Head of Facilities and Estates

St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Free onsite gym

Generous annual leave

Job summary

St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust (STOC) is seeking to appoint a Head of Facilities and Estates to lead across all academy sites and provide a professional, reliable service to the Trust’s schools.

As STOC grows into a larger Catholic Academy Trust, the role will ensure the buildings are clean, safe, accessible and welcoming, while promoting teamwork and motivating staff to deliver an excellent learning environment for children.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in facilities management across multiple sites.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
• Proven ability to manage staff remotely.

Responsibilities

• Be a confident communicator (written and oral).
• Have significant experience of facilities management over a multi-site organisation.
• Experience in managing staff remotely with this skill set.
• Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Have well-developed ICT skills.
• Work well under pressure, with attention to detail and deadlines.
• Be flexible in approach to working patterns.

Skills

Facilities management

Multi-site leadership

Remote staff mgmt

Communication skills

Analytical skills

ICT skills

Tools

None

Job description

Key responsibilities

• be a confident communicator (written and oral),
• have significant experience of facilities management over a multi-site organisation,
• experience in managing staff remotely with this skill set.
• possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• have well-developed ICT skills,
• work well under pressure, working accurately with attention to detail, and meeting deadlines,
• be flexible in approach to working patterns.

What the school offers its staff

• A working environment where all feel valued and respected.
• Highly effective safeguarding procedures.
• Supportive colleagues with a clear vision and high aspirations for the trust.
• A highly dedicated and inspirational team.
• A commitment to relevant, personalised Continuous Professional Development.
• A happy, calm and welcoming working environment.

St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust (STOC) is seeking to appoint a Head of Facilities and Estates to work across all the academy sites in our Trust and play a key role in delivering a professional service to the existing schools in the Trust whilst ensuring the schools that are scheduled to join as part of the growth strategy receive the same professional level of service.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Trust as it continues its transition from a single site autonomy developing to a professional management approach to all estates matters as the Trust grows over a period of time into a Catholic Academy Trust which, at scale, will be one of the largest Trusts in England. The Head of Facilities and Estates will work closely with the leadership teams to ensure that all our schools and facilities of the academies provide an efficient and high-quality environment in which the Trust can achieve its objectives. They will ensure that the buildings and site are clean, safe, secure, accessible, and welcoming, while promoting teamwork and motivating staff to ensure effective working relationships are in place. Our priority is to ensure children have the best learning environment possible for them to feel inspired and motivated to receive an excellent education.

Benefits

• Generous Local Government Pension scheme employer contribution.
• Recognition of continuous Local Government service (where applicable).
• Free onsite parking.
• Free onsite gym.
• Generous annual leave allowance.