Site Manager

The Trafalgar School at Downton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 3HN

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  7 December 2026

• Closing date

  19 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 October 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: £34,811.00 Annually (FTE)

Site Manager job summary

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Act as designated key holder and point of contact in emergencies
• Maintaining a safe environment with proper lighting, signage, and disability access
• Updating emergency plans and risk assessments
• Ensuring building compliance and administrative records
• Overseeing site security, fire prevention, and other safety systems
• Scheduling (as well as undertaking) regular building maintenance and servicing
• Contracting professionals for upkeep and repairs as needed
• Ensuring all required utilities are in place & monitored
• Be the Site budget holder and keep costs within budget
• Arranging for building improvements including tendering contracts
• Overseeing contractors and inspecting completed jobs
• Line lead for site assistants, grounds staff
• Hiring employees or contractors as needed to maintain, repair, or improve the property
• Providing training for all employees as needed
• Evaluating employee performance and providing direction, correction, or additional
• training to ensure proper maintenance of the building
• Scheduling contractors and employees
• Resolving complaints, problems, and requests from users
• Assisting with emergency response, evacuations and supervisory duties as required
• Undertake daily duties as per Duty rota and cover for absent site staff
• Hold termly site walks with Operations Manager, checking for any repairs or maintenance required.

Other Duties:

• To ensure all duties are carried out in accordance with Health & Safety regulations and with due regard to Child Protection and Safeguarding
• To underttake first aid training and act as a First Aider
• To partcipate in school educational visits
• To undertake any training and development for the better fulfilment of the post
• Act at all times as an ambassador for the school and model behaviour which upholds our Trafalgar values and ethos
• Foster good relationships with colleagues, students and the wider community
• Demonstrate a commitment to personal professional development
• To play a full part in the life of the school community, to support its distinctive mission and ethos and to encourage staff and students to follow this example
• To contribute to the Trafalgar School co-curricular and Trips and Visits programme
• To promote actively the school’s corporate policies
• To continue personal development as agreed
• To comply with the school’s Health and Safety policy and undertake risk assessments as appropriate
• To undertake any other duty as specified by Headteacher.

Supervision and Management

The job holder will line lead Site Assistants and Groundskeeper. You may also be required to assist with H&S induction or training of colleagues and new staff.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The Trafalgar School at Downton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants will be subject to a full enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and online check before the appointment is confirmed.

References from current employers will be taken for shortlisted
candidates, employers may be contacted to gather further information. Without satisfactory references, an offer of employment will not be confirmed.

Unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 must be declared.

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.

About The Trafalgar School at Downton

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 808 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Trafalgar School at Downton website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-trafalgar-school-at-downton-salisbury

The Trafalgar School at Downton is a friendly, rural, secondary school set in the historic village of Downton on the edge of the New Forest National Park.

Our values define us and underpin our ambition of a life fulfilled through empowerment. These values apply to our staff, as well as to our student community, so we seek a colleague who is:

Aspirational
Who has a strong desire to achieve greatness in everything they do. They are ambitious.

Compassionate
Who understands how other people feel and support each other. Staff recognise when someone is struggling and we help them.

Determined
Who is focused to achieve, even when a task is difficult. Staff remain committed to our end goal until we complete it.

Inclusive
Treats everyone fairly and equally and understands that difference is something which makes society better.

Integrity
Always does the right thing, even if no-one is watching

Respectful
Treats people, including ourselves and our environment, with respect. Shows consideration of other people’s feelings and wishes.

We are committed to empowering young people to be the source of their own success.

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