Assistant Building Services Supervisor

Nansen Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B8 3HG

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 December 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  25 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,254.00 - £33,699.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 3

Assistant Building Services Supervisor job summary

Nansen Primary School - Building Services Manager

Nansen Primary School part of Leigh Trust: 104 Naseby Road, Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 3HG

Grade 3 - £27,254 - £33,699, all year round.

E-mail: h.begum@nansen.bham.sch.uk (Office Manager)

Required: As soon as possible

Would you like to be part of a forward thinking and nurturing school community, dedicated to providing the best possible opportunities for all its pupils.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Building Services Manager to join Nansen Primary School.

Nansen Primary School is part of The Leigh Trust.

The successful candidate will:

• be friendly, approachable and positive
• have the ability to work well with others as part of a team, whilst also using their own initiative

• Manage key site services such as heating, lighting, waste disposal and security, responding promptly to faults or emergencies.

• Monitor and maintain all health and safety requirements, including fire safety checks, COSHH compliance, emergency lighting and site risk records.

• Lead and supervise the cleaning team and site assistant, ensuring high standards of cleanliness and effective staff deployment.

• take pride in their work, maintaining and improving the condition and upkeep of the school buildings and grounds and undertaking janitorial and cleaning work
• maintain the security of the school’s buildings and grounds, ensuring health and safety is maintained at all times
• have the ability to undertake and plan repairs and general maintenance to a high standard, keeping relevant records up to date
• use their initiative to problem solve and seek solutions, being self-motivated and able to work under pressure
• be able to build effective relationships with staff, pupils, visitors and the wider school community, working within the school’s policies and procedures in line with Health and Safety Regulations, risk management, site security and compliance with safeguarding

We can offer you:

• happy, well behaved pupils
• a dedicated, friendly and enthusiastic team of staff
• supportive governors
• a positive, inspiring learning environment

How to apply

Please apply via clicking on the link to the My New Term portal below. You will need to Register and create an account with them. Once registered, you will be able to submit your application.

https://mynewterm.com/jobs/138799/EDV-2025-NPS-79454

Only applications submitted via mynewterm will be accepted.

Closing date: Friday 5th December 2025 at 9am

Interviews: Friday 12th December 2025.

Equal Opportunities, Safeguarding & Child Protection

Nansen Primary believes that its workforce should reflect the local community and that all groups within the community should have equal access to the Trust’s employment opportunities. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Nansen Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks including: Enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable reference. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2023. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Nansen Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 606 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Nansen Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nansen-primary-school-birmingham

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