Regional Facilities Manager (West London)

Location: White City, West London 

Salary details: £40-£42k per annum

Vacancy type: Permanent , 37.5 hours per week

Closing date: 10am Wednesday 14 October

About the role:

The aim of the Ark Estates team is to work with our schools to ensure that our schools’ estates are well managed, maintained and operating to the highest standards for our pupils and staff.

The Regional Facilities Manager (West London) will act as the point of contact for all estates and facilities matters across Ark’s hub of West London schools.  You will provide advice and support to all academies within the West London area (including health and safety, site maintenance, waste disposal, caretaking, grounds services, security, vehicle maintenance, cleaning, catering & building works) ensuring excellent standards and value for money.    

The Regional Facilities Manager will also lead on all facilities matters in relation to the opening of new academies in the West London region - carrying out due diligence audits and procuring and managing any pre-opening works as required.

About you:

• Have one or more years’ experience in Facilities Management or in a related field
• Have a health and safety qualification i.e. IOSH, NEBOSH (desirable)
• Have drive and enthusiasm for delivering a quality support service that consistently produces positive and demonstrable impact
• Have the ability to make sound judgements and assess potential problems at both strategic and operational level
• Have the experience of working in partnership and collaboration; able to work effectively with a broad range of stakeholders and partners

You can read the full job description and person specification here.

About us:

Ark is a fast-growing education charity committed to giving every child, regardless of their background, the chance to succeed in the career or university of their choice.

Our highly-successful network of 38 schools educates over 27,500 students across Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth. They are achieving some of the best results in the country despite being largely in areas of historic academic underachievement. Ark also designs and incubates Ventures to tackle some of the most intractable issues in education both in the UK and internationally.

 We offer:

•  27 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Rising to 29 days after 2 years of service and then again to 30 days after 3 years of service 
• Generous employer pension contribution
• Access to high-quality professional learning throughout your career with us including a variety of training sessions and experiences designed to meet your needs
• Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers, interest-free loans of up to £5,000 available for season tickets or a bicycle and gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym

Please apply with an up-to-date CV and a covering letter. Applications to be submitted by 10am on Wednesday 14 October but please note: we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response, early applications are advised.