Facilities Manager
Kensington Prep School
Hammersmith and Fulham
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary plus benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required as soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 19 April 2024
Job overview
Kensington Prep School is seeking an experienced Facilities Manager to play a key role in delivering a safe, pleasant environment for staff, students and visitors.
Ensuring health and safety is paramount in the provision of an efficient, effective and safe site, you will take responsibility for the maintenance, site security, and facilities management of the school premises and grounds. You will also be responsible for organising duty rotas to ensure that caretaking, grounds maintenance and cleaning services are provided consistently.
The successful candidate will bring substantial experience of premises/facilties management, knowledge of relevant health and safety requirements and the skills and willingness to undertake routine and preventative general maintenance tasks. You will need to be a customer focused individual with excellent time management skills and the ability to organise the workload of yourself and others.
Why Kensington Prep?
Based in Fulham, we are justifiably proud of our reputation and are pleased to have been recognised by a range of high-profile awards.
Staff are inspired and supported in a highly professional environment led by a friendly leadership team. We are the highest rated GDST school in a recent Best Companies employee survey and the GDST is in the top 100 best not-for-profit companies to work for.
As part of the GDST, the UK's leading network of independent girls' schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- Access to extensive professional development opportunities
- Training grants for qualifications
- Generous pension schemes
- Free life assurance benefit
- A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
- Free lunches for all staff during term time
- Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
- A Cycle to Work scheme
- Good transport links
- Competitive terms and conditions of employment
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
Closing date for applications: Friday 19 April 2024 at 12pm.
Interview date: Week commencing 22 April 2024.
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.
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About Kensington Prep School
Kensington Prep School is a buzzy Independent Day School for girls aged 4-11. It opened in 1873, the first school to be established in the Girl’s Day School Trust. The school moved to Fulham in 1997 and is set in spacious grounds with netball and tennis courts and pond for environmental studies. There are fantastic dedicated facilities for music, drama, IT, science, art and design.
We encourage independence, individuality and questioning thinkers.
Our girls achieve outstanding results and places at top day and boarding schools in London and the country.
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