About the role
Place Partnership are seeking
to appoint an experienced, proactive, and highly motivated Premises Manager to
lead the effective day-to-day management, maintenance, and safety of the Ossett
Academy and South Ossett Infants Academy sites. This is a key leadership role,
responsible for ensuring that all facilities are safe, compliant, and
maintained to the highest standards, to create an exceptional learning
environment that supports the wellbeing, achievement, and success of the academy
communities.
The Premises Manager will provide
strategic and operational leadership for site operations, ensuring the safe,
secure, and efficient running of the academy estates. This includes managing
site access and security systems, overseeing day-to-day facilities operations,
and leading responses to urgent situations such as adverse weather conditions, building
failures, and emergency incidents. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively
with academy leaders, staff and external partners to proactively resolve
estates and facilities issues, delivering a high-quality support service. They
will also provide support to the Director of Estates and Estates Hub Leader, driving
continuous improvement across the estates and ensuring facilities consistently
meet the needs of pupils, staff, and the wider academy community.
The postholder will further
lead, manage and develop a team of premises staff, ensuring they are
effectively deployed, appropriately trained, and fully supported to deliver an
outstanding facilities service across the academy sites. They will also be
responsible for managing rotas, allocating work, monitoring
performance, and promoting full compliance with health and safety procedures
for all staff.
The successful candidate
will manage the effective management of contractors across both sites, ensuring
that all works are delivered safely, on schedule and to the required
specification. This
includes overseeing procurement activities, monitoring budgets, and ensuring
effective use of resources. They will maintain consistently high standards of
cleanliness across the sites through the effective management and monitoring of
cleaning services, fostering a positive and proactive approach to maintaining
the learning environment.
About You
The successful candidate
will be…
- Proactive and highly organised, able to plan
in advance, prioritise effectively and keep all sites operating smoothly.
- Visible and hands-on, with a practical
approach to monitor standards, coach teams and resolve issues.
- A strong people leader, able to motivate
their teams while supporting the Estates Hub Leder to build a consistent
approach across the West Hub.
- Commercially aware and quality-driven, able
to challenge contractors appropriately, secure value for money and ensure safe
working practices.
- Calm under pressure, able to respond
decisively to incidents and emergencies, maintaining safety and business
continuity.
- Committed to continuous improvement for our
academies, always spotting opportunities to streamline processes, raise
standards and improve the day-to-day experience for our young people, staff and
visitors.
- Effective at building relationships and
working collaboratively with colleagues and leaders across the Trust.
Job tags
- Catering Cleaning And Site Management
- Education
- FULL TIME
- Full Time
Vacancy source
Listed from DfE Teaching Vacancies — OGL v3.0 · Last checked 21 Sept 2026.
Official public source · Department for Education.
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