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About Us

The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.

About the Role

This critical role will support the delivery of our strategic estates development projects to contribute to the implementation of the college's new strategic plan 2025-2030.

Key Responsibilities For The Role Include

  • Providing commercial and technical leadership for the college's strategic estates developments including land acquisition, building of new facilities, and related commercial property agreements
  • Ensuring that the strategic estates projects are delivered within agreed budgets and deadlines and to stakeholder satisfaction
  • Procuring and managing professional teams and contractors to deliver the strategic projects
  • Actively engaging with key stakeholders and civic institutions to build close working and supportive partnerships to ensure advocacy and commitment for our projects
  • Engaging with relevant funders to realise the strategic projects through helping to secure financial support

If you're excited about the scope of this role and the opportunity to have a real impact in a place that makes a real difference to lives, then read the job description to find out more and apply for this position today.

What We Can Offer You

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between £60,407 - £70,028 per annum based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.

Our Benefits

  • Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with SYPA - 17.1%
  • Annual leave - 42 Days (310.8 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours) - this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
  • Health and wellbeing
    • Employee assistance programme through Bupa
    • Occupational Health through PAM
    • Free eye tests for VDU users
  • Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses

Further information can be found on our Benefits and Career Development pages.

Disability Confidence

We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. Please review our Recruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidates which provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact us.

Armed Forces Covenant

As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant, we are pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country.

Safeguarding

We are an employer who is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures. Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found here.

Next Steps

To apply: Click apply online and follow the links to complete the online application.

As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.

Closing date: 29 September 2025

Please be aware if we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.

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Location:
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Salary:
£150,000 - £200,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
IT & Technology

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