Facilities Manager

Salary: £47,000 - £60,000 per annum, depending on experience, plus benefits

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Required: May 2025

Streatham & Clapham High School (SCHS) is seeking a proactive and dedicated Facilities Manager to oversee the safety, functionality, and maintenance of our school estate.

Located in a tranquil, leafy oasis in south London, the Senior School sits within an impressive 1930s building on a four-acre site. The successful candidate will play a key role in managing the premises of both our historic buildings and modern, purpose-built facilities, ensuring a safe and inspiring environment for staff, pupils, and visitors.

Key Responsibilities

1. Managing all building projects and maintenance work undertaken on school premises, including both planned maintenance and reactive repairs.
2. Implementing and monitoring the Estates Health and Safety policy, procedures, and practices.
3. Establishing and maintaining a secure environment both during and outside of school hours.
4. Ensuring the premises and grounds are maintained to a high standard through planned maintenance programmes.
5. Overseeing the regular inspection and maintenance of plant and equipment under the responsibility of the premises team.

About You

You will have proven experience in facilities management and health and safety compliance, ideally in an educational setting or similar environment. A recognised health and safety qualification (such as IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH) is essential.

Your strong leadership and team management skills will enable you to effectively motivate and direct the facilities team, ensuring that maintenance tasks are completed to the highest standards. With excellent communication and time management abilities, you will be proactive in responding to the dynamic needs of a school environment.

About Streatham & Clapham High School

Streatham & Clapham High School is a vibrant, exciting and fulfilling place in which to work. The School is characterised by a warm, welcoming and supportive atmosphere. New colleagues are supported through a personalised induction programme.

As part of the GDST, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:

1. Competitive salaries and pay progression
2. Access to extensive professional development opportunities
3. Training grants for qualifications
4. Free life assurance benefit
5. A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
6. Free lunches for all staff during term time
7. Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
8. A Cycle to Work scheme
9. Competitive terms and conditions of employment

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

Applications should be received no later than midday, 10 April 2025.

Interviews will take place shortly thereafter, though the school reserves the right to appoint an exceptional candidate at any stage of the application process.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.

Streatham & Clapham High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. As such applicants must be willing to undergo child-protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. To learn more about the school’s Safeguarding Procedures, and other policies, please refer to our Policies and Procedures section of this website.