Site Manager

Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 4HT

14 days remaining to apply

Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
18 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 March 2025

Job details

Job role: Other support roles
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: 31586.00 - 34314.00

Site Manager job summary

Site Manager

Required as soon as possible

Full time 37.00 hours per week

All year round

Permanent /52 weeks

Salary Grade F point 20-24 (£31,586.00-£34,314.00 FTE per annum)

Edale Rise Primary and Nursery School is looking for a motivated, energetic and organised individual to become our Site Manager.

Edale Rise is a small school with a big heart. We pride ourselves on working as a team, supporting one another and doing everything in our power to ensure we provide a superlative education for our children.

At Edale we believe in profound personal development for all. This is for all children, staff and parents. At Edale you will be supported to be the best you can be and join us in our mission to ensure all our children receive an outstanding education.

At Edale we promote a healthy work-life balance. We have developed systems that support staff in delivering superb provision for children whilst also managing workload.

Main Responsibilities are:

● To be responsible for ongoing maintenance and operation of heating, lighting and boiler plant/equipment, ensuring all faults are reported and dealt with in a timely fashion.

● To assist with planning/overseeing all minor building works and repairs including obtaining quotes, liaising with suppliers, overseeing contractors and monitoring service level agreements.

● To provide specialist technical advice to the head teacher relating to the security, maintenance and development of the site and to personally undertake general and technical repairs relating to an area of specialism e.g. joinery, electrical repairs and/or plumbing.

● To report on progress and provide advice to the head teacher/facilities manager on all minor building works and repairs.

● To assume delegated responsibility for ensuring compliance to statutory regulations relating to, for example asbestos, PAT and legionella testing and to undertake risk assessments

● To be responsible for the security of the school premises and its contents.

● To be responsible for the day-to-day supervision of cleaning staff, ensuring standards of cleanliness are maintained.

● To undertake cleaning duties (interior and exterior) as and when required.

● To attend school premises in cases of emergency e.g. intruders, fire, floods etc.

The successful candidate will be friendly, have good communication skills as well as the ability to adapt their approach to suit the needs and different personalities of the children. You will:

● have high standards and will take pride in making our school an exceptional learning environment

● maintain and improve the appearance of the school, including repairs and maintenance

● be enthusiastic, self-motivated and have the ability to use your own initiative

● manage health and safety and premises issues, including logs and risk assessments

● organise your time effectively and communicate well with contractors and stakeholders

● work in partnership with the cleaning team

● understand the benefit of enrichment or after school activities

In return we offer:

• a welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven towards continuously raising standards.

• a happy working environment with friendly and well-behaved children,

• excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives

• calm and purposeful environments

• excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community

• suitable training, including First Aid, where required.

• career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment.

How to apply

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and as such anyone who is registered disabled and meets the essential person specification criteria will be shortlisted for interview.

Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website http://www.transformtrust.co.uk/vacancies. Please ensure that you follow the instructions within the application form and ensure that there are no gaps in your education or employment history that are not accounted for.

Any questions or queries should be directed to Carol Arnold at Edale Rise Primary and Nursery School

Email: c.arnold@edale-rise.nottingham.sch.uk

Telephone: 0115 915 0180

Closing date for applications: 18th April 2025 at 12.00 noon

Interviews will be held on: 30th April 2025

Transform Trust is a Multi Academy Trust with over 8300 children in 24 Primary Schools covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire. Joining us, you will be part of an ambitious and innovative organisation. We have a strong focus on empowering our member schools to drive their improvement journey whilst maintaining their own individual identity and community focus.

We believe education has the power to transform lives and communities. Our purpose is to be an innovative and inclusive Trust working for all children.

We are an employer that encourages flexible working and promotes wellbeing through workload considerations.

Commitment to safeguarding

Transform Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment procedures and pre-employment background checks, including satisfactory references, medical, Enhanced DBS with children’s barred list clearance, online and social media checks and completion of relevant safeguarding training including Safeguarding Children in Education
All school roles are classed as regulated activity and as such, it is an offence to apply to for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children