Estates Supervisor

Abingdon and Witney College; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Abingdon and Witney College is seeking a proactive Estates Supervisor to lead our onsite estates and cleaning teams, ensuring a safe, compliant and welcoming environment for students, staff and visitors. This hands-on leadership role covers caretaking, maintenance, cleaning and contractor activities across the campus to keep facilities in top condition.

You will manage staff rotas, coordinate planned and reactive maintenance, monitor health and safety compliance (COSHH) and uphold high

Qualifications

• Experience supervising operational teams.
• Knowledge of building maintenance, cleaning operations or facilities management.
• Understanding of health and safety legislation, including COSHH requirements.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• The ability to prioritise workloads and respond effectively to changing business needs.
• A hands-on approach and willingness to support operational activities when required.
• Good IT, literacy and numeracy skills.
• A commitment to maintaining high standards of safety, security and customer service.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the estates, caretaking and cleaning teams to ensure a safe, secure and well‑presented campus.
• Oversee building maintenance, repairs, compliance activities and contractor management across the college estate.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness, health and safety, and statutory compliance.
• Manage staff rotas, resources, training and performance to ensure an efficient and responsive service.
• Support campus operations through effective security arrangements, emergency response and day‑to‑day estates management.

Skills

Team leadership

Facilities management

Health & safety COSHH

IT literacy

Communication skills

Prioritisation

Hands-on

Job description

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification / criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

Salary: £31,142 - £33,197 per annum

Hours per week: 37

Weeks per Annum: 52

Working pattern: Monday - Thursday 7.5 hours, Friday 7 hours

Location: Abingdon Campus

Contract type: Permanent

Start date: 4th Janurary 2027

We are seeking a proactive and highly organised Estates Supervisor to lead our onsite estates and cleaning teams in delivering a safe, secure, compliant, and welcoming environment for students, staff and visitors.

This is a hands‑on leadership role where you will oversee caretaking, maintenance, cleaning and contractor activities across our campus, ensuring our facilities are maintained to the highest standards and remain fully compliant with statutory requirements.

About the Role

As Estates Supervisor, you will lead a team of caretakers, estates maintenance operatives, cleaning supervisors and cleaners to ensure the campus remains clean, safe, secure and operational at all times. You will be responsible for coordinating planned and reactive maintenance, supervising contractors, monitoring compliance activities, and ensuring exceptional cleaning standards throughout the college.

Working closely with the Estates Manager, you will play a key role in maintaining the college estate, supporting service improvements and ensuring a positive experience for all campus users.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the estates, caretaking and cleaning teams to ensure a safe, secure and well‑presented campus.
• Oversee building maintenance, repairs, compliance activities and contractor management across the college estate.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness, health and safety, and statutory compliance.
• Manage staff rotas, resources, training and performance to ensure an efficient and responsive service.
• Support campus operations through effective security arrangements, emergency response and day‑to‑day estates management.

About You

You will be a confident team leader with experience in estates, facilities management, maintenance or cleaning operations. You'll be practical, solutions‑focused and committed to providing outstanding customer service.

• Experience supervising operational teams.
• Knowledge of building maintenance, cleaning operations or facilities management.
• Understanding of health and safety legislation, including COSHH requirements.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• The ability to prioritise workloads and respond effectively to changing business needs.
• A hands‑on approach and willingness to support operational activities when required.
• Good IT, literacy and numeracy skills.
• A commitment to maintaining high standards of safety, security and customer service.

Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before posted closing date.

AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.

Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre‑employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the 'News' and 'Images' tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young/vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College's reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.