Premises Manager

Lake Farm Park Academy is a new three-form entry nursery and primary academy with an SRP for 12 children with ASD.  It serves the children and families of the richly diverse and welcoming community of Hayes in West London and is the educational home to over 700 children. The academy is part of The Park Federation Academy Trust, allowing us to benefit from a wealth of expertise across our eight academies, as well as enabling us to provide opportunities for sharing of good practice and high quality training.  

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our highly professional, friendly team. We are looking to appoint a full time member of staff who has a “can do” attitude and is flexible, practical, pro-active, energetic and diligent to support our existing teams in delivering excellent service.

Your duties will include: ensuring statutory compliance as well as leading an assistant and cleaners in providing excellent service. The successful applicant will have strong facilities management skills as well as people leadership. You will report to the Estates Manager and the Principal. 

The post is for 36 hours per week, there is flexibility on how the hours are spread across the day with the working day potentially starting at 06.45am and ending at 6.30pm. Some out-of-hours or additional working hours may be required and extra hours are negotiable for the right candidates. The position will be based at Lake Farm Park Academy and at times the individual may have to work across the Trust. On occasion you may be required to deputise for the Estates Manager or work across the Trust.

You will need: 

• To enjoy working with children, parents and staff
• Effective communication and organisational skills
• To be calm, approachable, flexible and demonstrate initiative
• Experience of working in a school or similar setting
• To be highly skilled and practical

INTERVIEWS to be held w/c : 1 March 2021