Group Director of Estates

Eastern Education Group Trust, Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 3RL

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  16 November 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  9 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 1 FTE - 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year - Permanent
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £60,603 - £66,726 per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience)

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Eastern Education Group – Cross site role
• 1 FTE - 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year - Permanent
• Salary: £60,603 - £66,726 per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience)

Eastern Education Group is seeking an outstanding Group Director of Estates to provide strategic leadership for one of the region's most diverse and ambitious education estates. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and serving as a member of the Executive Team, you will lead the development and delivery of a long-term estates strategy that supports organisational growth, enhances learner experiences and ensures our campuses, facilities and infrastructure remain fit for the future.

This highly influential role encompasses strategic responsibility for the Group's extensive property portfolio, facilities services, capital investment programmes and estate development opportunities. You will provide expert advice to senior leaders and governors, overseeing estate planning, compliance, building safety, asset management and sustainability initiatives across multiple sites. Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, you will identify opportunities to maximise estate utilisation, secure investment and funding, and deliver high-quality environments that support education, training and community engagement.

The successful candidate will bring substantial senior leadership experience within estates, property or facilities management, ideally gained within a complex multi-site or highly regulated environment. You will have a proven track record of developing and delivering long-term estate strategies, leading major capital projects and infrastructure programmes, and managing significant budgets, contracts and stakeholder relationships. Equally important will be your ability to influence at executive level, translate strategic ambition into practical delivery and build high-performing teams that drive continuous improvement.

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future direction of Eastern Education Group's estate, ensuring it remains a catalyst for growth, innovation and educational excellence. If you are a forward-thinking estates leader with the vision, commercial acumen and strategic expertise to make a lasting impact, we would welcome your application.

What the school offers its staff

• Membership into Local Government Pension Scheme
• Family friendly policies and flexible working
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Free parking
• Company events
• Access to various memberships and discount schemes
• Learning and development opportunities, including staff development days
• Funded subject course development for your role
• Range of staff communities, including EDI and neurodiverse communities
• Career progression opportunities

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

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Eastern Education Group Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/suffolk-academies-trust

Arranging a visit to Eastern Education Group Trust

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk.

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