Job Opportunity: School Buildings Administrator
Start Date: September 2025
Contract Type: Fixed Term (1 Year)
Salary: £11,466.00 – £12,884.25 (FTE £22,932.00 - £25,768.51)
Hours: 17.5 hours (over two, three, or four days)
Make a Difference in Church School Estates
We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented School Buildings Administrator to join our Education Team. This key role supports the Diocesan Board of Education (DBE) in managing capital projects, allocating grants, and advising school leaders across our network of 236 Church schools, including 10 Multi-Academy Trusts. No two days are the same in this unique field. You’ll work closely with our School Buildings Officer to deliver statutory responsibilities and ensure our schools and academies are safe, well-maintained, and future-ready.
What You’ll Do
- Support Capital Projects: Assist with administrating the annual capital programme and project management for school buildings and sites.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with school leaders, consultants, and contractors.
- Strategic Contribution: Support the planning and delivery of diocesan education policy and sustainability initiatives.
- Administrative Excellence: Manage project invoicing, documentation, reporting, and website updates related to school building matters.
About You
You’ll be:
- An organised administrator with excellent communication skills.
- Experienced in - or ready to quickly learn - grant sourcing, estates management, and capital funding processes.
- A collaborative team player with a passion for education and sustainability.
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a respected, mission-driven team with a culture of mutual support.
- Make a tangible impact on learning environments across a diverse range of schools - from rural village schools to large urban academies.
- Benefit from professional development opportunities and contribute to national Church of England education strategy.
Travel Required: The Diocese of Leeds is the largest geographically in the country, so a willingness to travel is essential.
We would love to hear from you if you have the drive and desire to provide the best for our young people and schools.
The package includes a competitive salary, flexi-time scheme, reimbursement of travelling expenses, an 8% non-contributory pension with an additional 5% matched contributions, hybrid working (50%), Cycle to work scheme, EV salary sacrifice scheme and 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and four customary days a year (between Christmas and New Year).
An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required.
Key Dates
Closing date: 11 August 2025 @11.59pm
Shortlisting: 13 August 2025
Interviews: 20 August 2025
Held at Church House, 17-19 York Place, Leeds LS1 2EX
Our Values
The Diocesan Values, Loving, Living, Learning, Are Vital To The Way We Encourage Equality, Diversity And Inclusion In Our Workplace. We Aim To
- Love God, the world and one another.
- Live in the world as it is, but, drawn by a vision of something better, we want to help individuals and communities flourish,
- Learn when we get things wrong, by listening and growing together.
The Diocese of Leeds is proud to be a Living Wage Employer.
Leeds Diocesan Board of Finance (The Board) is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and the workplace and in avoiding unlawful discrimination. Accordingly, the Board will ensure that recruitment and selection, training and development, and promotion procedures result in no job applicant or employee receiving less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, class or caste, religious belief or lack of religious belief (unless this is an occupational requirement), disability, trade union membership or non-membership, gender or sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, responsibility for dependents or being a part-time or fixed-term worker. The Board’s objective is to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and otherwise treated solely on the basis of their relevant aptitudes, skills and abilities.
For clergy applying to this role, your Area/Suffragan Bishop must be informed of your applications at the earliest opportunity. Furthermore, you must seek a Diocesan Bishop’s Licence in order to be eligible for a new role, and please be aware that granting a licence is subject to a CCSL from your Area/Suffragan Bishop.
The Diocese of Leeds is currently unable to sponsor candidates without Right to Work in the UK. Candidates must have Right to Work in the UK to take up this role.
To Download a Copy Of Our Policy For The Recruitment Of Ex-offenders From The Diocesan Website, Please Click On The Below Link
https://www.leeds.anglican.org/vacancies
