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Building Services Manager

Full-time (36.5 hours per week) - Normal hours of work will be 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday less an hour for lunch

All year round.

• Starting salary circa £45k
• Up to 2% Attendance Bonus
• Occupational Pension Scheme
• Onsite fitness and cardio suite

The successful candidate for this significant middle management position will have significant experience and qualifications in this line of work. They will possess an all-round working knowledge of site related matters and the ability to lead, develop and manage a dedicated team of premises assistants and day-time cleaning staff as well as overall responsibility for a team of early morning and evening part-time cleaners. The manager will be the main key holder for the site, will have a high-level understanding of both maintenance work and health and safety and have the appropriate communication skills to liaise with a range of clients including staff, students, contractors and hirers.  

The Academy places great importance on its appearance and dedicates an annual budget to ensure this is maintained to high order and it is expected that the postholder will share the same vision. You will have a proactive management style, be organised, approachable and a team player. Experience of such a role within a school or similar environment would be an advantage. You will report directly to the Vice-Principal at the Academy.

Ashcroft Technology Academy: 

• is graded an outstanding school (Ofsted 2021) with high standards of behaviour 
• is a highly successful and heavily over-subscribed school in Putney, south west London 
• provides excellent quality and well-resourced facilities 
• has a progress 8 score of +1.34 (2024), which ranks the Academy in the top 15 schools nationally 
• has the highest performing Sixth Form in the Borough of Wandsworth for the past 9 years 
• offers both A-Levels and the International Baccalaureate in the sixth form 
• offers excellent opportunities for career development and professional learning, with a comprehensive ECT programme 
• is close to the A3, to East Putney tube station and Putney main line for easy commuting 
• has on-site parking for cars and bicycles 

If you would like to be a part of this highly successful school, further details and an application form are available from our website https://www.atacademy.org.uk/ 

You must complete the application form electronically and email it recruitment@ashcroftacademy.org.uk as soon as you are ready but no later than the closing date Friday 3 October to

Closing Date: 03 October 2025 (at noon)

We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date where we find suitable applications and so we advise that applications should be submitted as soon as possible as we may choose to interview shortly after receipt.

All appointments are subject to enhanced DBS clearance. The Academy safeguards children and actively promotes their welfare. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

The Academy is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from minority groups. 

The school also has full disabled access.

Ashcroft Technology Academy

100 West Hill,

Putney,

London

SW15 2UT

Tel: 020 8877 0357

Email: recruitment@ashcroftacademy.org.uk

Web: www.ashcroftacademy.org.uk

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils