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About the Role

Les Petites Étoiles (LPE) is seeking a Facilities Manager & Handyperson to ensure the safety, compliance, and maintenance of its five London nurseries. This role involves hands-on repairs, project management, contractor oversight, and ensuring all sites meet regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Carry out routine repairs and improvements across all sites including carpentry, minor plumbing, painting, decorating, and fixing fittings.
• Maintain external areas and structures, including woodwork, sheds, fencing, canopies, gutters, and roof drainage.
• Respond promptly to maintenance requests, prioritizing health-and-safety issues.
• Perform out-of-hours and emergency call-outs, including work that cannot be done while children are present.
• Triage incoming jobs to determine in-house vs. specialist work.
• Scope larger and capital works, obtain and compare quotes, and make recommendations.
• Appoint, supervise, and sign off specialist contractors for various trades.
• Plan and sequence disruptive works around nursery hours, utilizing school holidays or weekends.
• Manage projects to stay on time and budget, providing progress updates.
• Ensure all regulated work is performed by certified trades.
• Coordinate statutory and landlord processes such as planning permission, Building Control, Licences to Alter, and Fire Risk Assessment actions.
• Assist in maintaining premises compliance for Ofsted and health-and-safety requirements.
• Maintain records, certificates, and warranties.
• Own and update the maintenance tracking system (Trello).
• Create and maintain a planned (preventive) maintenance program across all sites.
• Track spend against budget and flag variances.
• Build positive working relationships with nursery managers, colleagues, contractors, landlords, and Directors.
• Coordinate and support colleagues to allow focus on practical work.
• Optimize in-house time by deciding on direct handling vs. specialist outsourcing.

Requirements

• Proven hands-on maintenance / trades background with a broad practical skill set.
• Experience managing building or refurbishment projects: scoping, quoting, and appointing and supervising contractors.
• Basic knowledge of plumbing, carpentry, and decorating.
• Sound working understanding of building compliance including Building Regulations, planning, and fire-safety basics.
• Highly organized and self-managing; able to run several sites and priorities independently.
• Good communicator and record-keeper; comfortable with simple digital tools (e.g. Trello, email, spreadsheets).
• Full UK driving licence.
• Enhanced DBS check (or willingness to obtain one).
• Awareness of safeguarding in a childcare setting.

Skills

• Carpentry
• Minor plumbing
• Painting and decorating
• Maintenance of external areas and structures
• Project management
• Contractor management
• Budget tracking
• Record keeping
• Digital tools (Trello, email, spreadsheets)

Location

• Across five London nurseries (Angel, Crouch Hill, Paddington, Tufnell Park, West Hampstead)

Work Type

• Permanent
• Full-time
• Part-time
• Some evening / school-holiday working

Experience Level

• Depending on experience

Salary/Compensations

• £40,000 – £50,000 per annum FTE (pro-rata if part-time)

Benefits

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays

About the Company

• Les Petites Étoiles (LPE) runs five bilingual Montessori nurseries across London.

Equal Opportunity

• We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.