School Site and Facilities Manager

The Bishop's Stortford High School, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 4SH

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  4 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday - Friday 37 hours per week. Flexi-hours to ensure premises coverage whilst site is open from 7am – 6pm May include some additional evenings and weekends
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Pay scale H9 – Actual salary £39,863 including fringe allowance

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Bishop’s Stortford High School has an exciting opportunity for you. We are seeking to appoint a hard-working, pro-active and enthusiastic school site manager to lead our site team in the vital role of ensuring the security and general appearance of the learning environment, buildings and surrounding areas are all maintained to a high standard. You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the school site, including maintenance, health and safety compliance and liaising with contractors.

What we are looking for:

• Someone who can prioritise tasks and adapt accordingly

• Strong practical DIY and problem-solving skills

• Flexible approach to work to involve occasional evening and weekend work

• A well-organised, proactive individual with the ability to work effectively as part of a team

• An individual who works well with staff and students alike

• An understanding of school H&S systems and working in schools would be an advantage

• An individual with a full driving license and their own transport to move between sites

• A duty key holder and an ability to respond to out-of-hours call-outs, as required

What the school offers its staff

Professionally:

• A brand new, state-of-the-art, purpose-built school creating a fantastic new working environment

• Site Team office for use by the site team

• Ongoing Health and Safety training

• A highly visible Senior Leadership Team

• A Black & Gold team spirit amongst staff and students

• TBSHS Uniform provided

Personally:

• Competitive salary

• Generous pension benefits

• Access to Employee Assistance Programme - Smart Clinic

• Free school lunch every day

• Well serviced staff room providing a comfortable environment with free tea and coffee

• Access to Mental Health First Aiders

• Access to a fully equipped Strength and Conditioning Centre

• Free on-site secure parking for every employee

• 20 Electric Vehicle charging points on site (paid for by the individual)

• Annual Flu jabs (free)

• Free school tickets to all our regular high-quality concerts, musicals, recitals and other entertainment held at school.

• Staff association that organise social activities, including staff football, Christmas meal etc

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.

The Bishop’s Stortford High School is a popular, oversubscribed 6FE school of 1285 students, providing a single-sex education for boys in Years 7 to 11 with a thriving mixed sixth form of close to 400 students, including 137 female students. This is a very exciting time to be joining our Outstanding school, as we relocated to a brand-new state-of-the-art school, in September 2024, on a large site less than a mile from our previous location.

An application form and further details are available from the Headteacher’s PA, Mrs C Hughes, at the school by emailing vacancy@tbshs.org or can be downloaded from the school website www.tbshs.org

Applications by CV will not be accepted.

Commitment to safeguarding

TBSHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of all our children and expects staff to share this commitment. A Disclosure Barring Service check is required for all successful applicants.

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.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Site & Facilities Manager Job Description October 2025.docx - 64.4 KB (opens in new tab)

Non Teaching application form 2025.docx - 110 KB (opens in new tab)

TBSHS Criminal Record Declaration form 2025.docx - 47.4 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Bishop's Stortford High School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1260 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Bishop's Stortford High School website
• Email address: vacancy@tbshs.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-bishop-s-stortford-high-school

Educating approximately 1200 students, The Bishop’s Stortford High School provides a single-sex education for boys in Years 7 to 11 and has a large co-educational sixth form, of which a third are female students.

The school prides itself on being an academic school built on traditional principles and high standards, within a Christian ethos, which is reflected in excellent results. In March 2017 Ofsted judged the school to be Outstanding in every category with their report, highlighting the many strengths and the great opportunities provided.

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