Site Manager - Lower School
Lord Williams's School, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2AQ14 days remaining to apply
Closing date
29 September 2026 at 10am
Date listed
15 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
- £32,578.00 - £35,571.00 Annually (FTE) The hours are 37 hours per week, to be worked throughout the year with paid annual leave. Flexible days can also be considered.
Site Manager - Lower School job summary
Key Responsibilities
Security and Safeguarding
To be aware of the Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance and to be alert to any issues of safeguarding and child protection, by ensuring that any concerns are reported to the Safeguarding Team immediately and that the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures are followed and promoted.
Ensuring that any contractors or visitors have the appropriate checks in place or are escorted whilst on site.
The locking and unlocking of buildings and setting/disarming of alarms as and when required.
Responding appropriately to emergencies, including assisting with the emergency services.
Ensuring staff follow the lone workers’ risk assessment as required.
Undertake role as a Fire Warden (training provided).
Promoting a best practice culture for security by monitoring the premises and challenging visitors or staff not wearing appropriate ID badges, and escalating as required.
Health and Safety
In conjunction with the Facilities Manager, ensure that all duties are carried out in accordance with the Health and Safety At Work Act, national approved codes of practice and school policies and procedures.
Management and supervision of site contractors and visitors to ensure that they comply with the Health and Safety At Work Act and follow school policies and procedures.
To take appropriate action to identify and reduce or remove any risks to health, safety and welfare on site.
Ensure that all necessary health and safety checks are performed and completed in line with the schools’ policies and procedures.
Ensure that all tools and equipment on site are appropriately maintained and kept in a good state of repair.
Promote a positive Health & Safety culture within the school.
Facilities and Premises Management
Assist and manage your team in undertaking minor repairs to fixtures, fittings, furniture and equipment, in line with qualifications and experience, as required
Assist and manage your team in undertaking decoration and painting works as and where required on the school site
Assist and manage your team with site inspections, compliance checks and monitoring of the premises for any hazards and reporting back to the Facilities Manager as required
Assist with environmental initiatives within school, e.g. cutting waste and energy use where possible
Assist and manage your team for snow clearance and gritting of paths during periods of inclement weather
Ensure compliance using the school’s CAFM system to monitor and record tasks, annual requirements and checks
Manage the day-to-day operations and utilise the schools CAFM system for reactive and proactive maintenance tasks, ensuring completion within appropriate timescales
Monitor the function and provision of all utility services, taking and recording of meter readings and reporting any faults or issues to the Facilities Manager
Ensure that school setups for meetings and events are booked and completed as and when required
Delegate and manage the porterage of deliveries, packages and parcels as required
Ensure that all school grounds are swept, free of litter and maintained as required to ensure safe use
Arrange and escalate repairs requiring specialist contractors to the Facilities Manager
Manage and coordinate response to emergency situations, such as Fire Alarm activations and Lockdowns etc.
To support all school sites with duties as required
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Lord Williams’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Lord Williams's School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 2259 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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Lord Williams’s School is a thriving and popular comprehensive school serving the Thame community and its surrounding rural area. We are a split-site school, with Years 7 – 9 on the Lower School site at Towersey Road and Years 10 – 13 on the Upper School site at Oxford Road. We pay particular attention to each individual student by promoting their personal, social and educational development to enable all to achieve at the highest level possible. As a result of our continuing success, Lord Williams’s School is consistently oversubscribed.
We promote high quality teaching and learning. We attract talented, committed and conscientious teachers who produce stimulating and challenging learning activities helped by experienced support staff. Teamwork is a key feature of our work.
We are an inclusive school; we cater for all abilities and we provide access for all students. This is reflected in our work with the more able, with students with a range of learning and other difficulties and in our admissions policy for the Sixth Form.
The school has excellent teaching facilities on both sites with accommodation that is suited to the demands of the curriculum.
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