Site Manager
Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 1FG11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,023.98 to £32,596.75
What skills and experience we're looking for
To be responsible for the maintenance and security of the school premises and site, ensuring the school meets with health and safety legislation and is a safe environment for the school community.
1. Ensure the buildings and site are secure, undertaking daily security checks including locking and unlocking buildings and setting the alarms, as required.
2. Monitor the general condition of the exterior and interior buildings, undertaking repairs and maintenance activities to improve the appearance and safety of the buildings and grounds as may reasonably be required.
3. Responsible for maintaining accurate and current records and reporting procedures in accordance with academy and regulatory procedures to ensure the academy maintains strict health and safety standards, including fire, legionella, site security, asbestos, COSHH, emergency lighting, and electrical tests. Undertake PAT testing of school electrical stock in line with current legislation. Ensure best practice is maintained in all areas via routine and thorough annual assessments of premises, both internal and external.
4. Responsible for the production and delivery of a five-year maintenance plan for the school, on a continuous rolling programme, recommending redecoration, repairs and maintenance activities and ensure all works comply with legislative or statutory regulations and completed in accordance with the works schedule and academy procedures.
5. Operate equipment and systems such as heating, cooling, lighting and alarms ensuring they are maintained in good working order at all times. Proactively liaise with external agencies to ensure faults are remedied as they arise.
6. Supervise onsite maintenance and health & safety contractors, checking that work is completed to required standards and within required timescales.
7. Act as the lead contact point with the external provider of the cleaning contract to ensure the cleanliness of the school is maintained, whilst also achieving value for money. Proactively manage problems as and when they occur, and attend regular monitoring meetings.
8. Responsible for the grounds’ maintenance, with the majority of grounds upkeep undertaken by the post-holder. Work with and manage external contractors and oversee any planned ground improvement work where appropriate.
9. In liaison with the Academy Operations Officer, ensure that correct procedures are followed for purchases, gathering quotations, and monitor stock and order supplies as required and in-line with academy procedures, ensuring best value for money.
10. Oversee the management of room requests, ensuring rooms are prepared for use in a timely manner and to the layout required, including unlocking and opening rooms and securing equipment or additional furniture as requested. Rooms should be returned to their default layout at the end of the session, and the room user advised to return equipment or resources not normally stored in the room. Rooms should be secured and locked when not in use. Undertake various collections and deliveries across the site.
11. Support and assist members of staff and visitors with regard to premise management, ensuring the highest levels of customer service are set and achieved. Deliver a health and safety induction to all new employees of the Academy within a timely manner.
12. Support income generation within the Academy through lettings, liaising with external users, ensuring the premises are prepared and maintained for specific needs.
13. Support the First Aid arrangements for the school, including attending to and recording incidents and injuries in line with procedure.
14. Attendance at the Finance & Resources committee meeting on a termly basis, presenting to Governors
a paper written in respect of site related issues
What the school offers its staff
At the University of Chichester (Multi) Academy Trust, we are dedicated to your growth. We understand that everyone's career aspirations are unique, and we are here to provide personalised support to help you succeed.
- Directly linked with the University of Chichester, sharing an ethos of excellence and lifelong learning.
- Coaching and mentoring to support your career journey.
- Workshops, seminars and conferences to help you enhance your skills.
- Personalised Development Plans that align with your goals.
- Teacher's Pension Scheme for teaching staff (https://www.teacherspensions.co.uk)
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for support staff (https://www.lgpsmember.org)
- Benefits Platform Assistance Programme
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme
Further information about the job
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
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About Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 692 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery website
- Email address
- e.akmenkalns@chi.ac.uk
Arranging a visit to Arundel Court Primary Academy and Nursery
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