Facilities Manager at Gillotts School

Why This Role Matters

Responsible for our 33 acre site, incorporating a Victorian manor house and extensive grounds in Henley-on-Thames, our Facilities Manager leads a small team of dedicated premises staff, oversees statutory compliance, and manages planned and routine maintenance and development of the school site to ensure that staff and students have a secure, functional place to work. 

What You’ll Bring

• Site & Facilities Expertise: Proven experience in facilities management, premises maintenance, or building operations (preferably in an educational or public sector setting).

• Compliance & Health & Safety: Strong knowledge of statutory compliance (COSHH, fire safety, water hygiene, asbestos) and a commitment to keeping our site secure.

• Team Leadership: Experience managing or supervising site staff, contractors, and external vendors with clarity and a collaborative approach.

• Practical Problem Solving: A proactive mindset to tackle reactive repairs alongside a structured preventative maintenance schedule.

• Project & Contractor Management: Capability to oversee site projects, manage budgets, and negotiate strong value for the school.

  The ability to relate to adults and young people in a postive way is essential.

The "Why Us" Difference

Trust and Ownership: Clear ownership of your daily operational priorities and premises strategy, backed by a supportive leadership team.

Focused Workload: Structured and clear priorities, focusing on practical site improvements rather than unnecessary admin.

A Distinctive Setting: Responsibility for an established 900-pupil campus set within natural woodland grounds in Henley-on-Thames.

Gillotts aims to maximise achievement through effective and inspiring teaching and student support, so if you share these values and would like to join this supportive and high-achieving school, we’d like to hear from you. 

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive  continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children. 

he school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance. 

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Karen Barker, School Business Manager, about the role, prior to application, then please email kbarker@gillotts.org or telephone 01491 636808.

The River Learning Trust and Gillotts School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism.   The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered