General Services Manager
General Services Manager
Permanent; Full time
Closing date: 28 May 2025
Haileybury is seeking to appoint a General Services Manager to join the Commercial Operations Department.
Role
The purpose of this role is to provide managerial support across a number of the School’s functions, including its commercial enterprises business, on a day-to-day basis, ensuring that all services under departmental responsibility are delivered to a high standard for the School’s pupils, guests, and the wider school community generally.
The post-holder will hold specific accountability for the administration and delivery of the School’s Housekeeping function, as well as supporting the School’s residential and non-residential events and lettings activity.
The successful applicant must be flexible to assist with the rapidly changing requirements of the role, duties will at times lie outside the normal hours of the working day. The nature of the role is such that it will involve working at weekends and evenings in accordance with the School’s operational needs.
You should possess excellent communication, administration, organisational, interpersonal and customer service skills. You will be a skilled manager of people, numerate, with commercial acumen. You should have a real passion for delivering the highest levels of operational service across all highlighted areas and be a team player willing to embrace the demands of everyday life on a busy boarding school site. A high degree of collaboration and teamwork lies at the heart of this role.
Please see the attached candidate brief for further information.
About Haileybury
Haileybury is an outstanding independent co-educational boarding and day school of around 900 pupils aged 11 to 18. Established in 1862, the School is situated on a beautiful 500-acre estate in Hertfordshire.
Haileybury has an outstanding reputation in the UK and internationally and was judged “excellent in all areas” by ISI in October 2022. We are thrilled that Haileybury has been awarded the prestigious title of Boarding School of the Year 2024 by Tes.
Benefits offered include membership of the Operations staff pension scheme, lunch in the School’s magnificent Dining Hall, and use of the School’s facilities including gym, swimming pool, tennis club, and our Health and Wellbeing Centre.
How to apply
To apply for the above position, please complete the application form in full, with reference to the job description and return it to hr@haileybury.com by 12.00 pm on Wednesday 28 May 2025.
Please be aware that we cannot consider an application unless the application form has been filled in completely, including details of your full employment history.
The School reserves the right to make an appointment before the closing date; candidates are therefore encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
The School has a diverse pupil body and is committed to its strategy of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of backgrounds to enrich our collective knowledge and experience. Appointments will be made on merit.
Please see full details of our Privacy Notice for Staff and Recruitment Policy.
Haileybury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants for the above post must be willing to undergo child protection vetting, including reference checks with previous employers, prohibition checks and a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.