About the job

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Job Title: School Facilities Manager

Location: Chelmsford, Essex

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000

Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Start date: Immediate

MLK Search is supporting a unique, high-achieving, 'Outstanding' group of Independent therapeutic Schools to recruit a facilities manager to work across their new trauma-centred cluster of therapeutic schools in Chelmsford, Essex.

Reporting to the Head of Estates & Compliance, you will:

• provide day-to-day site management of the school sites in the cluster; overseeing maintenance and cleanliness to ensure sites remain safe, hygienic, and well presented
• ensure arrangements for security and site safety reflect that the safety of pupils and staff is always the prime objective.
• be the first point of contact for the school sites within the cluster, including in emergencies, outside of operational hours and at weekends.
• respond in priority order to work tasks logged online, to quickly repair and/or replace and/or make safe, broken/damaged infrastructure, organising for use of the company’s best-value contractors where necessary, ensure sites are secure, and alarm, CCTV, and door systems are operational and effective
• monitor and log all the required compliance checks across schools, including those relating to water, fire safety and maintenance of infrastructure, etc.
• maintain compliance with all relevant health and safety regulations and independent school standards.
• supervise any contractors, suppliers, or visitors while moving around or carrying out any works to the premises.

NB. For this role, you are required to have a driver's license. A company van will be provided and there may be occasional travel to other sites in London and Maidstone.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be experienced in facilities management; preferably across more than one site.
• Have previously worked with schools, particularly independent schools (highly desirable)
• Hold the relevant qualifications (desirable)
• Have a secure understanding of health & safety regulations and reporting
• Be understanding of the needs of pupils and staff in a specialist school

If you feel you have the required skills and experience to undertake this opportunity, please apply now.

Alternatively, you can contact me for more information at:

07793 209 744

Greg.Bookman@MLK-Search.co.uk

NB. Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks and referencing.