Apprentice Facilities Services Supervisor
St Joseph's Infant and Junior Schools
Chichester (PO19 1DQ)
Closes in 12 days (Friday 27 February 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 February 2026
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Summary
You will work alongside our Site Manager to learn all aspects of school facilities management. This hands-on role is ideal for someone who enjoys practical tasks, problem solving and working as part of a team.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Facilities management supervisor (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday – Friday 8.30am – 3pm with a 30 minute unpaid break
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 2 March 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Supporting with general site maintenance and repairs
- Assisting with Health and Safety checks and paperwork
- Ensuring the school site is clean, safe and secure
Where you'll work
St Joseph S Infant and Junior Schools
Orchard Street
Chichester
PO19 1DQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
STRAIGHT A TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Facilities management supervisor (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Supervise the facilities management function.
- Comply with health and safety regulations, building regulations, codes of practice and organisational policies and procedures.
- Comply with risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work and apply control measures.
- Supervise others when using facilities management environment tools and equipment for example, plant, machinery, electrical equipment, manual tools.
- Apply sustainable processes and practices, monitoring and solving sustainability problems which impact climate change in the facilities management function within their organisation.
- Use resources to complete tasks, with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Lead a team of facilities personnel.
- Apply problem solving techniques to create solutions to complex problems within limits of authority within own role and consult line management.
- Plan, prioritise and delegate tasks to the facilities team for completion.
- Use information and digital technology to analyse data to monitor performance.
- Create, maintain and enhance collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders Give and receive information. Matching style to audience. Recognising barriers in communication and how to overcome them. Facilities terminology.
- Investigate queries to find underlying cause and identify potential solutions.
- Apply financial management principles in department budget spending.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques to devise potential solutions.
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology through written means.
- Supervise the facilities management function.
- Comply with health and safety regulations, building regulations, codes of practice and organisational policies and procedures.
- Comply with risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work and apply control measures.
- Supervise others when using facilities management environment tools and equipment for example, plant, machinery, electrical equipment, manual tools.
- Apply sustainable processes and practices, monitoring and solving sustainability problems which impact climate change in the facilities management function within their organisation.
- Use resources to complete tasks, with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Lead a team of facilities personnel.
- Apply problem solving techniques to create solutions to complex problems within limits of authority within own role and consult line management.
- Plan, prioritise and delegate tasks to the facilities team for completion.
- Use information and digital technology to analyse data to monitor performance.
- Create, maintain and enhance collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Communicate verbally with internal and external stakeholders Give and receive information. Matching style to audience. Recognising barriers in communication and how to overcome them. Facilities terminology.
- Investigate queries to find underlying cause and identify potential solutions.
- Apply financial management principles in department budget spending.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques to devise potential solutions.
- Communicate with internal and external stakeholders using sector specific terminology through written means.
Training schedule
Level 3 Facilities Management Supervisor Apprenticeship Standard
The apprenticeship training will be provided through online learning
Training and development will take place in the workplace
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C - A* or 4-9)
- Maths (grade C - A* or 4-9)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Motivated
- Reliable
- Practical
- Punctual
Other requirements
- Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
- Completing a school onboarding form
About this employer
St Joseph's Infant School and St Joseph's CE Junior are two schools in the heart of Chichester. We are proud to serve our community as schools who are passionate about seeing every child flourish. We are an inclusive, caring Christian Junior school where we recognise that all children have talents and abilities to celebrate.
After this apprenticeship
It could lead to a permanent position
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
STRAIGHT A TRAINING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000014519.
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Closes in 12 days (Friday 27 February 2026 at 11:59pm)