Estates Manager
Role:
The post holder will follow the GDST Strategic Vision, the Estate Strategy and the school business plans. They will also be required to :- • Support the Director of Estates to deliver a professional Estates focused knowledge base to support and enhance best practice throughout the Trust and to implement strategic investment for the Trust • Support the Trust strategy to be leaders in educating girls through Estates and charitable objectives of maximising use of estates assets for benefit of current and future students Accountabilities • Supporting the Estates Director in the Strategic and Operational Leadership of Estates across the Trust • Supporting the delivery of the requirements of the Trust within the agreed Maintenance budgets and providing information to monitor the setting and updating of the Capital Investment budget, including the development and setting of both budgets • Ensure ongoing procurement and delivery of Estates Services at best Value for Money, through a thorough understanding Of schools needs based planning and budgeting • Effective collaboration with all GDST stakeholders, in particular Heads, DFO’s and Schools FM & maintenance teams. • Effective client management of design teams including contract administration and cost management. • Health & Safety, Fire inc. CDM responsibilities, managed, clearly communicated, and actioned. • Support long term maintenance (LTM) and fire compliance programmes with all stakeholders. Key Responsibilities • Developing (from a client brief) delivering and project managing estate improvement and development projects across the GDST Schools portfolio, including minor works and LTM programmes.
Estates Manager
Location:
10 Bressenden Place, Westminster, London SW1E 5AE Head of Estate Management
Accountable to:
Grade:
Grade 2
Job Purpose / Background The Estates Department acts on behalf of the Trust and deals with all property related matters to ensure that the estate is developed and maintained to agreed standards. The estate consists of 23 schools, two academies and the Trust Office based in Victoria. Reporting to the Head of Estates Management the postholder will • Act as a ‘Business Partner’ to the Schools on all aspects of Estate Management. • Identify, develop and manage estate improvements and minor works across the GDST school’s portfolio as part GDST’s long term maintenance and condition related works programmes, in support of the GDST’s and Estate Strategy. • Work in conjunction, and collaborate with, the Schools and Estates colleagues to develop and implement long term intelligent investment and maintenance plans for each school. • Offer the provision of an effective and holistic hybrid delivery service (all aspects of estate improvement and development - maintenance, refurbishment, new build and planning) to the GDST schools - which is significantly superior of that which any school could deliver on its own. • Work in collaboration with schools to ensure schools remain compliant for all statutory maintenance, fire risk and management. • Ensure schools comply with CDM Regulation for works carried by the school or capital projects by the Trust. • Be a ‘Trusted and Technical Advisor’ to the schools
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