Start Date:
April 2025
Working Hours:
Normal working hours are 8am-5pm Monday - Friday. However, the postholder will be required to work flexibly to meet the demands of the role, including some evenings and weekends.
Summary of the Role:
We are seeking to appoint an experienced Estates Manager to be responsible for ensuring the effective leadership, coordination and running of the estates and operational support services across the School and the Sports Centre.
The postholder will oversee the estates, maintenance, grounds, caretaking, and administrative and transport teams, monitoring and evaluating practice and ensuring the development and delivery of a high-quality function in each area.
We need a flexible and quick-thinking individual with a pragmatic “can-do” approach. You will be highly motivated, with strong project and team management experience, alongside excellent communication and organisational skills. Experience of working in the Education sector would be advantageous.
Reporting directly to the Director of Finance and Operations and working closely with the other members of the Senior Management Team, the Estates Manager is responsible for supporting and managing the effective running of all estates and facilities’ services across the School.
This role will involve oversight of the maintenance, grounds and caretaking teams, monitoring and evaluating practice and ensuring the development and delivery of a high-quality function and service in each area. The role will embrace the design, construction, management and implementation of a school maintenance and improvement plan for the School’s Estates and Operations, including the structures and procedures to implement this plan.
The Estates Manager will also oversee capital projects, as well as the operational aspects of health and safety for the School.
Key Responsibilities:
* Line Management
* Operational Oversight
* Contract Management
* Site Security
* Premises and Plant Equipment
* Compliance and Health & Safety
* Transport
* Budget Management
* Capital Expenditure
* Events & External Lets
Person Specification
Essential
* Strong project management, planning and development experience Experience of financial planning and budget management
* Team leadership / people management
* Procurement, supplier contracts and purchasing methods Property Management / Health and Safety Regulations
* Leadership style effective across a range of areas
* Lateral thinker who is able to deal with fast paced problem solving
* Ability to inspire, influence and motivate others
* Comfortable in, and able to foster and promote, a collaborative team environment
* Open to seeking and taking advice when appropriate
* Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, including presentation skills Effective and firm decision-making
* Strong organisational skills including managing a varied long-term workload
* The ability to develop and manage relationships with a wide range of people, and all parts of the School Ability to look at issues from different perspectives
Desirable
* Relevant professional qualifications
* Degree or equivalent
* Multiple Area Estates Management
* Working in independent school or similar environment
* An affinity and understanding of the aims and ethos of the independent school culture
* Awareness of safer recruitment procedures
* Ability to look at issues from different perspectives
Further information available at https://www.stmargarets-school.org.uk/work-with-us