Are you an experienced estates professional with a passion for high-quality facilities and leading teams to deliver excellent service? North Kent College is looking for a motivated and suitably qualified Assistant Estates Manager to support the effective management of our western sites.
What you’ll do:
As an Assistant Estates Manager (West), you’ll play a vital role in ensuring our campuses remain safe, well-maintained, and fit for learning. Working closely with the Estates Manager (West), your key responsibilities will include:
- Managing the maintenance and caretaking workforce across the College’s western sites.
- Allocating, monitoring, and ensuring timely completion of works via the Estates online Helpdesk system
- Supporting the day-to-day operational delivery of estates services at Hadlow, Tonbridge, and other western sites as required.
- Prioritising workloads based on urgency and operational need.
- Ensuring compliance with health, safety, and safeguarding requirements.
- Working collaboratively as part of the wider Estates team, while constructively challenging existing processes and supporting continuous improvement
What we’re looking for:
- Proven experience in a similar estates, facilities, or maintenance management role.
- Strong literacy and IT skills, with confidence using online systems to manage and track work.
- Ability to use initiative, prioritise effectively, and manage competing demands.
- A collaborative team player with the confidence to lead and support others.
- A proactive approach, with a willingness to learn new skills and embrace change.
- Experience in overseeing and managing multiple sites and/or buildings
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced estates professional who enjoys operational leadership and making a tangible difference to the learning environment.
The Role:
Where you’ll work: Based at the Hadlow & Tonbridge campuses, with travel required to other College sites as needed.
Your hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per annum (1 FTE).
Your pay: £41,988 per annum.
The College:
North Kent College (including Hadlow College) is proudly rated as an Ofsted ‘Good’ provider, with ‘Outstanding’ learner behaviours and attitudes (April 2024). With four campuses across Kent and 4,000 students, we strive to equip the young people who study here with an inclusive and innovative education experience to enhance their future career prospects, which, as noted by Ofsted, is supported through our high-quality, industry standard facilities. Each and every staff member plays a key part in delivering the success of our learners’ experience, and we want those who join our curriculum and support teams to share our passion in achieving this.
The Benefits:
In addition to a competitive salary, you can expect the following benefits.
- 33 days’ annual leave (including Christmas / New Year break) plus bank holidays (full time equivalent).
- Enrolment onto the People’s Partnership pension scheme (as part of the staff of North Kent College Business Services Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of North Kent College).
- Access to free parking and a range of onsite facilities, a restaurant and coffee shop.
How to Apply:
If this sounds like the next role for you, please visit the North Kent College staff vacancies page to see the full job description and apply.
Please note that the closing date for applications is Sunday, 25th January 2025, with interviews scheduled to take place on Thursday, 05th February – Friday, 06th February 2026.
North Kent College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and all staff have a responsibility to share and maintain this commitment. In line with the requirements of ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, appropriate safeguarding checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken on all individuals selected for appointment. Posts at the College, a specified establishment where the work gives opportunity for contact with children, are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to complete and submit prior to their interview a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Further guidance / information from the Ministry of Justice can be found on GOV.UK.
North Kent College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and all staff have a responsibility to share and maintain this commitment. In line with the requirements of ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, appropriate safeguarding checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken on all individuals selected for appointment. Posts at the College, a specified establishment where the work gives opportunity for contact with children, are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to complete and submit prior to their interview a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Further guidance / information from the Ministry of Justice can be found on GOV.UK.