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Facilities Manager

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This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced facilities professional to join our expanding Central Services team. You will lead our existing Site Teams to ensure services are delivered professionally, safely and to the highest quality across the Trust, whilst adhering to our policies and procedures and ensuring compliance.

 

Based at Houlton School, but with a requirement to travel to the other academies in the Trust, you will be the first post holder of Facilities Manager - a role that we now require because of the Trusts growth and ambitions for the Trust estate.

 

Job purpose: To support in the management of the estates function of Transforming Lives Educational Trust. Focusing on management of site and cleaning teams across all Trust sites and to ensure our academies are safe and compliant.  

 

Main role and responsibilities:  

Health and Safety:

  • Assist in ensuring health and safety standards are maintained at all sites and by all staff
  • Carry out risk assessments, DSE assessments and COSHH procedures
  • Organise, and where applicable attend relevant training
  • Assist with emergency procedures, such as fire evacuation, lock down and first aid emergencies
  • Attend and contribute to site health and safety meetings
  • Ensure correct processes are followed for inducting contractors to site
  • Ensure weekly testing procedures are carried out by site teams, in line with compliance and ensure any faults are actioned
  • Keep up to date with changes to legislation

Estate Management:

  • Maintain equipment servicing and maintenance schedules to ensure compliance, keeping good records of servicing and maintenance visits
  • To support in the management of all aspects of any building projects and maintenance work undertaken on the school premises, including acting as a point of contact for building contractors
  • Produce reports as required
  • Oversee the management of lettings across the estate
  • Support and suggest initiatives to improve sustainability across the Trust estate
  • To be responsible for the ordering and checking of invoices
  • Spend time at each academy, getting to know sites, equipment and key personnel
  • Forward plan for future works, particularly school holiday periods
  • Respond to reactive maintenance issues from each site as issues arise by organising works or repairs
  • To determine whether maintenance should be undertaken in-house or by commissioned contract services and to assist in the selection of contract services where appropriate
  • To draw up maintenance schedules and set routine programmes of work for site staff and cleaning staff to ensure consistently high standards of hygiene, cleanliness, upkeep and safety of all sites

People management:

  • Enthuse a dynamic and reactive Site Service Team
  • To be responsible for the line management of all site staff, to include participating in their recruitment and selection, identifying their training needs and drawing up their programme of work
  • Carry out performance reviews with staff,  and address both positive and poor performance in line with Trust HR policies and procedures
  • Ensure all members of site teams are working to the highest standards of performance through regular meetings and checks, as well as supporting line managers to manage teams effectively
  • To oversee the management of cleaning teams including contract cleaners
  • Ensure adequate cover is arranged in the time of staff absences and shortages within the cleaning and site teams

 Any other site support duties that are in line with the job purpose and grade.

To apply please download and read recruitment pack and application form for this vacancy. We look forward to reading your application.

The post holder will have a shared responsibility for the safeguarding of all children and young people. The post holder has an implicit duty to promote the welfare of all staff, children and young people and to be committed to promoting diversity and inclusion.

 

Company

Transforming Lives Educational Trust (TLET) is an approved Academy sponsor and has begun the process of working to implement partnerships with schools to develop excellent teaching and learning.

At the heart of our moral purpose is the belief (the responsibility) that we can transform lives through learning. We can forge opportunities, raise standards for all and shape lives in our community. We believe that leadership and learning are inseparable. By creating a learning culture, leaders can build identity and drive belonging and purpose for individuals and communities.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01788 593900
Location
Houlton School
Signal Drive, Houlton Way
Clifton upon Dunsmore
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV23 1ED
GB

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