Trust Area Estates Manager (North)

Learning Without Limits Academy Trust, Leicester, LE2 6FU

21 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  19 September 2025

• Closing date

  10 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 September 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 7-8, £35,413 - £41,772.00 per annum

Trust Area Estates Manager (North) job summary

Learning without Limits is an Academy Trust with high ambitions for its learners and we are excited to be appointing to the position of Area Estates Manager to help us on our journey and to strengthen our Estates offer to our Academies in the North of Leicester (Babington Academy, Heatherbrook Primary Academy and Woodstock Primary Academy). As part of this, you will be required to drive between all 3 sites on a day-to-day basis.

To be successful in this post you will bring with you a proven track record in Estates and have a high level of emotional intelligence and professional curiosity.

You will be based at Babington Academy and will be required to travel to other Academies in the North, working onsite. As a leading member of our Estates team, you will be working alongside a variety of people in a fast paced but supportive environment and will demonstrate a willingness to go over and above in support of your team.

Becoming an Area Estates Manager at the Learning without Limits Academy Trust is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the educational experiences of our learners.  You will play a crucial role in ensuring that the learning environment is safe, efficient, and conducive to growth. Your leadership will directly influence the quality of education and the overall well-being of both learners and staff.

Learning without Limits Academy Trust is known for its commitment to continuous improvement and professional development. As Area Estates Manager, you would be part of a dynamic team that values growth and encourages the pursuit of excellence. 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?

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 offer:

• Access to the highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme

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

• Staff wellbeing services available through the School Advisory Service including confidential counselling, physiotherapy sessions, GP helpline, mindfulness courses and webinars, menopause support and access to eGym 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 – This initiative also allows you to make huge Tax and National Insurance savings on the cost of a new bike and safety accessories. These 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 eye test voucher for eligible staff

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

• Free onsite parking

For safer recruitment purposes we will only accept fully completed application forms through eTeach. CVs and resumes will not be considered.

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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