Premises Manager

The Trustees are looking to recruit to the post of 

PREMISES MANAGER

New Bridge School, Hollinwood

NJC SCP points 36-39

£44,428 - £47,420 (Full time, full year salary) Pay Award Pending

36 hours 40 minutes per week/Full Year

Required as soon as possible

Part of the wider New Bridge Multi Academy Trust (MAT), New Bridge School is a generic special needs school for pupils and students between the ages of 11 and 19 across four sites within Oldham. 

The school has an Outstanding rated provision which caters for over 600 pupils with a wide range of SEND, from moderate learning difficulties to profound and multiple learning difficulties, including severe and complex learning difficulties. The school also caters for pupils with physical disabilities, multisensory impairments, visual impairments, hearing impairments and specific conditions including autism spectrum condition. All pupils have an EHC plan.

The Trustees are now looking to appoint an experienced Premises Manager to manage the busy site teams across all New Bridge School sites and be responsible for all aspects of site management. Previous experience in premises management is essential.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Leading a comprehensive site services team
• Knowledge and experience of estate strategy planning
• Managing Health and Safety at Work
• Ensuring estates documents are complete, current, and appropriately stored and audit ready for compliance and assurance, meeting all regulations under the health and safety at work act.
• Delivering onsite training of new site staff at school level
• Previous appropriate experience of managing buildings, grounds and related facilities
• Experience of working with a wide range of partners both internal and external
• A hard working, organised and proactive approach to their personal and professional development

Although based initially at our various New Bridge School sites all staff are employed by the MAT and are expected to work at any site within the New Bridge Group

We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment.    

This post will be subject to a number of pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. It will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here.   

For successful candidates, an online search will be carried out as part of our due-diligence in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023. 

We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.   

Salary: NJC points 36-39 - £44,428 - £47,420 (Full time, full year salary)

Contracted hours: 36 hours 40 minutes per week/ Full Year

Based: Initially at New Bridge School, Roman Road, Hollinwood, New Bridge Learning Centre, Pathways and College.

Status: Permanent

Closing Date: Friday 19th July 2024 (9am)

Shortlisting: TBA

Interviews: w/c 29th July 2024

Further information: Victoria Taylor, School Business Leader – vtaylor@newbridgegroup.org

Completed application forms to recruitment@newbridgegroup.org