UST Estates Manager

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The University Schools Trust is seeking an ambitious UST Estates Manager to join our Central Team, responsible for maintaining safe, compliant and well-managed learning environments across our family of schools.

You will work with the Head of Estates & Health & Safety, support estates, facilities, compliance and health & safety services, and contribute to capital projects and continuous improvement across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Experience within estates, facilities management, property maintenance or a related field.
• Knowledge of building maintenance, contractor management and compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting projects and coordinating multiple workstreams.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise competing demands.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office and database systems.
• Experience working with budgets, purchase orders and financial monitoring.
• A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement.
• The ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders across multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of reactive and planned maintenance across Trust schools.
• Coordinate contractors and specialist service providers to ensure works are completed efficiently and to a high standard.
• Assist with the delivery of capital projects, helping to monitor progress, quality and compliance.
• Support procurement activities, purchase orders and financial monitoring processes.
• Monitor contractor performance, service agreements and key performance indicators.
• Work closely with school leaders and facilities teams to maintain safe, compliant and well-maintained environments.
• Support Health & Safety, statutory compliance and safeguarding requirements across the Trust.
• Undertake site inspections and audits, identifying areas for improvement and reporting findings.
• Help maintain and develop the Trust's CAFM system.
• Support Trust-wide service contracts including cleaning, catering, lettings and facilities services.

Skills

Estates management

Contractor management

Compliance

Project coordination

Health & safety

Budget awareness

Stakeholder communication

IT skills

Education

GCSEs including Maths and English

Tools

CAFM system

Microsoft Office

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Your Role

We are seeking an ambitious, proactive and highly organised UST Estates Manager to join our Central Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in maintaining safe, compliant and well‑managed learning environments across our family of schools.

Working closely with the Head of Estates & Health & Safety, you will support the delivery of estates, facilities, compliance and health & safety services across the Trust while contributing to capital projects and operational improvements.

About the Role

This diverse and rewarding role combines estates management, project support, compliance monitoring and contractor management across multiple school sites.

You will

• Support the delivery of reactive and planned maintenance across Trust schools.
• Coordinate contractors and specialist service providers to ensure works are completed efficiently and to a high standard.
• Assist with the delivery of capital projects, helping to monitor progress, quality and compliance.
• Support procurement activities, purchase orders and financial monitoring processes.
• Monitor contractor performance, service agreements and key performance indicators.
• Work closely with school leaders and facilities teams to maintain safe, compliant and well‑maintained environments.
• Support Health & Safety, statutory compliance and safeguarding requirements across the Trust.
• Undertake site inspections and audits, identifying areas for improvement and reporting findings.
• Help maintain and develop the Trust's Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) system.
• Support Trust‑wide service contracts including cleaning, catering, lettings and facilities services.

About You

We are looking for someone with:

• Experience within estates, facilities management, property maintenance or a related field.
• Knowledge of building maintenance, contractor management and compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting projects and coordinating multiple workstreams.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise competing demands.
• Excellent communication and relationship‑building skills.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office and database systems.
• Experience working with budgets, purchase orders and financial monitoring.
• A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement.
• The ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders across multiple sites.

Overtime is paid at a planned set rate in line with NJC/Green Book terms and conditions

Qualifications

At least 5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade 4-9) or equivalent. Please state all subjects and grades.essentialA*-C/4+ or equivalent

What the school offers its staff

About Us

In accordance with our Company Policies and KCSIE guidelines set out by the Department for Education, a background check will be carried out on your online digital presence. For this we use a third‑party professional screening partner, SP Index (www.sp-index.com), experienced in processing personal data for the purpose of such checks.

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application

Exact map view and location will be displayed on the live job boardUniversity Schools Trust Central ServicesUST [e-mail] HouseLimehouse CausewayLimehouseLondonE14 8AQUST [e-mail]02030342375visit our websiteSafeguarding Information

All posts involving direct contact with children and vulnerable adults are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.

In line with Safer Recruitment guidelines and legal obligations to ensure that safeguarding is a paramount consideration in recruitment processes, employers are required to carry out an enhanced DBS check for this role. To supplement this, we ask you to confirm whether or not you have ever been convicted of a criminal offence which is not 'protected'. If you answer 'yes', you will be asked to supply details of all relevant convictions at a later stage, should your application be progressed.

Information given in response to this question will not be used during the shortlisting process. The data will only be referred to if your application is progressed, informing the pre‑employment checking process.

The University Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS Check.

In accordance with our Company Policies and KCSIE guidelines set out by the Department for Education, a background check will be carried out on your online digital presence. For this we use a third‑party professional screening partner, SP Index (www.sp-index.com), experienced in processing personal data for the purpose of such checks.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.