Site Manager
Seven Fields Primary School, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 5DE12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
4 November 2024
Closing date
15 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 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
- £24,702.00 - £26,873.00 Annually (FTE) pay rise pending
Site Manager job summary
Location Seven Fields Primary School within The River Learning Trust, SN2 5DE
Contract Type Permanent
Salary Salary Grade 6 points 8-13 £24,702 - £26,873.00 (Pay rise pending)
Closing Date Midday 15th October 2024
Interview date 17th October 2024 (pm)
Start Date Monday 4th November 2024
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, proactive and well-motivated person for the position of Site Manager to start as soon as possible.
The successful candidate will be ready to take on any task that can arise in a busy primary school. This role will take responsibility for the supervision and provision of high quality maintenance, security and cleanliness of the school buildings and grounds and take pride in the school site. This is a key role that would suit someone with excellent DIY skills.
The successful candidate will:
Have an approachable and confident manner allowing communication with a wide variety of people including our pupils
Be a nominated key holder and be the first point of contact in an emergency
Open and close the buildings on a daily basis and for evening meetings and lettings (if required)
Be available to attend call outs for alarms and emergencies
Have a background in or experience of building management/maintenance
Have an understanding and application of the requirements and legal obligations regarding Health & Safety across the site
Have responsibility for arranging, liaising with and monitoring contractors
Ensure copies of all statutory compliance reports, log books, certificates and documentation are up to date and systems are inspected regularly
Have responsibility for risk assessments, COSHH, monitoring and recording etc.
Undertaking some cleaning duties when required
Be able to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
Have experience in site maintenance, people management and IT skills
Operate the road safety School Safe Environment Zone (SSEZ) patrol point in a safe manner
In return we will offer:
Training in all areas relating to facilities and building services – some examples include, Health and Safety, Risk Management, Management of Contractors
A supportive and friendly staff team
A team committed to supporting professional development
On site 2 bedroom accommodation if required for a monthly rent
Hours of Work – 37 hours per week (hours to be agreed but to include unlocking and locking the school building), 43 weeks per year: Holidays are taken outside of school terms.
The school has occasional after school activities which will need to be covered which will attract additional overtime payments.
Visits to the school are welcome, please contact the school office on 01793 723833 to make an appointment. Alternatively, please contact the school business manager Karen Luker on 07790 230797.
This post is subject to a six month probationary period.
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.
The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.
If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Mrs Karen Luker, about the role, prior to application, then please email kluker@sevenfieldsprimary.org or telephone 01793723833.
The River Learning Trust and Seven Fields Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered
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 Seven Fields Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 274 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Seven Fields Primary School website (opens in new tab)
Seven Fields school is a friendly school which strives to ensure that all children have a warm, safe and caring environment within which to learn.
Our school is a place where everyone is included and valued. We believe that all children have a voice and should be listened to. We are proud that all our pupils enjoy coming to school and that they know that their education and achievement is at the centre of everything we do.
We prepare children to be lifelong learners with a sense of enquiry and a drive to succeed. We encourage children to work together to enjoy their learning and we support them as they aspire to take risks and achieve personal progress.
We aim to create a learning environment where everyone can celebrate success, people show respect for one another and where children care for their learning environment.
In our school we want everyone to feel good about themselves and how they are growing to become future members of the wider community, with aspirations for their own future and clear goals to achieve success.
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