Estate Manager
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification / criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
If this role interests you apply below or you can send your cv to helpmehr@abingdon-witney.ac.uk
£41,631 – 43,291 per annum,
37 hours per week
The working pattern is Monday to Thursday 7.5 hours per day, Friday 7 hours per day
52 weeks per annum
Witney Campus
Fixed term until 27th March 2026
Start date TBC
This is an exciting 2-year fixed term vacancy that will underpin the smooth, secure, safe, and efficient day to day delivery of the operational estate and facilities services at our Witney and Common Leys Farm campuses.
You will have excellent knowledge of building management systems (BMS), maximising efficiencies in space usage and utilities consumption, estates compliance legislation, and lead the on-site Estates delivery team in the implementation of best practices. You will lead the preparation, prioritisation, co-ordination and delivery of planned and reactive maintenance to a high quality and in a timely manner, and management of contractors.
The successful candidate must have previous experience within an Estates/ Facilities Management role, ideally within an education or health environment.
Your duties will include:
Collecting and recording quality data to ensure that the departments performance reporting is accurate and to a good quality.
Ensuring that remedial works identified by PPM/ Compliance/ Mandatory checks and tests are undertaken to a suitable standard and in a timely manner.
Undertaking regular audits and reviews to ensure that the estate is maintained in a safe and suitable condition, and issues and risks are identified.
Responsible for the administration and accurate record keeping of all work undertaken on the estate,
Including records required to meet legislative and statutory requirements
Ensuring that planned preventative maintenance work undertaken by the Estates site team is undertaken as required.
The successful candidate will ideally have a degree in a Real Estate/ Facilities Management discipline (or equivalent) and relevant experience. Knowledge of developing Helpdesk SLA’s and KPI’s and a NEBOSH/ IOSH qualification is also desirable. You should have excellent communication skills, possess good IT skills, and be experienced in managing teams.
In return, Abingdon & Witney College offer excellent benefits to our employees including generous pension and holiday schemes (with potential Christmas closure days), continued professional development, flexible working options, corporate gym membership, cycle/tech scheme and much more.
Closing date: 9th June 2024
*Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before posted closing date
AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.
Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre-employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the ‘News’ and ‘Images’ tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young/vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College’s reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.
In order to apply, please go to our Abingdon and Witney College website where you will be able to complete our online application form:
Please note, we are unable to accept applications through Indeed, you must apply through our online recruitment system.
