About us:

Gower College Swansea is one of the largest colleges in Wales with a strong reputation for high quality teaching and learning. We have six campuses across the city with over 4,500 full time learners and 10,000 part time learners. We currently have a turnover of over £50 million making us a major employer in the region with approximately 1,000 staff.

At Gower College Swansea we are passionate about investing in our staff and looking after their wellbeing to ensure they feel supported in work and also at home.

The role:

Reporting to the Director of Estates, you will work in a small team, supporting the day-to-day operational management of the Department and the services it provides covering FM services, reactive and planned maintenance, health and safety, energy and environmental management, major projects, major incident and business continuity planning and property management.

• 37 hours per week
• Permanent
• £45,425 per annum
• Across College Campus

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of the College’s Estates Strategy, providing innovative solutions to Estates development and facilities issues.
• Plan and organise minor building works, reactive and planned maintenance for all College sites, and be responsible for overseeing and managing specific estates projects as they arise, ensuring projects are completed to time.
• Working with the Health & Safety and Environmental Manager contribute towards the College’s strategy towards environmental sustainability including development of pollution control, pollution prevention, recycling and waste management programmes.
• To act as ‘responsible person’ and ‘authorised person’ for specialist duties, such as legionella management, asbestos control, gas management, and permits.
• Budget and capital spend / fiscal planning, variance reporting, trend identification together with exceptional, RAG (or similar) reports on spend.

About you:

• Degree OR equivalent professional qualification
• Chartered membership of appropriate organisation OR working towards chartered membership
• Previous experience of working within Estates and Facilities Management role including managing minor capital works from start to finish.

Benefits for you:

• A Local Government Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 21% (2023)
• 37 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the college is closed for two weeks over the Christmas period
• 2 annual staff well-being days
• Free parking
• Discounted Sport Centre gym membership for £60 per year
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides a 24/7 counselling service
• Staff support groups: menopause, LGBTQ+, time for talking

We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our organisation.

If you wish to continue your application journey using Welsh Language, please visit our Cymraeg site. We encourage Welsh Language applications as we recognise the importance of delivering services in Welsh, and the need to grow our bilingual workforce.

Gower College Swansea is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and require registration with the Education Workforce Council for Wales.

Benefits:

37 days holiday pro rata, plus 5 closure days and 8 bank holidays pro rata, Local Government Pension scheme, a range of employee benefits including salary sacrifice schemes, staff discounts and free parking