Deputy Director of Estates and Facilities

4 weeks ago

Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom Ashford College Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Deputy Director of Estates and Facilities to provide strategic and operational leadership to our estates and facilities service. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a broad portfolio including facilities management, across 6 colleges, various business sites, and supporting our sister Trust organisation EKC Schools Trust, our 4* Hotel, and growing income via commercial lettings.

Key Responsibilities
  • Leading the establishment of additional facilities management functions, group cleaning arrangements, and lettings.
  • Ensuring the provision of a modern, appropriate, and inspiring working environment for all our staff and students.
  • Planning to meet future needs of the organisation, in a timely and cost-effective manner.
  • Enhancing the quality and diversity of infrastructure and our ability to control and affect the managed environment.
About You

The successful candidate will have experience at a senior level of managing a large and complex estate, including a proven ability to compile and manage budgets and carry out cost/benefit analyses. You will be a self-motivated, calm, and positive individual with great interpersonal and communications skills and a positive drive to deliver and tenacity to see the planned facilities management project through to conclusion.

  • Facilities Management qualification (IWFM or equivalent)
  • Experience in estates and facilities management, preferably in education or large scale/multi-site setting
  • Experience in developing estates strategies and delivering outcomes
  • Experience managing contractors for maintenance
  • Project management experience
  • Sustainability and energy efficiency solution experience
About Us

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our 'Strong' skills grading by Ofsted.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles. We therefore have an obligation to carry out robust checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults; applicants are therefore advised that appropriate safeguarding checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken on all successful applicants; job offers will be made on the basis of satisfactory DBS and other checks, including the receipt of two references.

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