Property & Fleet Asset Manager

Salary: PO3/4 (spine points 38-44, FTE £42,836 - £49,077 per annum, including Outer London Weighting

Location: Copthall House, Sutton SM1 1DA

Working Pattern: 36 hrs per week (8.45am – 4.30pm Mon-Thurs; 8.45am – 4.15pm Fri) 

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust (OHC&AT) is a family of specialist education providers for over 1500 pupils and students from nursery to further education across 14 academies and 9 college centres in London, Surrey, Sussex, and Berkshire. Supporting our academies and college, OHC&AT also operate learning support, such as nursing and therapy, and a central business support team which includes HR, finance, and IT.

Pupils and students within the OHC&AT family have a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs including autistic spectrum disorder; speech, language, and communication difficulties; social, emotional impairment and complex health needs.

OHC&AT is a rewarding and inspirational place to work, where everyone works together to create the best possible outcomes for students. To find out more about us, and what makes us a special place to work please visit www.ohcat.org

The Estates & Facilities team at OHC&AT is seeking to appoint a Property & Fleet Asset Manager to ensure that our property and vehicle records are accurately maintained. As part of the role, you will ensure that estate management activities including rent and rate reviews, lease extensions and renewals are managed in a timely manner. In addition, you will maintain a database of condition, suitability and sufficiency data related to our estate to ensure that funding is allocated in line with our condition categories.

As well as managing our property assets, you will ensure that our vehicle fleet is maintained and meets our statutory obligations including Permit 19. A key objective will be to review our fleet and ensure it meets future ULEZ requirements.

You will contribute to new and existing policies and procedures relating to our property and fleet assets to ensure our policies and procedures meet statutory requirements.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.

For an informal discussion about the role, candidates are invited to contact Diane Brazier, Director of Estates and Facilities, via email at DBrazier@ohcat.org to arrange a time to speak with her. 

To apply for the role please use the quick apply option to submit an application. If you have any queries, please contact jobs@orchardhill.ac.uk.

Your application form will be scored according to each of the requirements laid out in the person specification for this role. Please demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role.

Please note that CV applications cannot be considered.

Closing Date: 9am 12th August 2024

Interviews will take place on: TBC.

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.