Senior Premises Manager

Nightingale Primary School, London, SE18 7JJ

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  29 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  14 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,524.00 - £32,931.00 Annually (FTE) Greenwich Scale 5 (12 - 15) (£15, 762 - £16456.50) Actual based on 17.5 hours per week

Senior Premises Manager job summary

Senior Premises Manager – Nightingale Primary School

Permanent | Part -Time | 17.5 hours per week | All Year Round

Do you take pride in creating safe, welcoming and high-functioning environments for children to learn and thrive? Are you an experienced facilities professional ready to lead site operations in a vibrant, values-driven primary school?

Nightingale Primary School is seeking a skilled and proactive Senior Premises Manager to oversee the day-to-day operations, maintenance, and development of our school site. You will play a vital role in ensuring our building, grounds, and facilities remain safe, secure, clean, and compliant — supporting high-quality teaching and learning in a warm, inclusive school community.

This is a key leadership role with responsibility for site staff, contract management, health and safety, and long-term site improvement planning, in collaboration with our Headteacher and the Trust’s Estates & Compliance Manager.

About the Role

You will be responsible for all aspects of facilities and premises management, including:

• Site Security – Managing all security systems, keyholding, access protocols, and risk mitigation.

• Health & Safety Compliance – Ensuring statutory compliance, conducting risk assessments, and leading emergency planning.

• Maintenance & Projects – Leading on planned and responsive maintenance, coordinating contractors, and delivering site improvement works.

• Cleaning & Hygiene Oversight – Monitoring standards and managing in-house staff or cleaning contracts.

• Grounds & Utilities Management – Maintaining external spaces and monitoring energy use to support sustainability goals.

• Team Leadership – Managing and developing a small site team, including performance, training, and deployment.

• Finance & Resource Planning – Monitoring premises budgets, managing stock, and contributing to capital improvement plans.

• Business Continuity – Leading emergency preparedness and acting as a keyholder out of hours (with lone working protocols in place).

We’re Looking For Someone Who:

• Has significant experience in facilities or site management, ideally within a school or similar environment

• Possesses a strong working knowledge of Health & Safety, risk management, and statutory compliance (including fire safety and COSHH)

• Demonstrates strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to manage staff, contractors, and stakeholders effectively

• Is solution-focused, highly organised, and capable of managing multiple priorities

• Holds (or is willing to undertake) appropriate training in areas such as Health & Safety, premises compliance, or facilities management

• Is proactive, reliable, and committed to upholding the values and safeguarding responsibilities of our school

In Return, We Offer:

• A welcoming and respectful school culture with high aspirations for all

• A supportive leadership team and a positive, child-centred ethos

• Opportunities to work collaboratively across the Maritime Academy Trust’s network of schools

• Ongoing professional development and access to Trust-wide training

• The opportunity to play a pivotal role in the running and future development of our school environment

Interested in Joining Us?

We’d be delighted to welcome prospective applicants for an informal conversation or visit. Please contact the school office on 020 8854 1308 or visit www.nightingaleprimary.org.uk to find out more.

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Early applications are encouraged as we may interview and appoint prior to the closing date. A full job description and person specification are available in the candidate pack.

Maritime Academy Trust and Nightingale Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and online checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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

The Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to a successful Enhanced DBS check and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed.

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 Nightingale Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 219 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Nightingale Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nightingale-primary-school-se18-7jj

Nightingale Primary School is part of the Maritime Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools in Greenwich and Kent. Our schools transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills.

Nightingale is a small community school with high aspirations for all our pupils. We believe that all children can be successful when provided with the right support, environment and opportunities.

Pupils, families and staff work best when we work closely together to provide a welcoming, inclusive environment. We understand that we are at our best when we work together and learning from each other, regardless of faith, culture, gender, sexuality or background.

Our focus is to provide children with the skills and knowledge to ensure that they are able to make a positive contribution to the local and global community as they grow.

Our values of Respect, Confidence and Excellence are embedded in all that we do. They are the thread that holds us together.

We are proud of our inclusive ethos. All children are provided with excellent learning opportunities and experiences to engage them. All at Nightingale have one goal; to ensure that all children enjoy their learning and make the best progress possible.

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