- Local government pension scheme
- Discounts on various Co-op branded products
- Co-operative credit union
- Discounted gym membership and leisure activities
- Season ticket and rental deposit loans
- Colleague Assistance via Health Assured
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Flu vaccine
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.
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About Co-op Academy Swinton
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 994 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Co-op Academy Swinton website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hannah.murphy@coopacademies.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0161 794 6215
Arranging a visit to Co-op Academy Swinton
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hannah.murphy@coopacademies.co.uk.
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