Head of Maintenance and Aesthetics
40 hours / 52 weeks
Salary £36,633 to £38,140
Sunfield Specialist School and Children’s Home sustains a distinguished historical legacy in the beautiful Clent Hills, West Midlands. Sunfield’s farm, walled garden and woodlands provide excellent opportunities for outdoor learning and practical activities. Sunfield is part of Ruskin Mill Trust.
Established in 1984, Ruskin Mill Trust is an educational charity that operates in England, Scotland and Wales. We offer exciting outdoor learning environments, utilising practical land and craft activities to support the development of work and life skills in young people with autistic spectrum conditions and other learning differences. Our research-led method, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education, is inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, John Ruskin and William Morris. Working with hand, head, heart and place, Ruskin Mill Trust helps individuals to re-imagine their potential.
The post holder will:
- Be responsible for line managing and coordinating the work of the maintenance team to carry out the work required within the parameters set, standards required and using materials and methods approved by Ruskin Mill Land Trust at Sunfield Children’s School and Homes.
- To ensure that any work being planned or carried out is done compassionately to support the historical and natural environmentals of each individual site.
- Work alongside Ruskin Mill Land Trust, Trust Architect, the Directors and Executive Principal in providing a vital function in being the initial central point of contact for all maintenance (emergency and pre-planned developments)
Main duties will include:
- To plan, oversee and quality assure all maintenance work across the associated sites in line with the genius loci of each site;
- To ensure through appropriate maintenance and compliance checks of the sites, that the Trust and its sites provide a safe working environment for students and staff;
- To lead the maintenance team, by coordinating work for all sites within area of responsibility;
- To manage and oversee the maintenance budget, including costing and prioritisation.
Person specifications:
- 5 years senior management experience.
- Experience of the management of small, medium and large-scale building projects.
- Line Management experience.
- Significant experience in coordinating long term projects, emergency and preventative works.
- Significant experience of health and Safey Compliance
Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash.
In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and also opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.
Full details of our benefits can be viewed on www.rmt.org/careers
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract
Pay: £36,633.00-£38,140.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- Do you require sponsorship for this role?
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 19/06/2025