Senior Site Supervisor

South Shore Academy, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 2AR

Deadline is tomorrow

Job start date
1 January 2026
Closing date
14 November 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
12 November 2025

Job details

Job role: Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday All Year Round, 52.143 weeks
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: NJC Grade E SCP 12 - 17

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a Senior Site Supervisor at South Shore Academy in Blackpool. The successful candidate will play a key part in supporting the management of the estate and ensuring compliance within our academy. This role requires someone who is proactive, is willing to be hands-on with day to day activities and is detail oriented.

Working closely with the School Administration Manager you will interface with other colleagues within the Academy and wiser Trust, the post holder will be an integral part of the Trust Estates and Compliance team. The Senior Site Supervisor will contribute to the overall estates strategic aims, including Health & Safety (including estates related safeguarding matters), compliance, grounds, asbestos management, contractors and procurement of other managed contracts within the Academy.

This is a permanent position, working 37 hours per week, all year round. The successful candidate will need to be flexible with their daily hours of work which will include some evening and occasional weekend work. You will need to be able to demonstrate a strong facilities management background and demonstrate a sound understanding of estates and health and safety related compliance. Stakeholder engagement is an essential part of this role, you will need to have outstanding communication and interpersonal skills and be willing to invest in the development of our premises team; challenging and supporting them to provide the best possible learning environment for every child in the Academy.

The successful post holder will be expected to establish and review systems and working practices to ensure compliance with all relevant statutory regulations, recognised standards, and Trust led processes and policies. They will be expected to manage third party contractors, ensuring they remain compliant and deliver to expected performance standards. They will support major projects, provide extensive administrative support and be able to manage a varied and demanding workload.

What the school offers its staff

Why choose South Shore

Culture of high expectations; teachers can teach and pupils can learn.
Exceptionally visible senior leadership team.
Strong systems and structures mean pupils feel safe and secure.
Great pupils who conduct themselves impeccably.
Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources.
Schemes of work fully resourced and ready.
Focus on feedback not marking.
Professional progression opportunities.
Well-resourced and maintained classrooms and buildings.
Local Government Pension Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Access to health and wellbeing support for you and your family
Access to employee benefits & rewards through Perkbox
Cycle to work scheme

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.