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Location: 

London, ENG, GB

Date:  18 Sept 2025
Application closing date: 

ROLE SUMMARY:

Every student at Fulham School can enjoy an outstanding education coupled with a family atmosphere, full of fun and consideration, where they are supported and encouraged to reach their full potential. We’re known for the extremely strong secondary school preparation we provide our students, whether they stay with us or move on to another school.

Students receive the highest quality of education without the stress at Fulham.

At Fulham School we have two goals that drive all we do:

  • To encourage the development of creative, problem-solving individuals with tenacity, kindness and secure self-worth.
  • To provide the most distinctive, forward-thinking and outward-looking co-educational environment, where diverse abilities are recognised, celebrated and given fullest expression.

What makes Fulham School unique is the way we set about achieving these goals. Most schools share the best of intentions. We seek to put them into practice in new and innovative ways. Through our dedication and love of teaching, we offer a varied curriculum to ensure every pupil can achieve success.

Explore our website to learn more about our philosophy and how this is put into practise in each area of our school, from our Outstanding Ofsted rated Pre-Prep to Prep School. If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please get in touch. We would love to hear from you.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Support a culture of continuous improvement across the school’s operations, working to improve efficiency and effectiveness in all aspects of the school’s support services.
    • Execute continuous improvement across the school driven by the Head
  • Line Manage: oversees Facilities Team & Caretakers
    • This team have responsibility for campus operations including repairs and maintenance, security, H&S, and cleaning
  • Provide operational support to the Head & H&S Officer on all aspects of H&S
  • Provide support to the Head & Uk Head of Estates to ensure the effective financial management of the school budgets, including resource monitoring and administering of funds and accounts, liaising closely with finance
  • Assist with effective reporting, forecasting and budgeting for premises and capex/Opex performance in line with Group deadlines and deliverables working closely with finance
  • Monitor premises budgets
  • Manage costs and spend against budget through detailed phasing and communication of year to date spend against budget and planned spend to Head & UK Head of Estates
  • Assist UK Head of Estates to administrate and report on capital projects for the school
  • Assist UK Head of Estates to make insurance claims as necessary working closely with finance
  • Assist UK Head of Estates to oversee that correct procedure is followed for the quotation and procurement of services and improvement works within the school financial standards
  • To ensure that the Premises Team effectively maintain and oversees the maintenance of the school’s site, buildings and operational facilities
  • Operation and upkeep of School systems to include asbestos, water management, control of utilities, fire protection, contractors, and the associated administration and record keeping, and other related systems as required.
  • Frequent testing and recording of all security systems (fire, intruder, CCTV and access control)

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

Essential

  • Minimum GCSE or equivalent in English and Mathematics
  • Experience working as an Operations Manager or similar role
  • Experience of extensive, ever-changing demands
  • Able to maintain the strictest confidentiality and integrity at all times
  • Evidence of excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
  • Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to work both collaboratively and independently
  • Able to work under your own initiative and deal with demands of a geographically dispersed team
  • Be flexible and adaptable, including occasional work outside normal hours
  • Capacity to inspire, with a positive, pro-active, solution focused ‘can do’ attitude

 

Desirable

  • Supervisory/Management qualification
  • Experience of working in an educational environment

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

Inspired Education Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practices and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

SCHOOL APPLICATION FORM

Please download and fill up this Application Form, attach this during application process.

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