Buildings and Facilities Project Manager

Shaw Education Trust; Newcastle-under-Lyme; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic educational trust in the UK seeks a Project Manager to oversee building projects across multiple schools, including special and primary schools. This hybrid role involves budget management, team collaboration, and ensuring compliance in project delivery. Ideal candidates will thrive in a supportive environment dedicated to educational excellence. Join us if you're passionate about making a real difference in students' lives and enjoying a variety of responsibilities while being part of a transformative team.

Benefits

Local Government Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan

Free Eye Tests

Cycle to work scheme

Access to educational opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in managing budgets and timelines is essential.
• Strong communication skills to keep stakeholders updated.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage budgets, timelines, and contractors efficiently.
• Provide clear updates to schools and senior leaders.
• Deliver projects safely and compliantly.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Team collaboration

Communication

Job description

Overview

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Are you the kind of person who loves a plan, enjoys a challenge, and gets a real buzz from seeing a project go from idea to WOW? Join Shaw Education Trust as a Project Manager and help deliver exciting building projects across our schools, including Special Schools, Primary Schools and High Schools.

You will have your own mini "school family" around 6 schools, so you will get to know the people, the sites and what matters to them, you will be their go-to person for making improvements happen.

And yes, you will design exciting, energetic safe spaces that inspire learning and make pupils and staff proud.

What you will be doing

• Managing budgets, timelines, contractors and quality
• Keeping schools and senior leaders in the loop with clear updates
• Delivering safely and compliantly, with support from great systems and processes
• Turning plans into real projects and real results

You won\'t be doing it alone

You will join a great established team, with strong support, clear processes and the right systems to make compliance and delivery smooth. Think of it like this... you will be part project wizard, part problem-solver, and part school space transformer.

If you love variety, teamwork, and want a job where your work is visible every single day, this is the role for you.

Join Shaw Education Trust - Support, Teach, Lead... Make the Remarkable Happen

At Shaw Education Trust, we believe every role holds the power to transform a life. Whether you're supporting behind the scenes, inspiring in the classroom, or leading with vision, you'll be part of something extraordinary.

We are a dynamic and growing family of Primary, Secondary, and Special Schools, proudly serving communities from Birmingham to Bury. Our mission is to unlock opportunity for every young person-whether their background, ability, or starting point.

Our people are our greatest asset, and we are deeply committed to their growth. Through high-quality training, apprenticeships, talent acceleration, and research opportunities, we empower our staff to thrive as skilled, confident professionals and we champion wellbeing, value every voice, and create a culture where you feel supported, motivated, and inspired to make a real difference.

You will join a collaborative network of schools where shared expertise and professional community fuel success. Every academy in our Trust has an equal voice, and every colleague plays a vital part in shaping tailored learning experiences that raise aspirations and build brighter futures.

At the heart of our work is a deep respect for the children and young adults we serve - our precious cargo. We are proud to exactly like nothing else and bridge the gap between education and the wider world, preparing every student for further education, employment, or training in inclusive environments where integrity, equality, and opportunity thrive.

If you have the heart, passion, and drive to help shape lives and create futures filled with promise, we would love you to join our incredible team.

Benefits

• An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
• Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years\' service including Bank Holidays)
• Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
• Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
• Free Eye Tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.

We know our people are the key to our success and so we're committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.

Working hours: 37 hours a week, full time, all year

Location: This is a hybrid role, based at Head Office in Kidsgrove, with regular on-site working across schools within the Trust and occasional remote working.

Safeguarding Statement:

Shaw Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment, safeguarding and pupil protection policies are to review. We are committed to safer recruitment.

This position is subject to robust vetting procedures, including an online search for all shortlisted candidates, in line with our Trust's commitment to safer recruitment.

An enhanced criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), formerly known as the CRB, is required. You will be asked to disclose all relevant unspent and, where applicable, unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions, and convictions.

Shaw Education Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer. We are fully committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection processes promote equality, diversity, and inclusion at every stage.

In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CVs alone will not be accepted.

We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date as we review applications on an on-going basis and interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, therefore, we encourage early applications.

Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.