Join The Sea View Trust as our Trust Estates Lead
Make a tangible difference across our schools
Are you a strategic, values-driven estates professional who wants to make a real impact on the environments where children learn and thrive?
The Sea View Trust is seeking an exceptional Trust Estates Lead to take forward our ambitious estates strategy across a growing family of schools. This is a new role and a unique opportunity to shape safe, inspiring, and future-ready learning environments across Blackpool and Lancashire.
As a Trust, we are entering an exciting phase of growth, including one school within the DfE School Rebuilding Programme, the planning and creation of two new free schools in Blackpool, and a number of additional expansion projects currently in development.
About the Role
As Trust Estates Lead, you will play a pivotal leadership role in ensuring our sites are safe, compliant, and fit for the future. You will:
* Lead the strategic development and delivery of the Trust’s estates function
* Oversee capital projects from a Trust perspective
* Ensure high standards of compliance, health & safety, and site security
* Drive consistency and best practice across all Trust sites
* Support due diligence for new schools joining the Trust
* Oversee and develop the use of the Trust's CAFM system (iAM Compliant)
* Contribute to Trust-wide improvement initiatives and cross-functional projects
* Coach and support teams to deliver high performance and accountability
This is a multi-site role requiring regular presence across our academies/college and flexibility in how you work.
Why Join Us?
At The Sea View Trust, we are proud of our strong values, inclusive culture, and commitment to continuous improvement. You will benefit from:
* The opportunity to shape estates strategy at Trust level
* A collaborative central team with genuine influence and impact
* A role that directly supports safeguarding and pupil outcomes through safe environments
* Hybrid working across our academies/college, Trust HQ, and home working
* A Trust that invests in its people and embraces innovation
What We’re Looking For
We are looking for someone who brings:
* Strong estates or facilities management experience (ideally across multiple sites)
* A deep understanding of compliance, health & safety, and risk management
* Experience of leading teams and driving performance
* Strategic thinking with the ability to deliver operationally
* The ability to build strong relationships across diverse teams
Above all, you will be committed to improving outcomes for children and young people by ensuring the environments they learn in are safe, effective, and inspiring.
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