Facilities Manager
West Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 6HL6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
14 October 2024 at 8am
Date listed
27 September 2024
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
- £32,076.00 - £36,648.00 Annually (Actual) SO1 - SO2
Facilities Manager job summary
West SILC
Working in partnership to make a difference
West SILC caters for pupils between the ages of 2 and 19 with a range of learning difficulties and disabilities, on specialist sites and in mainstream partnership schools. We are recruiting a Facilities Manager to provide comprehensive operational facilities management across each of our six sites (and numerous buildings).
The Facilities Manager will be the first point of contact for premises and health & safety related queries and will form part of the wider Facilities team. The Facilities Manager will maintain relationships with suppliers, contractors and hirers of school facilities and manage a budget for buildings, maintenance and health & safety. The Facilities Manager will also be responsible for the school vehicles and cleaning contract staff.
Working closely with our Business Leader you will develop a vision for our sites that will ensure that pupils have access to enriching environments that meet their physical and sensory needs alongside their learning goals.
The qualities we are looking for include:
- Ability to manage the facilities team and service, ensuring work is allocated and completed within expected timescales
- Ability to manage contractors and projects
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing with all stakeholders of the school community
- Excellent IT skills
- Confident decision maker
- Practical, flexible and innovative approach to work
We can offer:
- A supportive and committed Facilities team
- Induction and CPD, appropriate to the role
- An interesting and varied role that will challenge and extend existing skillsets
- Generous annual leave package
The successful candidate will be expected to work across our range of sites, therefore a full driving license is required.
West SILC is wholly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are made subject to a DBS. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to onnline searches for safeguarding purposes.If you are interested in applying, please complete an application form, explaining how your skills and experiences would help you succeed in this role at West SILC. We welcome visits from interested candidates, please contact the school office on 0113 38602450 to arrange an appointment.
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 are not accepted.
About West Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre
- School type
- Special school, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 271 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
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