Head of Maintenance

The postholder will provide strategic and operational leadership to the Maintenance team, while ensuring full compliance with relevant legal, statutory and regulatory requirements.

The College offers a competitive benefits package including membership of a defined contributory pension scheme, 36 days’ annual leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays), access to a private healthcare scheme currently provided by BUPA, access to a ‘cash plan’ healthcare scheme currently provided by Simplyhealth, free lunch, free use of an on-site Gym and free parking close to the College site, subject to eligibility criteria and availability.

Before You Apply – Please Read

To help you submit the strongest possible application, we’ve created a Candidate Information Pack that provides further information about the role and how to apply. It outlines what we’re looking for, how to structure your CV and covering letter, and tips to stand out. We strongly encourage all applicants to read this guidance before applying. You can find it here: Candidate Information Pack

The closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9:00am on Monday, 9 November 2026. Interviews are expected to be held during the week commencing Monday, 16 November 2026.

Please be advised that you will receive system-generated updates regarding the status of your application after it is submitted directly through our recruitment system to the email address you provided. To ensure you receive all communications without interruption, we kindly ask that you:

• Add the following email addresses to your safe sender list
• peoplexd@accessacloud.com 
• recruitment@joh.cam.ac.uk 
• Regularly check your junk or spam folders, as emails may occasionally be filtered there.

In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy.

£70,134 to £74,406 p.a. (depending on experience) plus benefits