Trust Estates Officer - Full-time

Swale Academies Trust

Ref:KCC-F54-87-S
Posted:08/02/2023
Pay:Swale Academies Support Staff Pay Scheme
Start Date:April 2023
App Close Date:03/03/2023 at 12:00
Interviews:14th March 2023

Advert

Salary: £36,424 - £42,708 SAT 10.

Permanent.

Full Time, 37 hours a week.

Swale Academies Trust has an exciting opportunity to appoint to a new role of Trust Estates Officer.

This role will include working for our central team alongside our existing Head of Estates. You will need to be a hardworking, friendly and organised individual, who has experience of site and buildings management, facilities management and health and safety compliance. Working closely with the Head of Estates, you will ensure that premises management and Health and Safety processes are efficient, economical and effective across all Trust buildings throughout Bromley, East Sussex and Kent.

This will be challenging but rewarding role, and it will encompass a range of duties including:

Being the first point of contact for all H&S and premises matters - providing signposting support and solutions as required.
Contributing to the Estates function of supporting school leaders and site managers to maintain their premises and Health and Safety management systems ensuring compliance with Trust policy and relevant legal and Department for Education frameworks.

The successful candidate will be someone with strong interpersonal skills who can nurture strong working relationships with our school leaders and site managers, and someone who can effectively manage a busy and varied workload.

This role will require travel to schools across the Trust as required.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, then come and join our fast-paced and evolving Multi Academy Trust.

Swale Academies Trust is a successful Multi-Academy Trust in school improvement, specialising in taking schools in Ofsted category and turning them into good or outstanding schools. Our ambition is driven by enabling schools and children to succeed. We have a wide range of excellent and highly accomplished senior leaders who lead with a sense of purpose, charisma and a set of shared values. The Trust is fortunate to be overseen by a Board of Directors who share leaders’ values and provide the highest quality challenge and support.

Join us to benefit from:

Local Government Pension Scheme – generous employer contribution;
Employee Assistance Programme;
Ride to Work Scheme;
Kent Rewards Scheme – local and national retailer discounts;
Employee Referral Recruitment Incentive;
Generous Holiday entitlement of 28 days + bank holidays and a concessionary day at Christmas;
Additional holiday entitlement for 5 years + service.

Full details of the requirements of the post can be found in the accompanying recruitment pack.

Informal discussions about the post are welcomed, please contact Loren Davies, Head of Estates loren.davies@swale.at .

Applications should be made via Kent Teach.

If you experience any difficulty in completing the application form, please contact recruitment@swale.at or 01795 426091 (option 2)

In accordance with current GDPR compliance we will not keep any details / application forms on file once the position is filled.

Swale Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from ROA and will require an enhanced DBS disclosure

Information about the trust

Since its creation in September 2010 Swale Academies Trust has become a strong and successful school improvement service, specialising in taking schools in Ofsted category and turning them into good schools. A glance at the most recent Ofsted reports for Westlands Primary School, Meopham School, The North School, Regis Manor School and The Sittingbourne School, will all point to the effectiveness of the Trust in bringing about change and providing and enabling excellent leadership. First and foremost Swale Academies Trust is about the provision and development of high quality leadership and management.

We don’t seek to develop clone schools that deliver education in a regimented manner. Rather, we value the development in our schools of a spirit of enquiry and action research that provides the best possible education that is right for pupils in a local setting. We do however collectively value and strive for all pupils to produce beautiful work which showcases their development over time of which they, their teachers and support staff and parents can be really proud. We are proud of our schools and we strive for a sense of shared pride in the achievements of all of our students.

Our ambition is driven by enabling schools and children to succeed. We have a wide range of excellent and highly accomplished senior leaders who lead with a sense of purpose, charisma and a set of shared values. The Trust is fortunate to be overseen by a Board of Directors who share leaders’ values and who provide the highest quality challenge and support.

Job Contact Information

Name:HR Team
Address:Swale Academies Trust,
Ashdown House,
Johnson Road,
Sittingbourne,
Kent,
ME10 1JS
Telephone: 01795 426091
Email: recruitment@swale.at

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

Recruitment Pack