Site Manager
8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025 or earlier
Closing date
15 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
31 October 2024
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
- £25,127.00 - £26,383.00 Annually (FTE)
Site Manager job summary
Salary: £25,127 - £26,383 per annum
Start date: November 2024
Hours: 37 hours, 52 weeks per year
Location:Ordnance Road, Gravesend, Kent DA12 2RL
Closing date:24th October 2024
Interview date: To be confirmed
We are seeking a skilled and dedicated Site Manager to join our team at Chantry Community Academy. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the safety, security, cleanliness and maintenance of the school premises.
Key Responsibilities
- Undertaking routing maintenance and repairs to the school premises and ground
- Ensuring the security of the school buildings and grounds, including open and closing the premises as required
- Liaising with other members of staff and external contractors as necessary
- To be the main key holder and responsible for the maintenance of keys, the electronic alarm system and be the first responder to emergency call outs. This includes the routine and non-routine opening and closing of the school and the setting of alarms; ensuring, either personally or by delegation that the school is locked and secure, with fire doors or all windows closed at the end of the school day and after any school functions, lettings or community use.
- To ensure that all alarm systems are functioning properly and that routine maintenance is carried out by contractors.
- To maintain and keep accurate records of all site allocated and master keys.
- To provide a first point of contact for all visitors, hirers to the site, outside of normal working hours. To be responsible for ensuring that all visiting contractors and deliverers act in accordance with the Health and Safety Policy.
Requirements:
- Experience in a similar role is preferred, but not essential
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Good communication and organisational skills
- The ability to prioritise tasks and work under pressure
- A commitment to maintaining high standards of cleanliness and safety
- IOSH or NEBOSH qualification or willing to work towards
In return, we will offer you:
- an incredibly supportive group of colleagues and leaders
- comprehensive induction programme with a commitment to CPD
- Care First employee assistance programme
- non-contributory membership of Benenden private health care cover
- membership of the Teachers’/Local Government Pension Scheme
- 27 days annual leave increasing after 5 years of service –
- two-week half term in October (Term-time/teachers only)
- cycle to work scheme
For further details on this role and to apply please complete an application form which can be found on the school’s careers page Our Vacancies | Chantry Community Primary School
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. For further information and to arrange a school visit, please contact Kathryn Duncan on 01474 350011 or via email dunck001@chantryprimary.co.uk
We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date where interest and applications received are high, therefore we encourage early applications
Safeguarding commitment
Beyond Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in a regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory "Disclosing and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check".
Equality & Inclusivity Statement
At Beyond Schools Trust we strive to be a diverse and inclusive workplace where we can ALL be ourselves. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented communities, including but not limited to those who identify as Black, Asian or from a minority ethnic background.
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 Chantry Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 453 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
Chantry Community Academy, part of the Skills for Life Trust, is an academy that likes to celebrate success at every level, encouraging a thirst for learning that continues with pupils throughout their future school experiences and lives. The life of the Academy is driven by enthusiasm and a desire to achieve. We aim to bring learning alive, making it exciting and stimulating.
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