Deputy Head of Estates in Chelmsford

New Hall School is seeking to appoint a Deputy Head of Estates. The Deputy Head of Estates plays a key role in supporting the strategic and operational management of the School’s estate, ensuring that the buildings, grounds, facilities, and infrastructure are maintained to the highest standards. Working closely with the Head of Estates, the Deputy Head of Estates is responsible for helping to deliver a safe, efficient, compliant, and well-presented environment that supports the educational, boarding, and wider community activities of the School.

Key responsibilities:

• To provide leadership to Department staff, supporting a performance management culture and a commitment to professional and personal development.
• To create an operating structure which facilitates a strong focus on service excellence, high quality and value for money.
• To identify areas for development to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of facilities.
• To ensure compliance with safeguarding requirements with regard to external parties using the New Hall site, Boreham House and New Hall Park Farm.
• To conserve and enhance the Grade I listed heritage buildings and Grade II registered park & gardens.
• To ensure all hard services are maintained and a schedule of statutory inspections is implemented.
• To ensure that contracted services are effective and value for money.
• To assist the Head of Estates in formulating, managing and delivering Estate budgets.
• To work with the Health & Safety Officer to ensure risk assessments are completed for all Estate matters.

The successful candidate will be expected:

• To have a clear understanding of, and commitment to, the aims and ethos of a Catholic independent boarding and day school.
• To hold a degree or other relevant post-A Level/BTEC qualification.
• To hold relevant professional qualification(s).
• To hold a Certificate or Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety.
• To have demonstrable experience as an Estate/Facilities Manager or in a comparable role.
• To have experience of soft and hard services.
• To have experience of team leadership.
• To demonstrate strong communication, organisational and management skills, both verbal and written.
• To possess contract management and negotiation skills.
• To be proactive, flexible and able to use initiative to manage competing priorities.
• To be approachable, confident and personable, with excellent spoken English.

What New Hall offers:

• 35 days’ holiday (including bank holidays).
• Excellent benefits & CPD.
• Lunch without charge in term time.
• Discounted annual membership for New Hall Sport Club.
• Complimentary staff membership to Beaulieu Padel.

New Hall School offers an exceptional working environment. The main campus occupies the stunning Grade I listed former Tudor palace of Beaulieu. The School’s conference and events venue is at the Grade I listed Boreham House, one mile away. New Hall is a warm, welcoming, and supportive community, with a staff of around 300. Beaulieu Park railway station is at the entrance to New Hall’s Avenue: 30 minutes to Stratford and 38 minutes to London Liverpool Street. The Elizabeth Line at Shenfield (13 minutes by train) terminates at Heathrow airport. There are nearby airports: London Stansted, London Southend and London City.

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement. All adults employed by the New Hall School have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations. All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview. As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE). New Hall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

SAFEGUARDING AND FURTHER INFORMATION

Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.