Facilities Managers
Bloxham Grove Academy wishes to appoint a Facilities Manager who will demonstrate the skills and abilities to manage and organise the academy’s site and facilities to the highest standards, ensuring that staff, students and visitors are safe and secure at all times.
About the Role
The Facilities Manager will demonstrate a range of operational and management skills and will work flexibly to meet the academy’s needs. The successful candidate will have professional experience in a site management role and will welcome the opportunity to develop their career in a brand new, state of the art school building.
Some responsibilities include:
- To ensure that the ongoing and future needs of the academy are met in terms of site, property, assets, facilities and Health and Safety.
- To ensure that the school premises are cleaned to the approved specification
- To take overall responsibility for school security and day-to-day maintenance issues.
- Day-to-day management of the site, ensuring that staff, students and visitors are safe and secure at all times.
- To liaise and maintain relationships with suppliers, contractors and hirers of the school and deal with any problems as they arise.
- Supervision and monitoring of contractors, ensuring that contracts are carried out in accordance with specifications and liaising whilst contractors are on site.
- Ensure compliance with statutory and best-practice health and safety legislation and requirements.
- Maintenance of accurate records, information and data.
- Provision of reports, analysis of data and information.
- Experience of management of Health and Safety
- Knowledge of relevant Health and Safety legislation
- Experience of site management
- Experience of liaising, supervising and monitoring contractors and suppliers
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Organisational and administrative skills
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
- Excellent ICT skills to support the new school site
About Bloxham Grove
Bloxham Grove Academy is a new special free school which opened in a purpose-built building in January 2024. We are fortunate in having first-class facilities, a state-of-the-art building, and excellent outdoor spaces in a rural location, providing us with a very special environment for our community to use and enjoy.
The academy provides exemplary education and care for students with Cognition and Learning needs, Autism Spectrum Condition, and Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs. We currently have approximately 77 students on roll, and by 2026, Bloxham Grove will have 120 students on roll between the ages of 7 to 18 across Key Stages 2, 3, 4 and 5.
How to Apply
To apply for this post, please email your completed The Gallery Trust application form to recruitment@bloxhamgroveacademy.co.uk
Closing date: Friday, 9 May at 9.00Provisional interview date: Tuesday, 13 May 2025
The Gallery Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment with The Gallery Trust is subject to verification of ID and qualifications, satisfactory evidence of the right to work in the UK, health clearance, NCTL and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.The Gallery Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from candidates from all ethnic and community backgrounds.