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Senior Estates and Facilities Manager
Cygnus Academies Trust, Swanscombe, DA10 0BU12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
4 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 November 2024
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
- £43,810.00 Annually (Actual) Kent Range 11
Senior Estates and Facilities Manager job summary
Post Title: Senior Estates and Facilities Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 Hours Per week
Grade: Kent Range 11
Salary: £43,810
Start Date: January 2025
Advert Closing Date: 4th December (Please note that the advert may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found)
Interview Date: 11th December 2024
Realising Ambition For Children and Young People
About Us
Cygnus Academies Trust is a dynamic and forward-thinking multi-academy trust, committed to providing exceptional education to young people across the region. We are driven by our core values of Collaboration, Citizenship, Achievement, and Sustainability.
The Role
As our Senior Estates and Facilities Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our school estates are safe, secure, well-maintained, and conducive to learning. You will oversee a team of dedicated professionals, including the IT Manager and Deputy Estates Manager, to deliver a comprehensive range of facilities management services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement a long-term estate strategy aligned with the Trust's vision and values.
- Operational Excellence: Oversee day-to-day operations, including maintenance, repairs, and health and safety compliance.
- Financial Management: Manage budgets effectively, ensuring optimal resource allocation.
- Team Leadership: Inspire and motivate your team to deliver exceptional results.
- Project Management: Lead and deliver complex projects, such as refurbishments and new builds.
- Sustainability: Promote sustainable practices and initiatives across the Trust's estate.
What We Offer:
- Competitive Salary: A competitive salary package commensurate with your experience and qualifications.
- Professional Development: Opportunities for ongoing professional development and career progression.
- Supportive Culture: A supportive and collaborative working environment.
- Employee Benefits: A range of employee benefits, including pension schemes and flexible working arrangements.
To Apply:
If you are passionate about creating inspiring learning environments and have the skills and experience to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.
Closing Date: Wednesday 4th December 2024
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Successful candidates will be subject to enhanced DBS checks.
Safer Recruitment
Cygnus Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. In line with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CVs will not be accepted, and you are required to complete the application in full giving details of all employment, training and gaps in employment. Cygnus Academies Trust reserves the right to reject incomplete application forms and any consistencies or anomalies will be explored at, or prior to, interview. Any offer of employment is subject to pre-employment checks including a satisfactory ‘Enhanced with Barred List Check’ through the Disclosure and Barring Service. We will require two satisfactory references; one of which must be your line manager in your present or most recent employment. References will be requested prior to interview so please ensure that your referees are available to provide a reference.
Equal Opportunities
Cygnus Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion who welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. All people who work and study at our Trust have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
Additional Information:
- References will be requested for shortlisted applicants prior to interview.
- Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete and return a Self-Disclosure form prior to interview.
- Online Searches will be carried out on shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any concerns will be discussed with candidates at interview.
- Further vetting checks including an enhanced DBS, incorporating a check of the Children’s Barred List, will be undertaken on provisional offer.
- The Child Protection Policy can be found on the school website.
- The Employment of Ex-Offenders Policy can be found on the Trust website
This post is a customer-facing position and falls within the scope of the Code of Practice on English Language Requirement for Public Sector Workers. The school has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.
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 Cygnus Academies Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
We are a group of friendly, like-minded schools, working together in the best interest of all our children.
Driven by a desire to collaborate at every level, with an emphasis on staff development and opportunities for all.
Cygnus Academies Trust schools really are a fantastic place to work and learn. Our approach is to allow all schools to retain and celebrate their uniqueness.
While ensuring; great teaching and learning, strong leadership and management, effective local governance, curriculum expertise, visionary business and financial management.
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