Establishment: The Deaf Academy Location: Exmouth, Devon Salary: 42723.00 - 44720.00 Department: Finance & Resources Job Type: Full Time
Closing Date:16/06/2025 12:00 Interview Date: 20/06/2025 Start Date: June/July 2025
Additional Information
Establishment: The Deaf Academy Location: Exmouth, Devon Salary: 42723.00 - 44720.00 Department: Finance & Resources Job Type: Full Time Closing Date:16/06/2025 12:00 Interview Date: 20/06/2025 Start Date: June/July 2025
Additional Information
Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: AYR - All year round Hours per Week: 37.00 Weeks per Year: 52.140 Pay Grade: TDA Pay scale | TDA63 - TDA67
The Role
Join Our Team as an Estates and Facilities Manager
Designed around the principles of inspiration, visual communication and inclusivity, ouraward winning campus places the Academy at the cutting-edge of Deaf education in Europe. The Deaf Academy has a prominent position in Exmouth and plays an important role in preparing our students for a happy, healthy and fulfilling future whilst enabling students to get involved and socialise in the community. The inspiring buildings underpin our objectives to build confidence in our students, show them their value in the world and help them to believe they can achieve anything they want to do.
As the Estates and Facilities Manager, you will lead the estates, catering and cleaning teams, fostering a collaborative and supportive environment across our three sites. In addition to our main Academy (incorporating a school, college and residential service) we have a Children's Home and a Post-19 Adult Residential and Learning Centre. You will oversee the management and development of the sites, facilities and premises, with a focus on enhancing sustainability. Additionally, you will manage the risk assessments process and serve as the Academy Health and Safety Officer, ensuring quality assurance, monitoring and recording in these areas.
This role will be based on site and may require occasional out of hours support so would need to be within a reasonable commuting distance. There is the possibility of working one day a week from home.
Key Responsibilities:
* With overall responsibility for estates and facilities, you will ensure compliance with standards, inspections and servicing to support a high quality and safe environment for our students, staff and visitors.
* Prepare and manage the Premises and Maintenance plan and create an Estates Development Plan
* Project manage maintenance and development works including contractor management.
* Compile annual maintenance and capital budgets and ensure effective procurement and monitoring financial performance.
* As Health and Safety Officer, you will undertake the role of ensuring and reporting on compliance and management of risk assessments.
* You will ensure that statutory regulations for workplace fire safety are monitored and maintained, including completing regular fire drills.
* Your role will importantly focus on site security including access controls and alarm systems, ensuring effective safeguarding arrangements for students.
* You will oversee and manage the effective operation of catering and cleaning services.
* Manage external lettings of facilities and identify and grow new income opportunities.
Why Join Us?
This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity, particularly as the charity approaches its 200th anniversary next year. Our Exmouth campus is fundamental to celebrating Deaf culture and history and creating a lasting bicentenary legacy. This is a unique place, with unique staff and students. This role, along with the dedicated team behind it, is crucial to ensuring that our facilities and premises reflect the excellence and inclusion that define our Academy.
* Sponsorship to achieve qualifications in British Sign Language
* Opportunities for professional growth and development
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
* Life Assurance
* Free onsite parking
* Cycle to work scheme
* Subsidised lunches
* Long-term career development within a forward thinking and innovative organisation
Qualifications
Qualification Title
Grade
Relevant higher level qualifications in functional specialties (i.e. catering, facilities management) Desirable
Valid driving licence (6 pts or less), reasonable commuting distance from site Essential
Recognised qualification in Facilities Management and/or Health & Safety Essential
Skills
Experience of managing an overall budget with diverse functional components (i.e. catering, cleaning etc) Essential
Proven experience as H&S and Facilities Manager or relevant position Essential
Direct management experience of facilities management. Essential
Experience of managing a team effectively Essential
Direct management experience of catering, cleaning and housekeeping Desirable
Experience of using Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook. Essential
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults; as such an enhanced DBS check is required.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).
The Academy is aDisability Committed Employerin promoting diversity and inclusion for all its students and staff. The Academy is also signed up to theArmed Forces Covenantin supporting ex-service personnel in recognising their skills and experience.
Apply for this role
Submit your application today with our simple application process
The Deaf Academy
1 Douglas Avenue
Exmouth
Devon
EX8 2AU
#J-18808-Ljbffr