Facilities Manager

Job Description: Facilities Role Title: Facilities Manager Responsible to: Cluster Operations Manager Salary: Band 4 Point 4-8 (£42,624 - £46,398) Working Time: Full Time Monday - Friday 6am - 2pm (Flexibility required for emergencies, absence, occasional evening and weekend work) 37.5 hours a week All Year Round 26 Days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays Contract: Full Time - United Learning Support Staff Role Summary: The Facilities Manager is responsible for ensuring that Salford City Academy provides a safe, compliant, secure and well‑maintained learning environment for students, staff and visitors. The postholder will lead on the day‑to‑day management of the site, including buildings, grounds, cleaning, health and safety, and security, ensuring that statutory requirements and United Learning policies are met at all times. The role plays a key part in supporting high standards of teaching and learning through effective facilities management and by contributing to collaboration and consistency across the Salford United Learning cluster. The Facilities Manager will also fulfil the responsibilities of Health and Safety Co‑ordinator. Key Responsibilities: Facilities and Site Management Ensure the academy buildings, grounds and facilities are maintained to a high standard, safe, secure and fully operational Oversee routine maintenance (PPM), statutory inspections and reactive repairs, liaising with contractors and recording completion using IAM Compliant Manage site security arrangements, including opening and closing procedures, alarms, locking systems and CCTV Manage the facilities helpdesk and one off jobs using IAM Compliant, keeping jobs updated through to ticket closure, ensuring good levels of customer service Lead on emergency procedures, including fire safety, lockdown arrangements, equipment failures and business continuity at site level Contractor management ensuring correct procurement procedures have been used and pre checks/vetting carried out as per trust policy Maintain the trust reporting system PreCod Carry out general maintenance tasks locally, optimising team skill set Ensure daily checks are completed for site services such as heating, water and electricity Event set up as per academy calendar Regular site walks to ensure site safety and defect reporting is in place Ensure efficient stock levels maintained for disposables and equipment providing value for money with each purchase Point of contact for external catering and cleaning contracts to ensure high operational standards for service delivery and health and safety are being met. Escalation to Cluster Operations Manager in a timely manner for service failures Management of school mini bus and leased vehicles Main point of contact for lettings and external partner Actihire, ensuring black out dates are communicated Contribute to the Carbon Neutral initiative e.g. proactive management of energy use such as heating sc