Site Manager
Kemsley Primary Academy, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2RP10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
6 August 2024
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,595.00 - £23,693.00 Annually (FTE) KR5 £22,595-£23,693 FTE per annum, Actual salary depending on the working weeks and hours agreed
Site Manager job summary
The role of Site Manager is central to enabling excellence for all our children at Kemsley Primary Academy. It is a role which has a wide influence, which permeates through all aspects of the academy and its approach to health and safety, pupil safety and safeguarding. We offer permanent full-time contract starting as soon as possible.
The role of site manager is vital to the smooth running of our school and we would want the successful individual to be on hand to open and close our school. For successful candidate we offer permanent full-time contract but part-time/job share applications will be considered.
Are you:
A motivated individual excited to work in and maintain exemplary standards in a brand new, state of the art school?
Multi-skilled and adaptable, passionate about and competent in all areas linked to ensuring site security, site safety, site maintenance and site housekeeping?
Warm and reliable in character and fully committed to teamwork, getting the/any job done and being flexible to school need?
If so, you’ll love to be part of our team at Kemsley Academy, a school at the heart of its community.
We are seeking a professional individual who holds:
Good working knowledge of facility management;
Experience of managing and motivating a team and on-site contractors;
Excellent working knowledge of Health and Safety Law and Fire Safety Law;
The ability to maintain accurate maintenance records and site risk assessments;
Good communication and organisation skills;
DIY and handy person skills e.g. basic decorating skills like painting, basic carpentry skills like hanging doors or fitting a door lock, basic plumbing skills like replacing tap washers etc.
Good computer skills e.g. excel, word, outlook and diary entries of daily, monthly and annual schedules or the willingness to learn to use our online asset and building management system;
A flexible ‘solution focused’ approach and attitude to work;
The ability to lead teams and is approachable and a good team player;
We can offer you:
A firm commitment to you and your professional development;
Friendly, supportive, enthusiastic and hardworking colleagues, staff and governors;
A growing learning community;
Encouragement to develop new ideas and the opportunity to make a real difference;
Fantastic trust-wide CPD opportunities;
Opportunities to further develop your career within our Multi Academy Trust, REAch2, the largest primary-only academy trust in the country;
The unique opportunity to help develop and shape a brand-new school, including an innovative approach to curriculum provision;
For further information about the role come and visit our school! To book your visit or for an informal discussion, please contact the school office. School visits are encouraged but are by appointment only.
Why work with us
There are over 60 schools within the Trust which means we can offer opportunities including:
▶️Collaboration across other REAch2 schools, both locally and nationally.
▶️ Specialist curriculum support and training from our Trust experts - providing a flightpath for professional development
▶️ A support package for staff wellbeing
You’ll be working for a Trust with big ambitions for all our schools to be 'great'. We want to be national leaders in sustainability; to transform our teaching and learning through digital transformation and to ensure social justice is at the heart of what we do.
Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection
At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.
We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.
For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy.
All information is stored securely, and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy.
The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications.
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 are not accepted.
About Kemsley Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 224 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Kemsley Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
Kemsley Primary Academy is a member of the REAch2 Trust; a national family of primary academies committed to raising standards and achieving excellent for all pupils whatever their background or circumstance. Staff within REAch2 belong to a national community of professionals, and benefit from a wide range of networks and development opportunities across the Trust. The Trust provides a strong culture of collaboration and support, together with high expectations for staff and pupils alike.
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