Facilities Manager

Facilities Manager 

Location: Barking & Dagenham

Interviews: TBC

Do you want to be part of a team that transform the lives of young people?

This is a perfect opportunity for a passionate and enthusiastic professional who is considering perusing a career in Facilities Manager role in Education. The vacancy represents an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious organisation that works within the nationally renowned United Learning Trust. We would welcome applications from candidates who are eager to play an important role in the future of our school.

The key responsibilities of this role will be to support with the development and implementation of the strategic plan and annual Business Plan for our school. To plan and implement summer works at our school, to source contractors and obtain the required number of estimates and quotations for budgeted works/services and make recommendations, to engage with approved contractors to deliver contracted services. 

You will support with the maintaining of school site to a safe standard by ensuring that all Health and Safety procedures are followed, applicable standards are met, and hazards identified and remedied in a timely manner.

What we offer as a school:

• Clear purpose. We are all here to make a real difference to students lives
• An environment in which student behaviour is exemplary
• A supportive leadership team, who invest in people
• An opportunity to work in a charitable organisation that is focused on improving the lives of disadvantaged children; the core value of the Trust is “the best in everyone”
• Much opportunity for professional development, within our school and our Trust.
• Opportunities to work with other cluster of London schools
• SG Fleet (Personal Contract Hire)
• Childcare Voucher Scheme

We currently have 480 students, years 7, 8, 9 and 10. We will continue to grow each year until we are at full capacity, 720 students including our Sixth Form

If you align with our vision, values, and are committed to ensuring that ‘disadvantaged’ does not dictate educational outcomes, then you will greatly enjoy working at Goresbrook.

You are very welcome to visit us, even if you do not end up applying for the post. We are 20 minutes on the tube from Mile End, and just 15 minutes’ drive from East London

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

United Learning

Goresbrook School is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.