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Estates Manager

Robert May's School

Hampshire

  • £40,642 - £45,077 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
£40,642 to £45,077
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 October 2025
Apply by:
15 August 2025

Job overview

We're seeking an experienced and dynamic Estates Manager to lead the smooth, safe, and efficient day-to-day delivery of our operational estate and facilities services. This is a rare opportunity to play a central role in maintaining a high-quality environment that enhances the learning and working experience for our students, staff and visitors.

You'll be a leader with proven experience in estates or facilities management, blending strong project management expertise with the ability to balance strategic planning and daily operations. We're looking for a flexible, quick-thinking individual with a pragmatic "can-do" attitude – someone who can grasp the strategic big picture while also being prepared to roll up their sleeves.

Reporting to the Director of Finance and Operations, you will be instrumental in:
  • Delivering first-class facilities management that supports our school vision.
  • Ensuring rigorous statutory compliance across all aspects of the estate.
  • Managing Estates related procurement activities and working creatively within budget.
  • Providing expert strategic support to our Senior Leadership Team and the wider school community.
  • Driving strategic and capital projects to enhance our facilities.
You'll have excellent knowledge of building management systems, optimising space and utility consumption, and estates compliance legislation. You'll lead our on-site Estates team, overseeing planned and reactive maintenance and managing contractors and driving the school’s community lettings programme. Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to build positive relationships are essential.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience in an estates/facilities management role, ideally (but not necessarily) within an education or health environment. A degree or equivalent qualification in Facilities Management/Building Surveying (or related discipline) is desirable, along with NEBOSH/IOSH qualifications. Excellent communication and IT skills, plus proven team management experience, are crucial.

If you are ready to embrace this challenging yet rewarding role and contribute significantly to the long-term success and development of Robert May’s School, we encourage you to apply!

We offer a competitive salary, a supportive and friendly working environment with fantastic students and a range of benefits including opportunities for continued professional development, a cycle to work scheme, on site free parking, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, a staff wellbeing day per year and access to an Employee Assistance Programme and 24-hour virtual GP service.

For further information please contact Mrs Lisa Shackleton, HR Officer on 01256 702700 or lisa.shackleton@rmays.com. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria.

Robert May’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant pre-employment checks.


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About Robert May's School

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  • Robert May's School
  • West Street, Odiham, Hook
  • Hampshire
  • RG29 1NA
  • United Kingdom

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Robert May’s School is a highly successful comprehensive single academy trust school, with the largest catchment area in Hampshire. In recent years the school has ranked in the top 10% of national non-selective schools for attainment.  Its 1,350 students, aged 11-16, come from Hook, Odiham, Hartley Wintney, North Warnborough, Long Sutton and the edges of Basingstoke.  It is located close to Junction 5 of the M3 and is easy to reach.  Outcomes for students are consistently well above national averages.  The school has worked in partnership with local Teaching School alliances and prides itself on the quality of its in-house CPD delivery.  

Headteacher

Rea Mitchell

Vision and values

In 1694, Robert May, a local merchant, donated money for the purpose of educating twenty-five boys to be taught at the school. This act of philanthropy set in motion a school which has had a long and vibrant journey to become the high-achieving comprehensive it is today. At Robert May’s School we are proud of our ethos, which is characterised by an unfailing belief that all students can succeed in their chosen paths and that each person in the learning community is capable of achieving excellence every day in whatever they do. Our aim is to continue the work of our Founder, to strengthen his legacy and to be both the anchor and kite for the community we serve.

We believe that academic success is fundamental and it is our job as a school to ensure that students gain the knowledge and skills they need to achieve the very best outcomes they can. Great GCSE results open doors but education is about more than just what happens in the classroom. We recognise the importance of character and want to ensure that our young people leave us confident and capable, having achieved the best they can within and beyond the classroom, poised for success and ready to make a difference to the lives of those around them.

All who are connected to Robert May’s are part of the Robert May’s community. Being a part of the Robert May’s community means you are part of something special and this is underpinned by ‘The Robert May’s Way’: Respect, Motivate, Support.

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