Estates Manager
Long Road Sixth Form College
Cambridge
- £41,019 - £44,203 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- £41,019 – £44,203
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2026
- Apply by:
- 10 August 2026
Job overview
Long Road Sixth Form College is a thriving, successful post-16 Sixth Form College with 2,600 students on roll across a variety of studies. Conveniently located close to the M11 and A14, the College is set next to the Biomedical Campus in its own attractive grounds in the beautiful and expanding city of Cambridge. Long Road was judged by Ofsted to be Good or Outstanding in all five categories at its most recent inspection in February 2025.
In this role, you will manage operations, ensuring the estate is safe, well-maintained, and supports educational delivery through effective planning, compliance, and investment, as well as ensuring that all buildings, grounds and infrastructure are safe, compliant, sustainable and fit for purpose. You will lead and manage Estates staff, ensuring correct levels of staffing are maintained for effective site management and a staff rota is in place for weekly working patterns. You will also assist in the planning of and play an active role in the delivery of College events such as admissions, open evenings and any other such events as and when required.
Our ideal candidate will have a minimum of three years’ experience in an Estates role, a good understanding of all building trade skills and processes, and the ability to prioritise and plan workloads, often multi-tasking and working with complex changeable routines. You will assist in the implementation of the Estates Strategy and Asset Management plan. A good standard of general fitness is required due to the layout and design of buildings, which requires significant walking and climbing of stairs.
The standard working hours of this role are 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm, but the role will also require the provision of leave and sickness cover to the 6-day shift pattern.
For more information and to apply, please visit our vacancies page.
Closing date: 9am on Monday, 10 August 2026.
Interview date: Wednesday, 19 August 2026.
About Long Road Sixth Form College
- Long Road Sixth Form College
- Long Road, Cambridge
- Cambridgeshire
- CB2 8PX
- United Kingdom
Long Road is a thriving, successful post 16 Sixth Form College with 2,600 students on roll, in post-16 studies. Conveniently located close to the M11 and A14, within easy reach of several areas of outstanding natural beauty and the Norfolk Suffolk coast, the college is set next to the Biomedical Campus in its own attractive grounds in the beautiful, thriving and expanding Bio/Technical city of Cambridge. Long Road provides a high quality education in a structured but friendly and open environment. The core objective of Long Road Sixth Form College is to maintain our position as a high-achieving and inclusive sixth form college which inspires, helps and motivates our students to be the best that they can be. We recognise the vital importance of our staff in achieving this aim.
We offer professional training for our Teachers and for our professional Support Staff, along with courses to enhance an individual's career, further education and training possibilities. The College employs over 220 staff, of whom around 150 are teachers. Many are examiners and moderators, others have research or business experience and some write text books and teaching materials. All our staff share a passion for teaching and learning and are encouraged to support each other and to recognise each other’s strengths. Long Road Sixth Form College is committed to enhancing the individual skills and knowledge of all our staff, to enable them to work positively with our students and our community partners.
Long Road Sixth Form College is attractively located and is easy to commute to, within walking distance of of Cambridge Rail station and an 8 minute walk from the new Cambridge South station, as well as being well-serviced by local bus routes. If you choose to come and work with us, we can offer you a wide range of benefits including access to:
• Our Learning Resource Centre (LRC)
• Onsite Food Centre
• Onsite Car parking
• FREE Wi-Fi
• College leisure facilities, including use of our fitness suite
• Newly refurbished Staff Room and Kitchen facilities
• Numerous Discounts and Benefits
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