Regional Estates Manager

Youth Engagement Schools Trust, Macclesfield, SK11 8JF

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  31 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hrs, Full Year Monday - Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £43,386 - £49,619

What skills and experience we're looking for

REGIONAL ESTATES MANAGER

Job Description

Holiday Entitlement – 32 days plus statutory bank holidays

School based, with central office visits and home working supported.

The schools this role will be overseeing are: The Raise Academy, Widnes; The Fermain Academy, Macclesfield; Cornerstone Academy, Crewe/Sandbach; The Axis Academy, Crewe.

37 hours per week – to be worked flexibly to meet the needs of the schools, over 5 days

Reports to: Headteachers and DoB

Role Overview

We are seeking a dedicated Regional Estates Manager to provide effective leadership, development and management of estates functions across schools within the Cheshire region of our Trust (4 SEN/AP schools currently).

The postholder will ensure that Trust sites are safe, compliant, well maintained and effectively supported through the delivery of high-quality operational services.

Working closely with the Director of Business, the Regional Estates Manager will support the implementation of the Trust’s estates strategy while maintaining a strong focus on operational delivery, compliance assurance and continuous service improvement. You will co-line manage school estates staff, and ensure resources are deployed to have the biggest impact.

There is scope for the role to grow with further Trust expansion, or re-organisation.

Operational Leadership

• Provide operational leadership across the Trust’s estates and facilities functions.
• Lead, manage and support site staff across schools in the Cheshire region, currently covering Widnes, Macclesfield and Crewe.
• Develop and maintain consistent operational standards across the estate.
• Ensure schools receive effective and responsive estates support.
• Promote a culture of professionalism, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Act as the primary escalation point for operational estates matters.

Compliance and Assurance

• Maintain oversight and carry out statutory estate’s compliance activities, completing activities where appropriate and managing suitably delegated tasks.
• Ensure compliance inspections, servicing and remedial actions are completed within required timescales.
• Monitor Trust-wide compliance performance through Every Compliance and associated systems.
• Ensure compliance records and evidence are maintained appropriately with support from school caretakers and estates assistants.
• Support the Director of Business in managing operational risk relating to estates and facilities.
• Undertake compliance audits and site reviews as required.
• Ensure schools are inspection-ready and compliant with statutory requirements.

Estates and Facilities Management

• Work with senior leaders to oversee asset management plans and capital improvement plans for schools in the region.
• Support effective implementation of the Trust’s Estates Vision and Plan.
• Oversee planned preventative maintenance programmes across the schools in the region.
• Monitor reactive maintenance performance and ensure timely resolution of issues.
• Manage contractor performance and service delivery.
• Support procurement and lead contract management activities relating to estates.
• Ensure value for money is achieved across estates-related expenditure.
• Coordinate operational responses to emergencies and significant estates incidents.

Project and Capital Support

• Lead the delivery of region-wide estates improvement projects.
• Support schools in the drafting and updating of their strategic capital plans ensuring Trust and school priorities are considered
• Support the planning and implementation of capital projects.
• Liaise with external consultants, contractors and professional advisers.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, effectively and within agreed timescales.

General Responsibilities

• Promote and uphold the Trust’s values, ethos and commitment to students, staff and communities.
• Comply with policies and procedures relating to safeguarding, health and safety, confidentiality, data protection and GDPR, reporting concerns to an appropriate person.
• Support equality of opportunity and ensure students and staff can access opportunities to learn and develop.
• Participate in training, professional development and other learning activities as required.
• Use personal strengths and areas of expertise to advise and support colleagues.
• Play an appropriate part in safeguarding procedures, including recording and reporting factual information and disclosures to the designated safeguarding lead or relevant professional.
• Travel to schools within The YES Trust as required, with an expectation that three to four days per week will normally be based in schools supporting estates management and caretaking staff.
• Attend and participate in meetings outside normal working hours where required.
• Undertake other duties commensurate with the grade and responsibilities of the post.

The postholder may be required to carry out any other duties that are commensurate with the post. Whilst every effort is made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified.

This job description is subject to review by the line manager in negotiation with the post holder at any time. However, an annual review of this job description and allocation of responsibilities will take place as part of agreed performance management arrangements.

Additional Information

This is a full-time, full-year role supporting schools across the Cheshire region and, where required, the wider YES Trust estate.

Working Pattern and Holidays

The postholder will be expected to work flexibly across the year to meet the operational needs of schools. Annual leave can usually be taken at any point in the year, provided this does not affect the effective running of the schools.

Working hours during school holiday periods may be flexible, subject to prior agreement and operational requirements.

For further information, please contact hr@theyestrust.org

What the school offers its staff

32 days annual leave (+ public holidays)

Employee Perkbox account

Local Government Pension Scheme

Flexible and mobile working available

Access to car salary sacrifice scheme

Additional long-term service benefits

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

The safe recruitment of staff in the Trust is the first step in the effective safeguarding and promotion of welfare for our children. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers in the Trust to share this commitment. It is recognised that this can only be achieved through sound procedures, good inter-agency co-operation and the recruitment and retention of competent, motivated employees who are suited to, and fulfilled in the roles they undertake.

A copy of the Trust’s Safer Recruitment Policy is available on request.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Youth Engagement Schools Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Youth Engagement Schools Trust website
• Email address: j.crouch@theyestrust.org
• Phone number: 01260 490042
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/youth-engagement-schools-trust

The Youth Engagement Schools (YES) Trust is a multi-academy trust based broadly in the North West of England. Together, we have developed a growing family of schools which makes a difference for children and young people. As we continue to set and raise the bar in all the work we undertake, we are keen to maintain our national recognition as one of the highest achieving alternative and SEN multi-academy trusts in the country.

We unashamedly use words like “kindness” and “compassion” in our values. Our ability to make that difference rests on our vision and our core values which include an absolute belief in the importance of collaboration and mutual support, and on our recognition of the trust as a family of schools in which colleagues are equally valued. We want to continue this further, and to become the employer of choice for teaching and support staff across the region.

We are:
• Child centred
• Adaptive and sensitive to need
• Authentic in our relationships

We strive for:
• Solution-focused mindsets
• A climate of reflection and feedback
• Intrinsic motivation *
• Continual improvement
• A culture of collaboration

Our minimum expectations of our staff are:
• Belief in our core values
• Professional conduct at all times
• Appropriate communication
• Ability to follow direction
• Kindness and compassion
• Flexibility and adaptability

Arranging a visit to Youth Engagement Schools Trust

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.crouch@theyestrust.org.

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