Site Manager
New Leaf School, Walsall, West Midlands, WV12 4EGThis job expired on 9 March 2026 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
9 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
16 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 Hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 6 (SCP 15–23)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead health and safety on site, ensuring compliance and maintaining risk assessments.
- Coordinate statutory inspections (fire, asbestos, water hygiene, gas, electrical).
- Operate and maintain security systems, act as emergency key holder, and respond to incidents.
- Oversee plant, equipment, utilities, and vehicles, including minibus operation.
- Supervise cleaning teams, manage supplies, and maintain grounds.
- Undertake or supervise repairs, maintenance, and decoration.
- Manage contractors and site projects, ensuring compliance and quality.
- Maintain records, manage stock, and handle deliveries and porterage.
- Support school lettings and functions, ensuring spaces are prepared.
- Promote pupil welfare, uphold equality and confidentiality, and support practical learning opportunities.
- Adapt to changing demands and undertake other duties as required.
What the school offers its staff
Reporting to:Deputy HeadteacherGrade:6Hours:Full time (may include split shifts and out-of-hours duties)Responsible for:Site staff (currently one Cleaner)
Purpose:
Responsible for managing, maintaining, and ensuring the securityand operational effectiveness of the school premises. This includes health and safety, statutory compliance, contractormanagement, cleaning standards, site security, and supporting school operations.
Safeguarding & Equality:
Must uphold safeguarding, child protection, and equality standards in line with Trust policies.
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject toappropriate vettingprocedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you todisclosedetails of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About New Leaf School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 16
- School size
- No information available
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- New Leaf School website
- Email address
- jasmine.gill@merciantrust.org.uk
School location
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