Senior Estates Manager Service Delivery

CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST; London; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational trust in London seeks a Senior Estates Manager to oversee facilities and service delivery across its academies. The role involves managing compliance, service quality, and team performance to ensure a safe and conducive learning environment. The successful candidate will have a strong background in facilities management, exceptional leadership skills, and a commitment to improving educational outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing SLAs/KPIs and facilities
• Dynamic and motivational leadership style
• Capability to support team development and growth

Responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of cleaning, M&E, and maintenance services.
• Ensure safety and functionality of school buildings and grounds.
• Manage service providers and hold them accountable for delivery.

Skills

Service Delivery Management

Health & Safety Compliance

Team Management

Budget Management

Education

Relevant qualification in FM or Estates

Job description

Post: Senior Estates Manager: Service Delivery

Salary: Grade P07 SCP 46 - 50 £59,772 - £64,032

Working Pattern: Permanent role with full-time, part time or term time only working pattern option

Location: Guildhall London, with the requirement to travel to Trust academies within London

Start date: As soon as possible

About Us

City of London Academies Trust believes strongly in the transformational nature of education operating schools in areas of significant disadvantage. We understand that strong outcomes lead to improved life chances for our students, so we are unashamedly academic and unapologetically results driven. Each of our schools adopt a ‘warm/strict’ approach, combining high expectations with care and support. Our level of care means we never compromise on standards or expectations, ensuring that no student’s background becomes a reason for lowering the bar. Our schools maintain exemplary standards of behaviour, with systems, rituals and norms that instil strong habits. As a result, our schools provide an environment where our teachers can teach, and students can learn without disruption. We take great pride in fostering an exceptionally positive learning environment and we work meticulously to maintain our strong ethos and culture.

About you

Dynamic and motivational, you will be supporting the Director of Facilities & Estates drive strategy, reviewing, and setting standards in estates operational delivery and ensuring that outcomes are consistent and compliant.You will be responsible for the management of overall service delivery to city of London academies and holding service providers accountable. Duties will include maintenance of all school buildings and grounds, indirectly overseeing a team of site personnel and ensuring the facilities are safe, functional, and conducive to learning. You will need a relevant qualification in FM or Estates on Building Discipline or have a significant level of experience of monitoring and managing SLAs/KPIs.

About the Role

The purpose of this newly created role is operational service delivery within facilities and estate. The main responsibility is to oversee the delivery of various services and facilities, including cleaning, M&E, building fabric, and health & safety. By building strong relationships with senior leaders within the trust and academies, you will constantly strive to improve service quality and identify opportunities for cost efficiency, exercise sound commercial judgment and effectively track and manage all services within agreed budgets and SLAs/KPIs. You will be responsible for nurturing a skilled team, supporting their development and growth. Through effective collaboration you are expected to provide expert advice and aligning maintenance operations with strategic goals. You will play a key role in raising the standards for service delivery and achieving organisational excellence.

How to Apply

If you match our ambition and want to join our dedicated team of professionals, we would love to hear from you. Candidates must address the person specification in no more than1,000 words.Applications must be submitted via the TES portal.

Your application should include full contact details (address, telephone numbers and email addresses) and details of two referees.

For each referee, please provide their name, position, organisation, telephone numbers and email addresses. One of these referees must be your current or most recent employer. If you do not wish us to contact referees at this stage, please make this clear on your application.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Smith Umoren, Director of Estates & Facilities on the following email address:[e-mail]

Selection Timeline

Closing date for applications is9:00am Monday 23 June 2025.

We plan for selection activities and interviews are scheduled to take place week commencingweek beginning 30 June 2025.

At this stage we are not using agencies, please do not reach out thank you.

City of London Academies Trust supports Equal Opportunities Employment

City of London Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the standards which flows from City of London Academies Trust vision and values.

The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

City of London Academies Trust Company Registration No. 04504128.