Health, Safety and Estates Manager

Irwin & Colton Limited; England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading Academy Trust in Surrey is seeking an experienced Health, Safety and Estates Manager to oversee compliance and management across multiple schools. This part-time role involves ensuring safe learning environments, coordinating maintenance, and promoting health & safety standards. Ideal candidates should have experience in estates management, excellent communication skills, and ideally hold an Advanced DBS. Competitive day rate offered.

Qualifications

• Ideally holds an Advanced DBS.
• Experience in estates or facilities management within an education environment.
• Strong understanding of statutory compliance and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Oversees estates operations ensuring safety and compliance.
• Coordinates maintenance and contractor management.
• Monitors and reports estate-related risks and compliance status.

Skills

Understanding of Health & Safety legislation

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Solution-focused approach

Job description

Health, Safety and Estates Manager (Part Time - 3 Days per Week)

3-6 Months

Surrey

Day Rate Competitive, Outside IR35

An Academy Trust is seeking an experienced and proactive Health, Safety and Estates Manager to oversee the management, development and compliance of their estate, spanning several Schools across Surrey. This is a key operational role supporting safe, compliant and well-maintained learning environments for our pupils, staff and wider community.

Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Estates Manager will work closely with Headteachers, site teams and caretakers across each school, as well as the Trust's Compliance Officer, to ensure a consistent and strategic approach to health and safety and estates management.

Candidates should ideally currently hold an Advanced DBS.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day estates operations across all Trust sites, ensuring buildings and grounds are safe, secure, well maintained and fit for purpose.
• Lead and coordinate planned and reactive maintenance, minor works, contractor management and cyclical compliance activities.
• Review, update and embed Trust-wide Health & Safety policies, ensuring high standards of statutory and regulatory compliance across all sites.
• Work in partnership with the Trust's Compliance Officer to support the rollout and implementation of the new H&S system.
• Act as the key estates liaison for Headteachers and caretaking teams, offering guidance, support and consistency in operational estate matters.
• Contribute to and support the ongoing development of the Trust's estates strategy, including asset management planning, sustainability initiatives and long-term site improvements.
• Monitor and report on estate-related risks, compliance status, capital needs and site-level priorities to the Director of Finance.
• Promote best practice in health & safety, safeguarding, site security and environmental management across the Trust.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• Candidates should ideally currently hold an Advanced DBS.
• Experience in estates, facilities or site management, ideally within an education or multi-site environment.
• Strong understanding of Health & Safety legislation, statutory compliance and building-related regulatory requirements.
• Excellent organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple sites and stakeholders effectively.
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to work with senior leaders, Headteachers, caretakers and external contractors.
• A proactive, solution-focused approach and the ability to influence positive change across diverse school settings.
• A commitment to supporting safe, inspiring and well-maintained learning environments.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a values-driven organisation at a critical point of transformation, with the scope to genuinely influence standards, systems and service delivery across the entire estate.

For more information, contact Tom Hewat at or 01923 432637.