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Job
Title: Facilities
Manager
Location: Castle Gate
School, Guildford, Surrey GU2
4DU
Salary:     Up
to £35,000.00 per annum depending on experience
(not pro
rata)
Hours:
    40 hours per week | Monday to
Friday
Contract: Permanent |
Full Time | 52 weeks
Start:
      January
2026
UK applicants only –
this role does not offer
sponsorship

Options Autism is
proud to be opening Castle Gate School in Guildford, a cutting-edge
specialist school for pupils with autism, learning difficulties,
and complex needs. 

About the
Role

We’re looking for an
experienced Facilities Manager to play a key role in maintaining
and enhancing our school environment — ensuring it’s a place where
pupils can thrive and staff can do their best
work.

This is an opportunity to make a real
impact every day. You’ll lead our dedicated facilities team,
oversee maintenance and repairs, manage budgets, and ensure every
aspect of our site runs smoothly and safely. From developing
long-term improvement plans to managing day-to-day operations, your
work will help shape a setting that feels welcoming, professional,
and cared for.

What You’ll Be
Doing:

• Leading and
  motivating the facilities team to deliver outstanding service
  across maintenance, cleaning, and catering (where
  applicable)
• Managing planned and reactive
  maintenance programmes to keep the school running
  efficiently
• Overseeing budgets, contracts, and
  suppliers to ensure cost-effective and high-quality service
  delivery
• Taking ownership of health and safety,
  fire safety, and compliance across the
  site
• Conducting regular risk assessments,
  audits, and inspections to maintain the highest
  standards
• Responding swiftly to maintenance
  issues and ensuring they’re resolved
  effectively
• Coordinating vehicle maintenance,
  security, and safe equipment use
• Playing an
  active role in developing long-term facilities and improvement
  plans

What We’re
Looking For:

• Proven
  experience in facilities or site management (ideally within a
  school or similar environment)
• Excellent
  leadership and organisational skills with a proactive, can-do
  approach
• Strong knowledge of health and safety
  regulations and compliance processes
• Confidence
  managing budgets, suppliers, and maintenance
  schedules
• A practical problem solver who takes
  pride in maintaining high-quality
  environments

If you’re
someone who thrives on responsibility, enjoys variety, and wants to
make a genuine difference, this is your chance to lead a team that
keeps our school running at its best — every single
day.

About
Us

Opening in September 2026, this
brand-new school in Guildford is part of the Options Autism group,
a leading provider of specialist education individuals with complex
needs. The school will support up to
40 pupils aged 11–18, offering a
safe, structured, and inclusive environment tailored to meet a wide
range of needs.

Our schools are unique
environments, each one having its own special atmosphere and range
of opportunities and resources. Our teachers enjoy becoming part of
their school’s ‘family’, exploring the potential of the building
and environment and getting to know the brilliant pupils in our
care.

For over 19 years Options Autism have
provided support and education to pupils and adults with autism,
complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First
Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new
approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our
care.

We are really proud to say that in 2025,
Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to
Work’ for the sixth year
running.

Why join Options
Autism?

We place the outcomes of
the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart
of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that
your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of
others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and
promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants
will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to
a fully enhanced
DBS.

Benefits

Your
health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an
exceptional reward package
including:

• Life
  Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to
  increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing
  Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health
  support services and physical health
  checks

And a
market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits
Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for
you, including:

• A wide
  range of health, wellbeing, and insurance
  benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the
  UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work
  Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase
  Scheme
• Critical illness
  cover
• Family Growth Support
  - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced
  maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment
  support. 

We
reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high
volume of suitable
applications.

Outcomes
First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and
efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in
Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout,
Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of
earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a
result of delays or changes in the compliance process. xbpsjku All stages
of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding
checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect
timescales.

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