Assistant Site Manager
Seymour Park Community Primary School, Manchester, M16 9QE24 days remaining to apply
Job start date
4 January 2027
Closing date
27 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
3 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Band 3 Points 6–11 (£26,847–£29,071 per annum).
What skills and experience we're looking for
Seymour Park Community Primary School is a vibrant and thriving school family making a world of difference to our brilliant children and community of Old Trafford. We are seeking a skilled, enthusiastic and proactive Assistant Site Manager to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of our school and help create an environment where our children can thrive. Is this you? As Assistant Site Manager, you will work closely with the Senior Site Manager to maintain and promote a safe, secure, clean and well-maintained site for all. Previous experience or vocational background in caretaking, site maintenance or a relevant trade is desirable but not essential. If you are interested in joining a thriving school workforce and working alongside a supportive team to make a real difference, then we would love to hear from you. The successful candidate will:
• Be hardworking, enthusiastic, and resourceful, with the technical competence to handle minor repairs, groundskeeping and maintenance tasks independently
• Maintain a safe, secure and clean environment to the highest standards
• Have knowledge of health and safety responsibilities, safe systems of work practices and risk assessments
• Oversee the cleaning team, contractors on site and external compliance checks
• Act as a keyholder with the responsibility for site security
• Be professional, positive and proactive, taking pride in their work and forming good relationships with our school community
• Effectively manage workload, prioritise tasks and have good computer skills
• Be supportive of our core values and our vision as a GOLD UNICEF Rights Respecting school.
• Have an understanding of the challenges and rewards of working in a vibrant and diverse urban community
What the school offers its staff
We can offer the successful candidate:
• The benefit of a single, uninterrupted shift each day from 10.45am to 6.30pm with work pattern flexibility offered during periods of school closure
• Generous annual leave allowance plus bank holidays and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Overtime payments for out of hours working
• A knowledgeable, supportive and motivated site team to work alongside
• A school that cares for and nurtures every member of our school family, including our staff with opportunities for continuous professional development and training (such as health & safety certifications, First Aid).
• An outstanding school (Ofsted December 2023). • A strong commitment to your continuing professional development, including the opportunity for career development and progression.
Further information about the job
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Seymour Park Community Primary School
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 682 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- recruitment@seymourpark.com
Seymour Park Community Primary School is a vibrant and thriving school family in the heart of Old Trafford.
Children at Seymour Park love their school and thrive. We are incredibly proud of our highly successful outstanding school, especially our status as one of the only GOLD UNICEF Rights Respecting Schools in the UK.
This success comes from our unrelenting commitment to providing our children with the fullest possible educational experience. We call this the Seymour Park Experience. Our children enjoy regular ukulele lessons, learning in our state of the art Digital Hub, and performing Shakespeare as part of the Children's Shakespeare Festival at the Royal Exchange Theatre.
Working at Seymour Park is incredibly rewarding. We make a world of difference. Our brilliant staff team are dedicated to our children and we in turn are dedicated to them. Their welfare and wellbeing matter to us. Our no marking policy, wellbeing days and welfare package are examples of how we live this promise to our staff. We also offer high-quality professional development, career development and a truly supportive environment.
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