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Regional Estates Manager

Coombe Academy Trust, New Malden, KT3 6NU

This job expired on 13 October 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  13 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
• Full time equivalent salary: £46,968 - £52,194

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you a proactive and experienced estates professional looking for a new challenge? Coombe Academy Trust is seeking a dedicated Regional Estates Manager to join our busy Estates Team at the heart of our multi-academy trust.

This is a key role where you will act as the "intelligent client" for our schools, providing crucial support and technical advice on all aspects of estate and facilities management. Reporting to the Director of Estates and H&S, you will be responsible for a wide range of duties, including:

Project Management: Overseeing projects up to £200k, from minor works and lifecycle replacements to major refurbishment and improvement projects. You will develop project briefs, manage budgets, and oversee consultants and contractors, ensuring projects are delivered effectively and in line with our financial policies.

Strategic Planning: Collaborating with senior leadership at each school to identify and manage estate improvements that align with the Trust’s overall strategy.

Compliance & Management: Ensuring all statutory and health and safety requirements are met across our estate. This includes championing best practice, managing service contracts, and supporting premises managers to ensure our buildings are safe and well-maintained.

Support & Collaboration: Working closely with the Director of Estates to deliver an exceptional service, deputising for premises managers when needed, and identifying opportunities to improve our services and achieve cost savings.

We are looking for a candidate with excellent communication skills, a meticulous eye for detail, and a commitment to our Trust's vision and values. In return, we offer a supportive and collaborative environment where you can truly make an impact on the lives of our pupils and staff.

If you are a proven estates professional with the drive to champion best practice and deliver high-quality projects, we encourage you to apply.

What the school offers its staff

We are a successful and collaborative trust with five schools (three primary, two secondary) and a central office, all conveniently located in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Our core values of Collaboration, Ambition, and Trust guide everything we do, as we work together to provide a world of opportunity for every child and staff member.

Flexible working opportunities

Please talk to us about flexible working

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.

For more information on this role and the application process please go to

https://www.eteach.com/job/regional-estates-manager-1506809

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.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

RegionalEstatesManagerRecruitmentBrochure12.09.25compressed.pdf - 1.5 MB (opens in new tab)

About Coombe Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Coombe Academy Trust website
• Email address: hrdirector@coombe.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/coombe-academy-trust

Coombe Academy Trust is a well-established, respected multi academy trust (MAT) which comprises three Nursery and Primary Schools, two Secondary Schools and a joint Sixth Form, with over 3450 children and young people. In addition, within our schools we have five Specialist Resource Provisions from nursery through to Key Stage Four for pupils with Autism, severe learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulties, hearing loss and speech and language and communication needs.

Coombe Trust has a balance of academies at different starting points in their journey of improvement, therefore creating effective capacity for sponsorship. We ensure that we have high performing academies in primary and secondary phases as part of our family and that all schools are on the journey to high performance. We work as one entity to improve and maintain a high standard across the Trust. As a Trust we are seeking to expand the areas that we support. We are well placed to support any phase of education from Nursery through to Sixth Form, including settings providing SEND support. Full details can be seen within our Growth Strategy.

Arranging a visit to Coombe Academy Trust

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hrdirector@coombe.org.uk.

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