Is there a shortage of facilities management skills in education?

Yes, and it’s becoming more noticeable!

Across the UK, many facilities management teams are understaffed or struggling to find people with the right mix of practical experience and technical knowledge. In educational settings, this tends to put extra pressure on smaller teams, especially where one or two people are responsible for a wide range of duties.

The role itself has also changed. It now involves more compliance, more reporting and a greater understanding of systems and processes, which makes it harder to rely on informal, on-the-job learning alone.