Site Facilities Manager

NJC 12- 17- £26,421- £28,770 +AET Wellbeing Cash Plan + Car Scheme + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Additional AET Benefits

37 Hours, 52 Weeks a year

Full Time, Permanent

Start Date: As soon as possible

We are looking for a skilled and experienced School Facilities Manager to join our team! This role is critical to our organisation, as the primary responsibility is to maintain the school premises and ensure health and safety standards are upheld across all facilities.
As a key position, we require a proactive and organised individual who can effectively manage various aspects of school maintenance and health and safety procedures.

As part of the role you will be required to:

• Open and close premises and grounds to meet the routine and non-routine requirements of the building occupants.
• Be a principal key holder for the academy and attend emergency call outs as necessary.
• Be responsible for your academy's security, including the opening and closing of the academy on a daily basis, possibly including occasional evenings, weekends.
• Carry out in-house statutory testing as required and general maintenance tasks.
• Take pride in helping to maintain the highest standards of cleanliness, presentation and health and safety at all times.
• Share our whole school vision and make a difference to the children and community we serve.
  Communicate clearly.
• Ensure all entry points, including gates, doors, windows and other security measures are working
  effectively.

If you have the necessary skills and experience, we would love to hear from you!

Offa's Mead Primary Academy is located in Gloucestershire but we have excellent local links as we are situated about a mile outside of Chepstow and well as within commutable distance of both Bristol and Wales. Approximately a third of our pupils are from Service families as we serve nearby Beachley Barracks.

The role is due to commence as soon as possible.

Closing date: 2nd June 2024.

Interviews are scheduled to take place as soon as possible.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV's. Apply today.

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.