Senior Facilities Officer (Capital & Compliance)

As part of The Wensum Trust, we believe that our shared duty is to help every child to develop into high achieving, confident, healthy, caring and resilient members of their family and community. We want our schools to be healthy environments where both children and staff can develop and where strong, positive relationships are key. Our school,therefore, practices a relational approach with children, our families and our communities. We are particularly interested in working with people who share Our Qualities; who will work effectively and flexibly as part of a team.

The Senior Facilities Officer (Capital & Compliance) supports the Head of Facilities in delivering a safe, compliant, efficient and future ready estate across the Trust. The role provides operational leadership for statutory compliance, Trust-wide monitoring, and capital project coordination, ensuring all schools meet the expectations of:

• DfE School Estate Management Standards (2025)

• Education Estates Strategy (2026)

• Good Estate Management for Schools (GEMS)

• Building Safety Act requirements

• Trust policies and procedures

The postholder acts as the Trust’s compliance lead and capital delivery coordinator, bridging the gap between strategic estate planning and operational site management.

Being a part of The Wensum Trust’s family of schools offers employees unique experiences to work alongside our strategic partners and to collaborate with a wider network of staff. We believe in investing in employees as individuals, by providing training opportunities that help to develop both existing and new skill sets, to encourage career progression at all levels.

We value our staff and are committed to supporting their well-being. We have an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which all staff can access 24 hours a day. The EAP provides counselling services, legal information and guidance, musculoskeletal services and online resources such as nutrition diaries, healthy eating plans, personal coaching questionnaires and tools and fitness programmes.

We care about bringing together the most able people, to help us achieve our vision of providing a rounded education for children, quality support for their families and opportunities to enrich our communities.

For further information on this vacancy and our Trust please contact our Head of Facilities, Craig Nickerson-White by emailing [email protected]