Head of Estates
Enlighten Learning Trust, Cobham, KT11 2AX5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2025
Closing date
29 April 2025 at 8am
Date listed
9 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £59,868.00 - £65,755.00 Annually (Actual) Pay award pending
Head of Estates job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our growing Multi-Academy Trust as Head of Estates. As a member of the Trust’s Leadership Team you will contribute to the leadership of the whole Trust, generating strategic and cultural direction.
Leading, developing and co-ordinating the Trust’s estates strategy, you will ensure alignment with the Trust’s educational vision for its pupils. You will also lead on facilities management and procurement across the Trust ensuring value for money is achieved. As Health and Safety lead for the Trust you will ensure compliance with relevant regulations in all settings.
We are looking for a principled leader who will display consistently high standards of professional conduct. Ideally you will have experience of working in education although this is not essential. Working closely with the school leadership teams across multiple sites, you will quickly establish strong relationships with all stakeholders.
A comprehensive induction programme is provided for all new staff. Benefits include 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 30 with 5 years service, LGPS pension scheme, an extensive wellbeing offer through our Employee Assistance provider and ample on-site parking.
For further information regarding this role please refer to the job description. We welcome early applications and will consider holding interviews and appointing before the closing date for strong candidates.
Closing Date: Tuesday 29 April 2025 @ 8.00 am. Interviews will be held within 2 weeks of the closing date
This role is fixed term to 31/8/2026 after which there may be the opportunity to extend for a further year. The role will be based at St Andrew’s CofE Primary School in Cobham with one day a week to be worked at The Priory School, Dorking. Regular travel to other ELT sites will be required.
Shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. It is an offence to apply for a role if applicants are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Please refer to the following link for further information regarding our Safeguarding policyEnlighten Learning Trust - Policies (enlightenlt.education).Any successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure check by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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 Enlighten Learning Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
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