Facilities Manager

Reports to: Bursar / School Business Manager & Headteacher 

Start Date: September 2026 or As soon as possible 

Salary : £29,622 - £41,712 (G4 - G8) depending on experience 

Contract: Permanent, full time, 48-52 weeks per year (a more term time only contract is negotiable for an exceptional candidate)

Closing date: Sunday 21st June 2026 

The Facilities Manager is responsible for ensuring that the school's buildings, infrastructure, facilities and equipment are safe, secure, compliant and fit for purpose. Working closely with the Bursar/Business Manager, you will oversee both day-to-day and planned preventative maintenance, lead the management of the school's premises and facilities, and ensure that all statutory compliance requirements are met.

The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining a safe, welcoming and well-presented environment for pupils, staff and visitors, ensuring that the school remains clean, well-maintained and an excellent place to learn and work.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone with extensive DIY / Maintenance knowledge as well as experience of being responsible for the care and maintenance of premises. 

Our school can offer: 

• A warm positive working environment where everyone is valued 

• Staff benefits including a generous pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to work scheme 

• A staff laptop / Microsoft Chromebook (and a Microsoft School) 

• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme 

• A school, very recently judged to be ‘Good’ by Ofsted (July 2023) 

• A well-resourced school on an impressive site, which includes; multiple playgrounds, a school field and dedicated classrooms for music, food technology as well as a library, a computing suite and multiple small group rooms 

• A parent community with high aspirations and children with exemplary behavior  

Our Ideal Candidate will: 

• Be an experienced facilities manager or ambitious facilities officer with relevant facilities management experience 

• Resilient, trustworthy, passionate, ambitious and ready to take responsibility for our buildings and facilities 

• Highly organised, self-directed, reliable and dependable 

• Have a range of practical skills and be ready to use them to help maintain our site 

• Able to work with and coordinate contractors ensuring that they work safely, to specification and timescales, holding them accountable to high standards 

• Work to build positive relationships with our lettings customers and other stakeholders 

The school has an excellent reputation within the local community with strong support from Governors, Parents, pupils and a dedicated and highly motivated team of staff. We would very much like to hear from you if you share our vision, values and enthusiasm. 

For further information or a confidential discussion, please contact the school by emailing recruitment@longfieldprimary.co.uk 

We encourage prospective applicants to apply as soon as possible. Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and the school reserves the right to appoint before the closing date. Early application is therefore strongly encouraged.

Application: To apply, please email a completed application form to: recruitment@longfieldprimary.co.uk 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All new staff appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and reference and medical checks.