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Director of Estates, Facilities and IT

Salary: c. £60,000 + pending pay award

Organisation: Kirklees College

Location: Huddersfield

Closing Date: 18 Jan 2026


Kirklees College is situated at the heart of its community, providing inspirational teaching and ensuring our curriculum is developed with employers, enabling all students to progress. We are situated in the heart of West Yorkshire and boast seven bespoke centres across the Kirklees region, from two main centres based in Huddersfield and Dewsbury to specific learning centres in Animal Care, Construction, Engineering, Process Manufacturing, as well as the Pioneer Higher Skills Centre which is dedicated to higher education and higher skills. With over 10,000 students and approximately 1,000 employees, we are the largest Further Education provider in the region. We are a college that embraces people of all ages and backgrounds and, by providing a brilliantly enriched education, helps each individual realise their potential to flourish as an effective working citizen who contributes to the economy and to their community as a whole.

The college has a bright future, and we are committed to appointing an individual who encompasses our values of Kindness, Unity, and Excellence to drive and embed a culture of continuous improvement across Kirklees College, through the successful delivery of organisational change programmes and projects.

As our new Director of Estates, Facilities & IT, you will lead and deliver safe, compliant, sustainable and future-ready estates and facilities services across Kirklees College sites, providing fit-for-purpose, high-performing facilities that support excellent teaching, learning, student experience and College growth. Reporting directly to the Vice Principal of Business Systems & IT, you will bring strong technical leadership for estates and facilities and strategic oversight of IT/digital services in partnership with specialist leads, ensuring estates and technology developments are aligned, coordinated and jointly planned, and that technology provision is robust, secure, reliable and aligned to college priorities.

If you believe that you have the drive, vision, skills, expertise, and enthusiasm to make a difference and help us realise our ambitions, we want to hear from you.

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Key Dates to Note:

Closing date for applications is: Sunday 18 January 2026

First Round Interviews (to take place via Teams): To be conducted prior to Tuesday 20 January 2026

Final interviews to be held at the college: Wednesday 11 February 2026

Contact Us
Rachel West
Recruitment Manager
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For an informal discussion about the role, contact Rachel at rachel.west@aoc.co.uk

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