Head of Facilities & Estates

St Teresa Of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust; Bury St Edmunds; Vor Ort; GBP 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust is appointing a Head of Facilities and Estates to manage estates across all academy sites and lead a professional service as the Trust grows. The role ensures buildings are clean, safe, accessible, and welcoming, while promoting teamwork and delivering high-quality environments for pupils and staff.

The successful candidate will communicate effectively with leadership, staff, and external partners, possess strong analytical skills, and adapt to

Qualifikationen

• Confident communicator (written and oral).
• Significant experience of facilities management over a multi-site organisation.
• Experience in managing staff remotely with this skill set.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Well-developed ICT skills.
• Able to work well under pressure, accurately and to deadlines.
• Flexible in approach to working patterns.

Aufgaben

• Oversee facilities and estates across all academy sites within the Trust.
• Deliver a professional facilities service to current and future schools as the Trust grows.
• Ensure buildings are clean, safe, secure, accessible and welcoming.
• Promote teamwork and motivate staff to maintain effective working relationships.
• Collaborate with leadership teams to support the Trust's objectives and learning environment.

Kenntnisse

Confident communicator

Facilities management

Remote staff management

Analytical problem solving

ICT skills

Attention to detail under pressure

Flexible working patterns

Jobbeschreibung

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.

We are seeking an individual who will:

• 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.