Part Time Site Supervisor

St Meryl School, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD19 5BT

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  29th September 2025

• Closing date

  22 September 2025 at 6pm

• Date listed

  10 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24.41 - £796.00 Annually (FTE)

Part Time Site Supervisor job summary

St Meryl School is looking for a site manager to take responsibility for opening and closing the school each day and for the maintenance and upkeep of our site. Responsibilities would also include some cleaning. The successful applicant would also be responsible for working with the Head Teacher to ensure that all health and safety requirements are met. In the first instance, this will be a fixed term contract which will be reviewed at the end of the academic year.
This is a part-time role for 15-30 hours per week, 52 weeks of the year, with annual leave entitlement to be taken during the school holidays. A flexibility to work at the weekend on occasion or additional hours and to cover lettings is essential.

This role will be part time hours for 3-6 hours at the end of the school day. There will be a small amount of flexibility in this.

This job would suit an apprentice for up to 6 hours, or a more experienced candidate for fewer hours.

A qualification in a particular trade i.e. plumbing, carpentry etc. would be ideal however, proven experience of general maintenance skills would be desirable. However, we would be willing to consider the right candidate without this background.
The candidate would be expected to attend training courses relevant to the role, i.e. health and safety for caretakers, asbestos training, ladder safety etc.
The following attributes are essential to this post:
- An ability to be flexible, approachable, have good communication skills and able to work as part of a team.
- Knowledge of the main requirements of health and safety legislation and good practice or a willingness to learn them.
- An understanding and sensitivity to the operational needs of a busy primary school.
- Own transport or based close to the school.
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. Please telephone the school office to make an appointment for the Head Teacher to show you around.
Applications should be made to the Head Teacher using the application form and person specification form available as part of this advert as links. A pack is available from the school office if preferred.
At St Meryl School, we adhere to safer recruitment procedures. This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with children and is exempt from the rehabilitation of offenders act 1974. An enhanced disclosure will be sought through the disclosure and barring service as part of Hertfordshire County Council's pre-employment checks.

For more information, please consult the attached job description.

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 St Meryl School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 227 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Meryl School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-meryl-school

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