Head of Estates and Operations

Synergy Multi Academy Trust, Norwich, NR10 4JT

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  as soon as possible

• Closing date

  4 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £55,006.00 - £60,675.00 Annually (FTE)

Head of Estates and Operations job summary

Synergy Multi-Academy Trust are seeking to appoint an exceptional Head of Estates and Operations.

You will be responsible for ensuring that our various school sites and buildings are managed to the highest standard. This role is not for the faint hearted as you will take the lead responsibility for producing, managing and delivering the Estates Team elements of the Trust Strategic Plan, overseeing the annual maintenance programme and you will be expected to manage all building development projects on time and within budget.

It is key that you have an excellent understanding of managing day to day premises maintenance programmes and the health and safety issues of a large and complex mix of sites. In addition, you must support the daily conflicting demands upon the various individual school teams ensuring that they meet deadlines and deliver a quality service to the highest standards.

You will be responsible for large revenue and capital budgets, reporting on both spend and project progress to the CFO and the Trust Board. You will need to have experience in managing and developing teams, an eye for detail and the ability to manage conflicting priorities. Experience in grant funding would be very advantageous.

Additionally, you will be the lead for Health and Safety across the Trust.

Please do read on through the application pack, If you would like to discover more about this exciting opportunity, need any further information or wish to arrange an informal discussion with the CEO, please contact our retained consultant at Academicis: Rebecca Beach – rbeach@academicis.co.uk or 07733 628155.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Synergy Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
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