Facilities Manager in Sheffield

Facilities Manager

Grade 8 Pts 32 – 35: £44,256 to £47,665 per annum

37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Permanent contract

Required to start ASAP

We are looking for a versatile, skilled, and proactive FacilitiesManager to lead our site operations at our lower school site and help ensureour school remains a safe, welcoming, and high-performing environment everysingle day. We are a split site school and it may be necessary at times to workacross the whole school estate.

As Facilities Manager, you will be at the heart ofour school’s day-to-day operations. Leading our dedicated buildings and cleaning, teams, you will oversee site maintenance, health and safetycompliance, and operational efficiency across our historic and modern estate.

In this role, you will:

• Manage and inspire line-managed site personnel across premises, andcleaning services.
• Oversee robust compliance with all relevant legislation, includingHealth & Safety and statutory premises testing.
• Apply high-level practical skills to manage site upgrades, reactivemaintenance, and daily operational needs.
• Deliver exceptional customer service, building positive workingrelationships with staff, students, contractors, and external visitors.

You are a practical, highly organised professionalwho thrives in a fast-paced environment and takes pride in delivering highstandards.

Key Qualifications & Attributes:

• Hands-on Expertise: Proven, practical trade or facilitiesmaintenance skills with strong technical know-how.
• Compliance Mindset: Strong understanding of statutory compliance,risk assessments, and Health & Safety regulations.
• Leadership & Communication: Natural leadership ability withexcellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate effectively withdirect reports, senior leaders, and students alike.
• Adaptability & Resilience: Outstanding attention to detail,strong time management under pressure, and a flexible approach to workinghours to support school events and operational needs.

We are committed to safeguarding andpromoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expect allstaff to show this commitment. The successful candidate will be required tocomplete Disclosure and Barring Service declarations in line with Section 115of the Police Act 1997. All applicants are required to read the Safeguardingand Child Protection Policy incorporating Self-Harm and Online Safety, this canbe found here.

Thispost is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successfulapplicant will be required to apply for an enhanced DBS certificate. As thepost will involve regulated activity with children, it is a criminal offence toapply for this post if you are included on the children’s barred list held bythe DBS.

Amendmentsto the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spentconvictions and cautions are “protected”. These are not subject to thedisclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteriaon the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the ministryof justice website or see here.

Shortlistedcandidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions andthose that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosureinformation will be checked against information from the Disclosure and BarringService before your appointment in confirmed.

Closingdate: 19 November 2026 – 9.00am

Interviews:W/c 23 November 2026

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