Premises & Compliance Officer - SHARE Multi Academy Trust

Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of SHARE Multi Academy Trust.

Information:

We are committed to delivering the very best education to our students, and an outstanding service to over 700 of our colleagues, eight schools and our Teaching Hub. To do this, the trust operates an excellent and well-established Central Services Team, within which this post is based. Our Central Services Team comprises of a range of expert departments including HR, Payroll, Premises and Compliance, and ICT.

The central team is based at HUB 26 in Cleckheaton, offering a modern and dynamic workspace for colleagues.

Just as we do with our students and teaching staff, we believe in helping all our colleagues to achieve their personal best and are keen to recruit the very best talent to our trust. Colleagues within our central team benefit from a wealth of first class, personal development opportunities alongside comprehensive induction programmes. This is in addition to training and ongoing support at every stage of their career.

By working as part of our Central Services Team, the trust is proud to offer a commitment to:

• Offering a vibrant place to work which equips staff to deliver their best every day, under the strong belief that Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best is key
• A commitment that staff are happy, engaged and well supported at work, taking pride in the progress and development of our academies and pupils, as well as their own
• Excellent training and guidance relevant to individual job roles, so expectations are understood and staff are motivated
• Great benefits, as an employer of choice, including outstanding CPD, supportive line management, and meaningful networking opportunities across the trust to aid personal development
• Supportive leadership, encouraging healthy work-life balance

We are looking to recruit:

We are seeking to recruit a Premises & Compliance Officer to support a well-established, high quality, operational service across our eight academies in the Kirklees district.

Reporting to (and supporting the work of) the Premises & Compliance Manager, the postholder will co-ordinate and advise on all aspects of Health & Safety and Risk Management, ensuring current legislation is adhered to, maintaining our high standards. This is a great opportunity to work with caretaking teams across the trust, assisting with building projects and the supervision of staff and external contractors.

The ideal candidate will:

• be educated to GCSE Grade 4 Maths and English;
• be a strong communicator with a solutions-based approach to problem solving;
• have experience of working within facilities; estates and infrastructure;
• understand and have robust knowledge and experience of risk management, health and safety and compliance;
• have strong organisational skills, priorities own workload; and ability to work to deadlines and under pressure;
• have a good knowledge and use of IT systems;
• have a driving licence with access to a motor vehicle to use for business purposes;
• have great references demonstrating they are a suitable candidate, safe to work with children.