Premises Manager
Harris Girls Academy Bromley, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1QR5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September
Closing date
15 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 July 2026
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
- £40,182 - £42,771
Pay scale
- Grade 8 (Outer London)
Additional allowances
Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you looking to support your local academy? We are looking for a Premises Manager to manage the Premises Team responsible for the upkeep, care, maintenance, health and safety and facilities management of Harris Girls' Academy Bromley and the Harris Teaching School with the direction and leadership of the Estates Manager and the Head of Academy.
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- Relevant degree or equivalent qualifications/experience
- Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and requirements
- Training in relevant Health and Safety requirements
- Sound training in one or more of plumbing, general and ground maintenance, electrical/building maintenance, heating systems (or sound experience of same)
- Knowledge of the operation of heating, ventilating systems and common causes of malfunctions.
- Knowledge of maintenance and security systems and procedures
- Knowledge of procurement procedures for service level agreements
- Knowledge of supervisory skills
- Understanding of appropriate cleaning methods and standards
- Demonstrable experience of working in an inner city school or educational establishment with children and young people
- Considerable general maintenance experience
- Considerable experience in dealing with external contractors
- Successful experience of managing a team of premises staff
- Experience in obtaining best value for money when managing budgets
- Experience in managing premises budgets
- Experience of managing large building projects
- Experience of successfully managing a variety of events
- Experience in managing service level agreements ensuring good value for money
- The ability for some heavy lifting, with physical fitness appropriate to tasks required
- The ability to deal with emergencies occurring outside normal working hours
What the school offers its staff
Harris Girls' Academy Bromley is a thriving, diverse and academically successful school for girls in New Beckenham. Our GCSE results are amongst the best in the country with progress being amongst the most successful schools nationally. We passionately believe in educating young women for the future and with specialisms in Science and Enterprise we are working hard to create opportunities for girls to be successful in English and maths as well as more traditional subjects like Classics and Latin.
Along with other single sex schools in Beckenham, we welcome boys and girls to join us in the Sixth Form and we are very proud of the contribution that they both make to the school. We are also founding members of the highly successful Harris Federation Sixth Form.
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership. We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education. In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.
Flexible working opportunities
Harris Federation is committed to fostering a positive and supportive working environment for our staff, recognising that achieving a balance between professional and personal responsibilities is essential. We understand that each individual’s circumstances are unique, which is why we offer flexible working options that can be adapted to meet the needs of both the academy and our employees.
Our approach to flexibility includes a range of solutions, from tailored working hours to part-time arrangements, where appropriate, ensuring that we maintain our high standards of education while supporting the wellbeing of our staff. Whether you are a classroom teacher, support staffor part of our senior leadership team, we work together to find solutions that align with both the operational needs of the academy and your professional development.
Harris Federation and our academies are dedicated to creating an inclusive and collaborative environment, where every member of staff can thrive and feel valued in their role.
Further information about the job
Your responsibilities will include:
- All people management aspects of the premises team, including recruitment, performance management and training, and scheduling, prioritising and supervising their work
- Supervising all work completed by outside agencies on the premises and grounds
- Building and refurbishing areas of the academy as required, and maintaining, decorating and repairing the premises within the team's capabilities, including contributing personally to these activities
- Ensuring academy vehicles are maintained, serviced and cleaned
- Providing technical and craft support to teaching staff within the capability of the team
- Inspecting internal and external fabric of the buildings, initiating reparation of defects and prioritising necessary repairs
- Liaising with relevant staff on all matters of security during the academy day and out of hours
- Overseeing deliveries to the site as appropriate
- Overseeing the production and delivery of a planned programme of maintenance and repair of buildings
- Ensuring that all facilities for teaching and learning are as high quality as possible
- Managing community use and bookings of the premises, ensuring that a caretaking and facilities management service is provided to customers
- Ensuring that sites and building comply with highest levels of security with regard to safeguarding at all times
- Ensuring site and buildings related health and safety systems and processes are of high quality and reporting on these to relevant staff
- Inspecting the condition and quality of premises, taking action to address any issues
- Managing the security and opening/closing of the building, including security systems
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Harris Girls Academy Bromley
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1117 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- careers@harrisfederation.org.uk
- Phone number
- 020 8778 5917
Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley is the number one school in Bromley for progress and one of the most successful schools in the country, with progress being amongst the top 1% of schools this year at +1.09 (Progress 8 2017). We are very proud of our academic and cultural achievements and are ambitious about the future.
At Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley, we aim to ensure that every student is inspired and supported to achieve her personal best in a creative and enterprising culture where learning comes first. Through the development of our learning ethos of CORE, we encourage the girls to become Committed, Optimistic, Resilient and Enterprising.
We believe that every girl can and should achieve their full potential and our commitment is one of ensuring our students develop a love of learning, a passion for enquiry and enterprise and a dedication to being the best that they can be.
Harris Girls’ Academy Bromley is an outstanding school, offering students and staff state-of-the-art facilities in new and recently refurbished buildings. Our examination results place us amongst the very best in the country and we believe that with high quality teaching and support our girls will become responsible and successful in their chosen paths. We believe that teaching is a craft and continually strive to become even better at it; our high quality CPD supports ambitious and hardworking colleagues to make a real difference to the lives of our students. If you are passionate about your subject, committed to your own learning and keen to make a difference; this could be the academy for you.
Come and see us in action: visits to Harris Girls' Academy Bromley are strongly encouraged and very welcome. Please call 020 8778 5917 or email info@harrisbromley.org.uk to arrange a time to come in or an informal conversation with the Principal.
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