Facilities Manager

As Facilities Manager, you will lead the delivery of a high-quality, safe and efficient facilities service across our schools. You will be responsible for ensuring that buildings, grounds and support services are well maintained, compliant with legislation, and aligned with company standards, creating environments that support learning, wellbeing and operational excellence.,

• Lead, manage and supervise the facilities team, providing day-to-day oversight of maintenance, repairs, domestic and catering-related services (service dependent).
• Ensure all facilities are maintained to a consistently high standard and that the team fulfils its responsibilities effectively.
• Coordinate and manage relevant areas of capital and operational expenditure, ensuring value for money.
• Monitor, audit and review schedules of work and the quality of completed projects.
• Liaise with external contractors and suppliers, ensuring cost-effective contracts are in place and regularly reviewed.
• Prioritise, plan and organise both planned and reactive workloads across all areas of responsibility.
• Manage on-call and out-of-hours rotas, participating in the on-call team to ensure effective responses.
• Develop and oversee maintenance programmes covering reactive, cyclical and planned works.
• Ensure risk assessments, procedures and systems are in place and compliant with company standards and legislation.
• Provide advice and guidance on health and safety, fire safety, food hygiene and building-related regulatory matters.
• Support the development of monitoring and recording systems for health and safety and regulatory compliance.
Staff Leadership and Management
• Undertake delegated management responsibilities, including supervisions, appraisals, probation reviews and return-to-work meetings.
• Lead and supervise staff on shift, ensuring high standards of conduct, performance and teamwork.
• Support staff wellbeing, safety and professional development, including training and mentoring.
  
  This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong organisational skills, sound technical knowledge and the ability to manage people, resources and external contractors effectively, while remaining responsive to the needs of the schools and service users., IOSH, NEBOSH or equivalent Health & Safety qualification.
• Full UK Driving Licene
  
  The Holden School is an independent specialist day school for boys and girls aged from 5 to 16, catering for pupils with a wide range of needs in Lancashire, Manchester and surrounding areas. Our dedicated team work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life. We are a Therapeutic Led, Trauma Informed School providing individualised curriculums for our students supported by our Class Teams, our Pastoral Team and our own Therapists.
We pride ourselves in steering pupils in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them academically and socially, to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build con?dence in our students, so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live. Acorn Education offers rewarding careers and meaningful challenges while making a real difference in young people's lives. As a leading UK provider of specialist education for children and young people with special educational needs, and part of Outcomes First Group, we deliver innovative, evidence-based approaches that support measurable progress and lasting impact. We are really proud to say that in 2025 Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a Great Place to Work' for the sixth year running.

We place pupils and vulnerable young adults at the heart of everything we do, so every day brings the satisfaction of making a real difference. We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.
• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase contributions
• Your Wellbeing Matters - mental health support and physical health checks
• Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista), including:
• Health, wellbeing and insurance benefits
• Hundreds of UK and international discounts
• Cycle to Work Scheme & Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support