- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- Up to 720 pupils
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- London Nautical, City of London Academy website
Senior Estates Manager: Service Delivery
More than one location, City Of London Academies Trust17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
23 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 35 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade P07 SCP 46 - 50 £59,772 - £64,032
What skills and experience we're looking for
- About Us
City of London Academies Trust believes strongly in the transformational nature of education operating schools in areas of significant disadvantage. We understand that strong outcomes lead to improved life chances for our students, so we are unashamedly academic and unapologetically results driven. Each of our schools adopt a ‘warm/strict’ approach, combining high expectations with care and support. Our level of care means we never compromise on standards or expectations, ensuring that no student’s background becomes a reason for lowering the bar. Our schools maintain exemplary standards of behaviour, with systems, rituals and norms that instil strong habits. As a result, our schools provide an environment where our teachers can teach, and students can learn without disruption. We take great pride in fostering an exceptionally positive learning environment and we work meticulously to maintain our strong ethos and culture.
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About you
Dynamic and motivational, you will be supporting the Director of Facilities & Estates drive strategy, reviewing, and setting standards in estates operational delivery and ensuring that outcomes are consistent and compliant. You will be responsible for the management of overall service delivery to city of London academies and holding service providers accountable. Duties will include maintenance of all school buildings and grounds, indirectly overseeing a team of site personnel and ensuring the facilities are safe, functional, and conducive to learning. You will need a relevant qualification in FM or Estates on Building Discipline or have a significant level of experience of monitoring and managing SLAs/KPIs.
About the Role
The purpose of this newly created role is operational service delivery within facilities and estate. The main responsibility is to oversee the delivery of various services and facilities, including cleaning, M&E, building fabric, and health & safety. By building strong relationships with senior leaders within the trust and academies, you will constantly strive to improve service quality and identify opportunities for cost efficiency, exercise sound commercial judgment and effectively track and manage all services within agreed budgets and SLAs/KPIs. You will be responsible for nurturing a skilled team, supporting their development and growth. Through effective collaboration you are expected to provide expert advice and aligning maintenance operations with strategic goals. You will play a key role in raising the standards for service delivery and achieving organisational excellence.
What the school offers its staff
- Teachers’ or Local Government Pension schemewith a generous contribution from the Trust
- Continuing Professional Development
- Occupational maternity and adoption payfollowing 26 weeks ofcontinuous service
- Sabbatical leave entitlementfor up to one year (unpaid) after five years’ continuous service
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Travelcard Loan scheme
- Corporate gym membership rates
- Annual training and development opportunitiesin addition to in-house school INSET and staff development
- Access to City of London housing allocation scheme.
Further details about the role
How to Apply
If you match our ambition and want to join our dedicated team of professionals, we would love to hear from you. Candidates must address the person specification in no more than 1,000 words. Applications must be submitted via the TES portal on the following link: https://www.tes.com/schools/employers/1082755/current-jobs?openCards[]=1ab8c111-d55c-4f2d-8541-f17c518fa5f5
Your application should include full contact details (address, telephone numbers and email addresses) and details of two referees.
For each referee, please provide their name, position, organisation, telephone numbers and email addresses. One of these referees must be your current or most recent employer. If you do not wish us to contact referees at this stage, please make this clear on your application.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Smith Umoren, Director of Estates & Facilities on the following email address: smith.umoren@cityoflondon.gov.uk .
Selection Timeline
Closing date for applications is 9:00am Monday 23 June 2025.
We plan for selection activities and interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing week beginning 30 June 2025
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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About City Of London Academies Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- jayshri.butler@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Established in 2016, City of London Academies Trust prides itself on its pursuit for educational excellence and believes strongly in the transformational nature of education, operating schools in areas of significant disadvantage. We understand that strong outcomes lead to improved life chances for our students, so we are unashamedly academic and unapologetically results driven. Each of our schools adopt a ‘warm/strict’ approach, combining high expectations with care and support. Our level of care means we never compromise on standards or expectations, ensuring that no student’s background becomes a reason for lowering the bar. Our schools maintain exemplary standards of behaviour, with systems, rituals and norms that instil strong habits. As a result, our schools provide an environment where our teachers can teach, and students can learn without disruption. We take great pride in fostering an exceptionally positive learning environment and we work meticulously to maintain our strong ethos and culture.
COLAT is driven by an unwavering ambition to be the best. We believe exceptional leaders and teachers create outstanding schools, transforming lives and shaping the future of every student. We combine the heritage and tradition of the Corporation of London with a genuinely innovative, enterprising, and entrepreneurial ethos. We are also committed to providing training and development to all our staff, plus excellent career advancement opportunities within our evolving Trust.
Our Trust comprises 10 schools across Hackney, Islington, Newham and Southwark supporting almost 10,000 students. Our primary provision (three schools) is rated Outstanding in all areas by Ofsted, providing children with the best possible start to their education. Our standalone 16-19 Free School, Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre (NCS), is also rated Outstanding in all areas and stands out nationally in the top 1% of schools for student outcomes, with 95% of its students securing places at Russell Group and Ivy League universities each year. For our secondary provision, one is graded Outstanding in all areas, with the rest at least Good, and four with Outstanding features. Considering that 55% of students across the Trust are eligible for Pupil Premium, these are huge successes and are testament to the vision, hard work and commitment of staff across our schools.
This is an exciting time to be part of the City of London Academies Trust, and we very much hope that you will be inspired to want to join us. We are committed to investing in the next generation of COLAT people who will embody the Trust’s culture, values and ethos.
We invite you to explore our website to find out more about the Trust, our academies and our people. Come and join our team to help continue to deliver exceptional outcomes.
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- Ofsted report
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- Ofsted report
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- Ofsted report
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- School website
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- Ofsted report
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- School website
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- Ofsted report
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- Ofsted report
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