Premises Manager | Flagship Academy Specialist HumanitiesHub | Slough

CORE PURPOSE We require an exceptionally organized, proactive, and technically skilled Premises Manager to oversee the comprehensive estate management, maintenance, and compliance operations of our flagship academy. Operating within a high-profile, oversubscribed educational facility, the successful candidate will lead a dedicated site team to ensure a safe, clean, secure, and fully optimized learning environment. This critical role holds operational responsibility for health and safety compliance, planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive repairs, contractor management, and the seamless execution of estate operations to support the academy's academic mission. THE SCHOOL Our flagship academy is dedicated to cultivating an ambitious and highly academic learning environment where estate excellence and educational success go hand in hand. As a pioneering school with an outstanding local reputation, we hold our physical environment to the highest standards, recognizing that a well-maintained campus directly inspires student pride and focus. The site and facilities department is characterized by a culture of professional efficiency, strict adherence to safety regulations, and a collaborative, service-driven approach. We operate a highly organized operational infrastructure with a healthy capital expenditure framework, allowing our premises team to execute high-impact facility enhancements, navigate large-scale estate modernizations, and maintain an exemplary environment for our motivated staff and learners. KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS Estate Maintenance & Strategic PPM: Plan, schedule, and execute a comprehensive Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) framework across all school buildings, plant machinery, and grounds, while managing a rapid-response system for reactive repairs. Rigorous Health & Safety Compliance: Ensure absolute compliance with all statutory health and safety regulations (including COSHH, legionella, asbestos, fire safety, and electrical testing), meticulously updating the academy's central compliance logs and risk assessments. Contractor & Project Management: Source, vet, and supervise external contractors for major capital works and specialized servicing, ensuring strict adherence to key performance indicators (KPIs), budgetary constraints, and stringent safeguarding protocols. Security & Emergency Response: Oversee the security infrastructure of the entire campus, managing CCTV, access control systems, and keyholder rotas. Serve as the primary point of contact for out-of-hours emergency call-outs and inclement weather site management. Team Leadership & Resource Optimization: Lead, mentor, and deploy the internal caretaking and cleaning teams, optimizing shift patterns, managing performance reviews, and driving a cost-effective procurement strategy for facilities equipment and materials. PROFILE REQUIREMENTS Qualifications: A strong track record in facilities or premises management, ideally within an educational, public sector, or high-footfall commercial environment. Professional certifications in health and safety (such as IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH) are highly desirable. Technical Capability: Proven expertise in managing complex building management systems (BMS), structural maintenance projects, compliance tracking software, and mechanical/electrical infrastructure. Proactive & Leadership-Driven Ethos: Outstanding communication and leadership skills, with the ability to manage a multi-disciplinary site team, coordinate under pressure, and collaborate effectively with senior leadership and external stakeholders. REGIONAL CONTEXT A Global Logistics and Corporate Innovation Hub: Based in the economically vibrant town of Slough, the academy capitalizes on a high-profile regional identity as one of the UK’s premier commercial and industrial powerhouses. Positioned on the Slough Trading Estate—the largest single-owned industrial park in Europe—and surrounded by the UK headquarters of multinational technology, data science, and pharmaceutical giants, the town represents a thriving landscape of operational complexity and logistical innovation. This corporate backdrop provides an exceptional network for supply chain procurement, sustainable facilities infrastructure, and technical partnership across Berkshire. Connectivity & Infrastructure: The campus benefits from premium South East transport infrastructure, offering straightforward road commuting via the strategic M4, M25, and M40 motorway corridors, alongside the main A4 trunk route. Public transit networks operate seamlessly via extensive local bus corridors, while Slough railway station acts as a major transport hub on the Great Western Main Line and the high-frequency Elizabeth Line, connecting the academy effortlessly to Reading, Maidenhead, Windsor, and central London commercial zones in under thirty minutes. APPLICATION INTAKE Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.