Site Manager
Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 2LF13 days remaining to apply
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 April 2025
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
- £26,844.00 - £31,890.00 Monthly Support Staff Grade 7-8 (depending on experience)
Site Manager job summary
School Site Manager
Accountable to Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School and supporting St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Thame and St Thomas More Catholic Primary School in Kidlington.
The school site manager is responsible, through the Headteacher and Board of Governors, for a wide range of duties and responsibilities connected with the fabric and grounds of the school.
Site manager duties include:
Carrying out security procedures for school buildings and grounds.
Opening and closing of school premises, including gates, doors, windows, fire exits, etc, for the purpose of school use, lettings, out of school hours functions, maintenance and emergency services.
Regularly checking compliance across the school sites in line with legislation, DfE and BDES requirements
Liaising with the emergency services including calling out as required. Reporting acts of theft or vandalism to
Headteacher and/or police as necessary.
Keeping a diary of events and contractor visits and scheduling routine maintenance
Heating
Check and control system functions.
Regularly check and maintain all parts of the heating system as required with due regard to appropriate safety
requirements.
Report all defects to the School Business Manager and contact engineers as instructed.
Manual Handling Duties and Furniture Moving
The site manager must move such items of school furniture as required in connection with the school and other users of
the school premises with due regard to current Health & Safety and Lifting & Handling regulations.
Energy Conservation
In conjunction with the Headteacher, implement any agreed policies.
Read, record and report all meter readings as required by the School Business Manager and reporting any concerns
to the School Business Manager.
Liaise with the School Business Manager
Emergencies
Deal with, or arrange to be dealt with, all bursts, leaks, floods, fires and breakages as appropriate. Do this as soon as
the problem is discovered.
Deal with, or arrange to be dealt with, all electrical and gas emergencies, making safe initially by turning off supply.
Ensure access for emergency services, assist as necessary, secure premises as required.
Clean sickness and spillages as required.
Internal Maintenance
Report all defects which require specialist repair to the Business Manager or Headteacher.
Inspect electrical fittings and report defects as required. Arrange annual PAT testing of equipment.
Replace lamps and domestic fuses as required.
Regularly inspect plumbing and report/repair defects as appropriate.
Synchronise clocks, time switches, school bells, etc, as required.
Undertake minor repairs to fixtures and fittings including desks, tables and chairs as appropriate.
Order and take delivery of materials to deal with repairs mentioned above.
Subject to safety regulations, redecoration of any area, agreed as reasonable on instruction from the Headteacher
or School Business Manager.
Remove graffiti etc, as required.
Carry out minor repairs to school equipment as agreed with the Headteacher or School Business Manager.
Purchase materials for minor repairs.
Carry out minor works in order to improve the site as required by the Headteacher or School Business Manager
Attend appropriate training courses as required.
External Maintenance
Maintain cleanliness and general tidiness of all external hard areas; empty litter bins on a daily basis.
Clean and clear all drains and gullies to ensure effective and healthy operation.
Inspect outside fabric of school, report/repair defects as appropriate.
Inspect all fences, gates, walls, steps, lights, etc. Report/repair defects as appropriate.
As required by the Headteacher, remove/obscure all graffiti.
Keep entrance to the school, inside and outside, clean and clear of obstructions at all times.
Clear leaves, snow, ice, moss and detritus as appropriate, including treatment of surfaces with salt, etc.
Inspect all outside areas for dangerous materials and remove – including external emergency clean of spillages.
Carry out minor works in order to improve the site as required by the Headteacher or School Business Manager.
Litter pick at least once a week and empty bins around site
Maintain flower borders and undertake weeding and clearance.
Cut the grass and maintain cleanliness of the playground.
Health and Safety
Site managers have a duty of care towards the staff, pupils and visitors of the school. You will be required to carry out,
update and maintain all H&S compliance checks as required by the DfE, HSE and BDES.
The School Business Manager passes all relevant updates to the site manager, who has a responsibility to ensure the
requirements are met.
Working Hours
The working week will comprise of 37.5 hours a week. The timings can be agreed.
Larger maintenance and decorating work is usually carried out during holidays. Contractors should be scheduled during these times where possible. Hours of work can be varied to fit around the required jobs. Such work has to be arranged in accordance with the Headteacher and School Business Manager and is subject to available finance.
Experience: Experience in DIY/practical skills is essential.
Experience in caretaking or a related field is desirable, but not essential.
Experience in dealing with contractors is desirable, but not essential.
Qualifications or Training:
Basic literacy and numeracy skills are essential. A GCE, GCSE, NVQ or similar qualification is desirable.
Practical Skills: Excellent practical/DIY skills are essential.
Personal Qualities &
Attributes:
1. Can self motivate and think for themselves. Shows initiative, needs little supervision
2. Able to plan and organise a work routine
3. Is well-organised – can prioritise a number of jobs
4. Able to work as a member of a team
5. Can manage a team of cleaners
6. Has flexibility – can work full days for special events
7. Desirable but not essential – able to offer a trade (electric/plumbing/building) etc
8. Be prepared to take part in appropriate training
9. Able to complete paperwork and cost materials/equipment.
10. Is willing to meet the needs of all staff and negotiate timescales for jobs
11. Observant – notices what needs to be done
12. Deals with health and safety issues first and promptly
13. Efficient
14. Knows the mission and priorities of the school and supports these in his/her work.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
1. Lively and enthusiastic
2. Clean and well-presented
3. Confident to deal with visitors
4. Confident to deal with contractors on site
5. Is willing to give generously to school life
6. Honest with integrity
7. Remains cool under pressure
7. Has high standards
8. Cheerful/respectful disposition
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 Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 318 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary School website
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