Premises Manager (West) - Place Partnership Trust in Wakefield

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

• 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 Leader 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.

About Place Partnership

This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking and ambitious organisation, driven by a genuine passion for the wellbeing, care, and education of young people. Place Partnership was formed in September 2026 following the voluntary merger of two strong and successful Trusts in South and West Yorkshire: Maltby Learning Trust, established in 2014, and Accord Multi Academy Trust, founded in 2016. At the heart of Place Partnership is a commitment to building a culture where people feel valued, take pride in their place, and hold high expectations because everyone matters. At Place Partnership we are dedicated to providing high-quality education which ensures that every child is given the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

• Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
• 31 days annual leave per annum plus bank holidays, increasing to 33 days plus bank holidays after 5 years’ service
• Technology scheme via SmartTech
• Access to an extensive discounts platform via ‘Place Plus’
• Access to an industry leading Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner through Corporate Paid Healthcare Cash Plans
• Access to health and wellbeing services, with the ability to claim money back for essential healthcare such as prescriptions, optical and dental care through Corporate Paid Healthcare Cash Plans.
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free, on-site parking at every site
• Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings

For full details of our employee benefit package, please see our recruitment pack.

Further Information

Visits are warmly welcomed and can be arranged. For further details regarding this opportunity, for an informal discussion regarding the role or to arrange a visit, please do not hesitate to contact us. Interviews are expected to take place: week commencing 05 October 2026.

Place Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists. Place Partnership is committed to providing a culture of inclusion, respect and equity of opportunity that attracts, supports, and retains high quality colleagues from all backgrounds and across all job roles. Candidates will always be shortlisted based on the content of application against the job description and essential criteria without access to the personal details information.

Closing date 02 October 2026, 9:00 AM.