Cluster Facilities Manager – Sunderland

Cluster Facilities Manager – Sunderland
Salary £40,478
Permanent
37 hours per week – All year round

Are you experienced in managing and motivating multidisciplinary teams to ensure the safe and successful delivery of facility functions across multiple sites? Are you someone who is ambitious and brave and who is not afraid to challenge the status quo or accepted norms? Are you keen to develop ways of working that enable the trust to grow whilst maintaining quality work.

If you are looking for your next challenge in the delivery of an integrated facility and premises management service whilst expanding your experience in a growing academy trust, then look no further.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Facilities Manager. This is an exciting new role to the trust and will support our Sunderland cluster schools currently South Hylton Primary and Academy 360 (all through). Reporting directly to the Head of Estates you will support the creation of a new centralised service to ensure it is fit for the future as we grow the trust.

Your remit will be wide and challenging, our estate is varied and our standards are high. Creating environments in which staff can lead and inspire young people is the top priority and the quality of the work of you and your team will directly contribute to that.

Your operational background in facilities management will support you in this role, managing a variety of support staff including security, cleaning and contractors you will set standards and ensure compliance at every level. Working in partnership with key stakeholders within schools as well as across the trust you will anticipate needs and provide a professional and joined up service, turning your strategy into action.

As well as day to day operational activity you will work on key capital projects collaborating with partners to create safe and compliant estates.

The ideal candidate will be someone who is ambitious and brave and who is not afraid to challenge the status quo or accepted norms. You will be curious and keen to develop ways of working that enable the trust to grow whilst maintaining quality work. You will be fast and determined and have the ability to prioritise and delegate in a fast-changing environment.

Benefits

We offer excellent benefits including 31 days holiday (plus public holidays), access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, discounted and free gym access as well as salary sacrifice schemes such as NHS car lease scheme and cycle to work scheme.

We are shortly introducing a number of employee wellbeing initiatives including a healthcare cash plan to support with everyday healthcare costs, access to Perkbox (with a wide variety of discounts and freebies at a range of retailers), financial wellbeing tools and discounted travel schemes.

LST is a growing multi academy trust in the North East of England, serving children and families in the west of Newcastle, Sunderland and Sedgefield. We pride ourselves in being a progressive, inclusive trust that supports every child to develop their talents whatever they may be and to reach their academic potential. It is important that as a learning organisation we adapt and change to the needs of our pupils. We take care to value and develop all colleagues to make sure they can do their very best for children across the Trust’s schools.

With over 5,000 children, excellent resources and a drive for continuous improvement, LST is actively seeking staff who want to make a difference and be part of this exciting phase of our development.

Further details and an application pack can be downloaded from the Careers section on the Laidlaw Schools Trust website https://www.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk/72/vacancies-1. If you wish to have an informal discussion about this post, please contact: hradmin@laidlawschoolstrust.com

Closing Date: 12 noon on 10^th September 2023

Interviews will take place: TBC

Applications should be returned to: hradmin@laidlawschoolstrust.com

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding. All successful appointments will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and a range of other pre-employment recruitment checks.

An online search will be undertaken for shortlisted candidates as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and candidates will have the chance to discuss any issues of concern that may arise during this search at interview.

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