Assistant Facility Manager

Great Park Academy; Wideopen; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Wideopen is seeking an Assistant Facilities Manager. The successful candidate will assist in maintaining a safe, clean environment within the school, overseeing cleaning duties, and managing staff and contractors. Key responsibilities include opening and securing the school, conducting facility inspections, and managing heating and ventilation systems to ensure compliance with safety standards. This position offers a competitive salary and generous benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous annual leave

Excellent pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Free on-site parking

Staff well-being activities

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in managing building systems and ensuring health and safety.
• Ability to establish good working relationships and communicate effectively.
• Flexibility to manage competing demands and adapt to changes.

Responsibilities

• Assist Facility Manager in maintaining a clean and safe school.
• Open and secure the school, supervising activities and cleaning duties.
• Perform facility inspections and manage remedial actions.

Skills

Operating building heating, ventilation and plumbing systems

Health, safety, and security practices

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Cleaning practices

Supervising staff and contractors

Job description

The Assistant Facilities Manager will be required to work a shift pattern, currently operating between the hours of 6.30am to 9.30pm weekdays, for which additional allowances will be paid, where applicable. The successful candidate will assist the Facility Manager in ensuring that the school is clean, safe and conforms to all statutory requirements. Day to day, the Assistant Facilities Manager will be required to open and secure the school, undertake some cleaning duties, supervising activities before school starts and those activities at the end of the day on a rotational basis, including providing porterage duties to meet the requirements of the timetable. There will be a need to undertake facility inspections and to undertake remedial actions and arrangements arising from these inspections, including operating plant and machinery to maintain adequate conditions within the school and identifying and making recommendations for improvement where required.

The successful candidate will have experience operating building heating, ventilation and plumbing systems, along with a working knowledge of health, safety and security practices. Supervising staff and contractors while on site is a necessary part of the Assistant Facilities Manager’s role therefore it is essential that you are able to quickly establish good working relationships, mutual respect and are able to communicate clear instructions and expectations to all stakeholders, resolving issues in a calm and methodical way, where necessary. Given the breadth of the role, the post holder will be required have a flexible approach and manage their time effectively to meet the competing demands of the role and have the ability to quickly adapt to new demands and changes. It is essential that the successful candidate has working experience of using Microsoft Office i.e. Outlook, Word and Excel, and it is desirable that you have experience of working with digital and manual reporting systems. Knowledge of cleaning practices, building security and the ability to undertake small remedial tasks, although desirable, would be an advantage in the role.

The safety of our pupils is paramount, therefore it is essential that the successful post holder is committed to child protection and safeguarding.

This school has Academy status and is part of The Gosforth Group; the employer will be the Multi Academy Trust.

• A competitive salary
• Generous annual leave
• Benefits including; excellent pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, free on-site parking
• An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals
• Enthusiastic and motivated students
• An exciting and extensive commitment to professional development
• A school with its community at heart
• An exciting programme of staff well-being activities
• Wider career development opportunities to be involved across the Gosforth Group