Facilities and Compliance Manager
We require an experienced and passionate Facilities and Compliance Manager to join our talented and hardworking team.
Location:This role will show a location of Barnsley, as that is where our central team are based, but this role will be based in Wellsprings West Region (Barnsley and Leeds academies)
About the Trust
Facilities and Compliance Manager Wellspring is a growing community of 33 Primary, Secondary, Special and Alternative Provision Academies across West, Central and East regions. We believe in making a real difference by improving the lives and life chances of every young person in our care.
Our Academies are vibrant, autonomous, community focused and highly successful.Whether at the start of their school life or heading into adulthood, we treat all our pupils with ‘unconditional positive regard.’ This means we focus on understanding each child as an individual and meeting their own, unique needs.
At Wellspring, we have always talked about ethics and values as the heart of our culture. They have been our guiding lights. We have taken the harder path many times to remain true to our values. Our leaders are the custodians of our values.
We have earned our success thus far by empowering leaders within the context of a comprehensive and robust Trust-wide monitoring and risk assurance framework.We aim to raise expectations and ambitions for every young person in our care. We aim to make a difference
About the roleWe require an experienced and passionate Facilities and Compliance Manager to join our talented and hardworking team.
The post holder will report to the Regional Estates Manager and will sit in the Facilities Management team to deliver safe, fit for purpose and inspirational school environments for our young people. Wellspring is a growing community of Primary, Secondary, Special and Alternative Provision Academies across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
The Facilities and Compliance Manager will play a vital role, leading on and coordinating the facilities statutory compliance regimes, managing contracts, contractors, and PFI arrangements.Each academy has an enthusiastic and knowledgeable team of operatives, that are managed locally by Facilities and Estates Managers, in close partnership with our Academy Leaders. Your role will be to work within this management team, supporting Wellspring’s Leeds and Barnsley based academies with their facilities compliance and developments.
Wellspring places great emphasis on the quality of its physical environments, actively seeking opportunities for continuous improvement and regeneration. In recent years, the Trust has seen exponential growth through Academy conversions and the development of new Academies.
We value our people. Collegial working at all levels is central to our culture. High quality induction, training and ongoing professional development support are guaranteed.
We are interested in hearing from people who:- Are self-motivated, customer focused, efficient, ambitious and highly organised.
- Enjoy leading an inclusive team.
- Strong people management skills.
- Understand the importance of completing work to a very high standard.
- Build relationships and have a commitment to supporting the work of passionate education leaders.
- Take great pride in the work for which they are responsible across multiple sites.
- Have a strong understanding of maintenance systems and compliance.
- Have experience operating facilities using intelligent, digitally controlled building management systems.
- Have project management experience.
If you would like an informal chat please contact James Stevens on 07921807764 or email J.stevens@wellspringacademies.org.uk
If you require any support with your application please contact HR on 01226 720747 or email hr@wellspringacademies.org.uk
Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. As this role involves working with children and vulnerable adults in regulated activity, please note that it is an offence to apply for the role if barred from engaging in regulated activity with children and vulnerable adults.
References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to attendance at interview. Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if deemed relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.
We are committed to equal opportunities and to promoting diversity. We want our people to reflect the diversity of our communities, and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, especially from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in, if you are the preferred candidate for the post.