Director of Estates and Facilities

Salary Leadership Range Points 20 to 24 (£82,654 to £91,157).

Are you an experienced Estates and Facilities leader with the strategic vision, professional expertise and passion to shape exceptional learning environments for thousands of children and young people?

Delta Academies Trust is seeking an outstanding Director of Estates and Facilities to lead its Trust-wide estates strategy and ensure safe, compliant, inspiring, and future‑ready environments across all its academies. We are looking for the successful postholder to join the team as soon as possible on a full time, permanent basis.

As the Director of Estates and Facilities, you will provide strategic and operational leadership of the Trust’s Estates and Facilities Management services across all of the Trust’s sites.

Reporting to the Executive Leadership Team, you will shape and deliver the long‑term estates strategy to support the Trust’s educational ambitions.

You will lead a multi‑disciplinary professional team, driving a culture of excellence, compliance, innovation and continuous improvement. You will ensure our academies benefit from high‑quality, cost‑effective estates services—including capital works, maintenance, compliance, security, health and safety, and facilities management, both hard and soft services.

This is a rare opportunity to influence and enhance environments that directly support the life chances of young people across a diverse and growing Trust.

Our Head Office site has excellent transport links
, situated close to both the A1 and M62 and offering a free and secure car park. We have a great café on‑site
, so if a barista latte on a morning or jacket potato at lunchtime (among many other options) is your thing, you can get it all here!

Delta Academies Trust is one of the largest and most ambitious multi‑academy trusts in the North of England, all of our academies are rated Good or better, reflecting our strong culture, high expectations and commitment to excellence. We’re a not‑for‑profit organisation with a clear mission: to make sure every child, in every community we serve, has access to an exceptional education.

When you join Delta, you join a team full of purpose. From teachers and teaching assistants to IT specialists, HR colleagues, caterers, leaders and curriculum experts, our people share a commitment to improving life chances for both staff and helping young people thrive.

As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing
.

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In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.