Site Manager

Parkside Community Primary School, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 4EP

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  9 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  28 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,989.00 - £27,254.00 Annually (FTE) H4 - H5 - Hertfordshire County Council Salary Scales (52 Weeks)

Site Manager job summary

Are you proactive, practical, and organised, with the skills and enthusiasm to make a real difference every day? If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking a dedicated and reliable Site Manager to join our team at Parkside Community Primary School. This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in ensuring our school remains a safe, secure, and welcoming place where children can learn, grow, and thrive.

• Be responsible for ensuring the security of school buildings, site and resources.
• Act as a designated key holder, providing out of hours and emergency access to the school site
• Arrange for general maintenance within specialist areas such as heating, lighting and plumbing to ensure safe and effective operation
• Responsible for regular health and safety checks of buildings, grounds, fixtures and fittings, (including compliance with fire safety regulations) and equipment
• Responsible for regular maintenance checks and follow-up actions
• Manage the Schools maintenance requirements to support a regular and cost effective maintenance programme
• Responsible for contractors whilst on site and ensure work is completed to the required standard, co ordinating projects where appropriate.
• Purchase premises related equipment and supplies within agreed budget
• Responsible for the regular checking and operation of systems such as heating, cooling, lighting and security (including CCTV and alarms)
• Arrange tenders and quotes and manage the appointment of external contractors
• Supervise other premises staff.
• Undertake risk assessments, ensure compliance within the school with all health and safety responsibilities for example COSHH, ladder, asbestos, legionella and asset register.
• Liaise with other school staff/departments on premises issues.
• Lead H&S induction training for all new staff.
• Responsibility for the coordination of lettings and seeking opportunities to maximize bookings.
• Monitoring utility usage and tacking action to reduce expenditure where appropriate.
• Act as H&S Officer and complete termly H&S checklist inspections
• Report H&S matters to SLT and Governors

Knowledge

NVQ level 2 (or equivalent)

Minor DIY repairs and maintenance

Level 1 Safeguarding / Awareness of keeping children safe

Awareness of Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

Working knowledge of Health and Safety at Work

Working knowledge of policies and procedures

Knowledge of legionella and asbestos testing

Understanding of the Schools Ethos, Vision and Values

Manual Handling

Competencies

Communication (written and verbal)

Listening

Team working

Monitoring

Planning and organising

Flexibility

Customer service

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 Parkside Community Primary School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 213 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Parkside Community Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/parkside-community-primary-school-borehamwood

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