Job Description

Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday

44,544 per annum (Support Staff Pay Spine Point 28)

Hills Road Sixth Form College is looking for a professional, highly organised Estates and Compliance Manager (ECM) to join its busy Estates Team.

This role is primarily an office-based, administrative position that will report to our Director of Estates and manage a team of skilled Caretakers and a wide range of external contractors. The successful candidate will manage all routine maintenance and repairs at our extensive site located on Hills Road, Cambridge.

This is a facilitating, administrative role that requires an individual with a core skill set that includes capacity, organisation, attention to detail, project management, and diplomacy skills that can be delivered across a wide range of teams. Prior technical knowledge of facilities management is not a requirement, but the successful candidate must have an open, learning mindset and willingness to learn about the estate and its services. Knowledge and experience of working within the education sector, whilst desirable, is also not essential. However, all candidates need an understanding of the range of needs of a diverse workforce and be committed to making a difference to young people's lives.

Recently rated 'outstanding' again, Hills Road Sixth Form College continues to enjoy a strong national reputation for excellence in education. In part, this is because we continually review and refine our practice to enhance the experiences of our students and staff. We also appreciate that academic success requires a happy, healthy and caring community, and our coaching culture ensures that the wellbeing of our students and staff is at the heart of all we do.

We offer great teamwork and a varied workload, an attractive salary, 24 days' annual leave, rising to 27 after five years' service, plus bank holidays, and a wide range of competitive benefits including a generous pension scheme, free use of the College sporting facilities, free on-site parking, a cycle to work scheme, as well as discounts on all our Adult Education courses.

Closing date:

Monday 19 May 2025 at 9.00am

Interviews:

w/c 26 May 2025

Details and an application form for the above post may be obtained from our website www.hillsroad.ac.uk

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and staff and expects all members of the College community, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment. The College actively promotes equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

The Post

The College is seeking to make a full-time, permanent appointment to the newly refreshed post of Estates and Compliance Manager. The role will manage all routine maintenance and repairs and manage our compliance programme at our extensive site located on Hills Road, Cambridge.

This role is primarily an office-based, administrative position that will report to our Director of Estates

Strong communication skills are essential as the postholder will be liaising with a range of people both within and outside the College. Reliability, integrity, a practical proactive approach and the ability to operate under pressure in a changing and sometimes demanding environment are a prerequisite.

The responsibilities of this role have recently been handled by a range of other staff, and so there is a depth of experience to call on, strong line-management and excellent help from colleagues to support the relaunch of this role. The ECM will sit with the Director of Estates and the Estates and Lettings Officer in a shared office space.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading sixth form college with a national reputation for excellence. The person appointed will have a commitment to the values and ethos of high quality, publicly maintained education and feel comfortable working in an environment where there is a strong commitment to academic and operational excellence.

We offer a generous salary of 44,544 p.a. plus membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of a further 23.9% per annum. This is a full-time position; however, substantial part-time applications would also be considered.

The job description and the person specification relevant to the post may be found on our website.

The Department

The Estates team is small but effective, and many of the team have deep experience of the site and its services. We have a mixed age portfolio of buildings on a site which is very compressed and very full. The nature of the College terms means our work must be carefully prioritised around keeping the site working operationally during term times and then completing project work during the vacation periods. This means detailed planning, attention to detail, and strong communication skills are essential. There are also 4 Caretakers, who take care of the site on a shift system; manage security and day-to-day maintenance tasks. We have a solid group of reliable contractors for the larger, more technical aspects of site maintenance, and the ECM will be responsible for scheduling their work and ensuring all compliance requirements, including safeguarding, are in place and recorded.

The ECM will also lead the College cleaning team in their year-round endeavour to keep the estate a safe, clean and operational environment for staff, students and visitors.

The Estates team also includes the Estates and Lettings Officer who manages space utilisation, a part-time electrician, and has some shared hours from other staff members throughout the year.

We have a new piece of asset management software, which while initially loaded with data, has not yet been brought fully into our facilities management. The ECM will become the 'subject matter expert' on this software and will lead on ensuring it supports the safe and effective management of our estate.

Compliance will also be a substantial element of this role, not just ensuring compliance such as H&S, COSHH etc, but also managing the timely update process for all College policies.

As this is a refreshed role, there may be some flexibility around the responsibilities of the post, if applicants bring slightly different experiences, for example Data Protection, First Aid training etc. What is more important to the existing team and the College, is that the successful individual is a problem solver, with an open, learning mindset, who can plan, organise, record and communicate effectively.

Anthony Marshall
Director of Estates

amarshall@hillsroad.ac.uk

How to Apply

Applicants are asked to do the following:

complete the Hills Road Sixth Form College application form

complete the equality and diversity monitoring form

write a supporting letter of application

supply a brief CV

The completed application form should be submitted via email to recruitment@hillsroad.ac.uk. All documents should be submitted by

9.00am on Monday 19 May 2025.

Please note that applications received after the closing date may not be eligible for consideration. If Human Resources have not contacted you by 26th May 2025, then unfortunately your application has not been successful.

Interviews will be held in the week commencing 26 May 2025.

Hills Road Sixth Form College will base its decision as to whether to invite you for interview solely on the details provided on your application and how well they match the criteria for this post.

In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. The successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their right to work during the recruitment process.

Hills Road Sixth Form College is committed to ensuring equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and selects staff on merit, irrespective of race, religion, sex, disability or age. You are not obliged to complete the equal opportunities monitoring form, but any information given will help us to monitor the effectiveness of our equality and diversity policy.

If you have a disability, you are invited to request any special arrangements you may require for interview, or any adjustments you may anticipate would be needed in your working arrangements, by contacting the Human Resources Team on 01223 278063 (direct line). Further information about accessibility to the site can be found on our website under 'Equality and Diversity/Site Plan' and from 'AccessAble: www.accessable.co.uk.

Thank you for your interest in this post and in the College. We do hope that you will decide to apply, and we should like to thank you in advance for taking the time and trouble to do so. For more information about working life at the College, please go to our website http://www.hillsroad.ac.uk

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 44,544.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave Bereavement leave Canteen Casual dress Company events Company pension Cycle to work scheme Employee discount Enhanced maternity leave Enhanced paternity leave Free flu jabs Free parking Gym membership Health & wellbeing programme On-site gym On-site parking Sick pay Transport links
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 19/05/2025