Senior Estates Officer

Learning Without Limits Academy Trust, Leicester, LE2 6FU

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  30 October 2025

• Closing date

  30 November 2025 at 5pm

• Date listed

  30 October 2025

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: Grade 5, points 11-14 £28,598 - £31,022 pro rata

Senior Estates Officer job summary

Closing date: Sunday 30th November, 5pm.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if suitably qualified applicants are identified. Early applications are encouraged

This post is subject to a successful Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check and satisfactory references. Learning without Limits is an Academy Trust with high ambitions for its learners. We’re looking for two experienced and hands-on Senior Estates Officers to join our Trust Estates team, one based at Babington Academy and another at Woodstock Primary Academy.

You’ll bring proven experience in estates, facilities or site management, a strong understanding of health and safety, and a proactive, practical approach. You’ll also demonstrate leadership, reliability and excellent problem-solving skills.

As a key member of our Estates team, you will:

• Carry out and oversee maintenance and repairs across school buildings and grounds.
• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements including fire safety, asbestos, legionella, COSHH and emergency procedures.
• Manage site security, including opening/closing, alarms and callouts.
• Supervise cleaning teams and manage contractors on site.
• Support minor projects, refurbishments and improvement works.
• Respond promptly to issues and maintain high standards across all academies.

This is a practical, hands-on role where you’ll take a proactive approach to keeping our academies safe, secure and well-maintained. You’ll need strong emotional intelligence, curiosity and a problem-solving mindset to thrive.

Learning without Limits Academy Trust is known for its commitment to continuous improvement and professional development. As Senior Estates Officer, you will be part of a dynamic team that values high standards and encourages growth. This position not only allows you to contribute to the success of the organisation but also provides a platform for your own personal and professional development.

Why work for us?

Our strength comes from collaboration, with an emphasis on winning hearts and inspiring minds. We know that by positively celebrating and sharing the great work we are doing, through our vision and values, there are no limits to how high we can aim, and to what our students, staff and communities can achieve.

You will be given the opportunity to grow professionally and personally in this role and you will have access to meaningful professional development.

As a Trust we value inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, please let us know on your application and we’ll facilitate this wherever we can. We’re keen to ensure our Trust works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented demographics.

We can offer:

• Access to the highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme

• Favourable annual leave entitlement, above the statutory minimum, plus bank holidays.

• Access to extensive, free and confidential wellbeing services, including counselling sessions, physiotherapy, GP phone and video consultations, menopause support, manspace and mindfulness programmes.

• Staff Benefits Package - Access to a huge range of savings from retailers such as Currys, Halfords, Wilko, Asda, Tesco, M&S, Morrisons and many more!

• Cycle to Work – In partnership with Pluxee, this initiative allows you to make Tax and National Insurance savings on the cost of a new bike and safety accessories. Savings are achieved via salary sacrifice which is managed by the Trust and lets you spread the cost to make payments more convenient.

• Free Financial Support Service from Barclays - support with all aspects of your financial health and wellbeing, and you don't need to be a Barclays customer to use the service.

• Eye Test Vouchers – Free SpecSavers voucher for eligible staff

• Annual Flu Vaccine – Free flu vaccine voucher for eligible staff

• Free onsite parking

• Free tea and coffee

How to Apply:

For safer recruitment purposes we will only accept fully completed LwLAT application forms. CVs and resumes will not be considered. Strong applicants may be invited to interview sooner.

Interviews: To be held at the Trust Offices c/o Lancaster Academy, Knighton Road East, Leicester LE2 6FU, week commencing 8th December 2025.

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

LwLAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employment offers are subject to an Enhanced DBS with barred list check, and a prohibition from teaching check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance is available on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Learning Without Limits Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Learning Without Limits Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/learning-without-limits-academy-trust

Established in 2016, our Trust operates schools across Leicester and Leicestershire, working with children between the ages of 2 and 16. We are a Trust that prides itself in working within deprived and challenging areas, determined to improve the life chances of all of the children we work with.

Collaboration is at the heart of all of our activity, and whilst all of our schools work in diverse and often challenging contexts, our school communities pull together to support each other overcome the challenges they face.

We value our students, families and staff. We invest in our stakeholders and work with them to be the very best they can be. We listen to their views and respond to ensure that we continue our quest for constant improvement.

We invest in our staff. Our Continuous Professional Development programme draws on the very best we have to offer within our Trust whilst engaging with local partners in order to ensure our staff are highly trained and highly competent as a result. This investment ensures that we are at the cutting edge of current educational practice and at the forefront of innovation.

We challenge existing practice and constantly search for new ideas and solutions. We are on a constant search for improvement and we walk towards new challenges and ways doing things. We have a culture of innovation that supports the implementation of new ideas and staff get exited about stepping in to the unknown and trying things out for the first time.

We care deeply about making a difference and make every effort to remove barriers that get in the way of us supporting everyone we work with. We celebrate the successes and support each other through the challenges, working together as one family of schools for the benefit of the communities we serve.

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