Director of estates

Director of estates

37 hours per week (full time)

8am-4pm Monday to Friday

6-month fix term contract

£75,000 per annum

Benefits:

• Opportunity for remote working
• Flexible working
• Blue light scheme
• Electric car scheme
• 24/7 employee assistance program

The role:

We are currently recruiting a director of estates for one of our well-established and highly trusted clients within the education sector, that have a presence UK wide. As a director of estates, you will contribute to and lead the implementation of an estate strategy, this will include working in partnership with the principals and facility staff in their academies’. Manage all aspects of the academy properties including upkeep, care maintenance, security, health and safety and facilities management. Manage refurbishment, expansion and other building advancements in terms of bidding, developing, procuring and implementing building projects.

Accountabilities (not limited to):

• Lead and hold responsibility across the estate’s directorate.
• Provide robust management and leadership of a high performing team within the estate’s directorate, promoting a collaborative ethos with excellent communication skills.
• Lead on and hold estates and FM responsibility across all areas of health and safety.
• Develop and implement strategies to support the continuous development of each directorate.
• Lead and hold responsibility for the estate directorates revenue and capital budgets, ensuring each budget balances and complies with all aspects of the academy financial handbook, the trusts financial scheme of delegation, regulations, and policies.
• Lead on basic needs and large capital policies.
• Develop relationships with key contractors, sector influencers and government departments.
• Ensure each the estates directorate are meeting goals and KPI’s that promote company growth and support the trusts wider strategic plan
• Oversee daily activity of each directorate and line management of each directorate lead.
• Develop plans to increase efficiency and reduce costs across estate budgets
• Improve existing systems and policies across the estate budgets
• Support director of operations and undertake other tasks as required.

Estates and facilities management

• Contribute lead on their strategic trust wide estates plan and individual estate development plans for each academy. Ensure the estates team lead the implementation of these plans within the trust to deliver objectives for each of their academies and their trust.
• Ensure the estates directorate regional and site teams have an appropriate structure and strategy in place to deliver the needs of their academies
• Lead on the development of bids for capital funding and opportunities
• Develop and implement an annual capital program and asset management plan.
• Ensure the estates team deliver building projects, act as a project manager for authorized schemes, paying particular attention to regulatory requirements, quality and compliance with agreed specifications, timescales and safety ensuring that value for money can be evidenced in all awarded contracts.
• Effective liaison on academy sites with contractors involved in major projects and ensure that procedures are effective at academy level in terms of academy staff/contractor liaison.
• Ensure all regulatory testing and reports are in place at each site across estates and health and safety.
• Proactive engagement and management of professional contractor services ensure that services are procured in line with academy financial/procurement regulations and the delivery of high quality and cost-efficient services, in line with the trust policy.
• Ensure that all estates and facilities management systems, processes and practices are consistent across all their academies.
• Develop and ensure implementation and maintenance of accessible and auditable records for asset maintenance and management, including records of inspections, maintenance requests, complaints, costs and repairs.

Health and safety

• Ensure that accurate and detailed floor and site plans are kept and updated regularly.
• Be the health and safety coordinator for construction design management projects. Act as ATT’s asbestos control manager and the legionella control and health and safety manager.
• Ensure that all risk assessments and other statutory and non-statutory testing and inspections are complete within a timely manner and by staff/contractors who are appropriately qualified.
• Ensuring that all health and safety management systems, processes and practices are consistent across all their academies and are synchronized and coordinated.
• Coordinate and ensure implantation of ATT’s responsibilities in relation to maintaining health and safety statutory documentation.
• Review and develop (relevant) existing and new policies in line with statutory requirements and manage any necessary consultation process.
• Any other duties commensurate with the role

Procurement

• Develop and implement a strategy for the procurement of goods and services across the trust.
• Ensure the trust remains complaint in all contracting and servicing initiatives
• Lead on all OJEU level procurement processes within estates
• Assist director of operations with procurement tasks as required.