Site Manager

Whitehill Primary School, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5HN

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  27 September 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  9 September 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: £26,393.00 - £27,713.00 Annually (FTE)

Site Manager job summary

This is an all year round role.

37 hours per week

AAT D £26,393 - £27,713 per annum

Main Duties: PLEASE REFER TO THE JOB PACK FOR MORE INFORMATION

As a main keyholder, opening and locking up the premises as needed.

Ensuring external doors and windows, internal doors and boundary gates are properly secured, internal lights off, external security lights on, security alarms activated before departure

Undertake minor maintenance and DIY. Escalate works beyond this scope so that contractors can be scheduled.

To operate the heating, lighting etc.

To complete various safety checks across the whole school: daily perimeter checks (including visual checks of trees, playground equipment), visual asbestos checks, faulty equipment, weekly fire alarm tests, monthly emergency light tests, COSHH, water hygiene etc. Record outages so that contractors can be scheduled

Maintain a range of surfaces throughout the school grounds operating jet washer, leaf blowers and garden tools as required.

To ensure that all hard surface areas and paths are kept free of ice, litter, leaves, weeds and other debris at all times.

To ensure that adequate health & safety measures are taken at all times as required by current guidance and legislation e.g. manual handling, risk assessments. Extending to ensure that contractors are advised of location of asbestos registers, and have provided Risk Assessments/Hot Work Permits to ensure a safe site.

To positively support the ethos of the school, taking into account our safeguarding, equal opportunities and behaviour policies in particular.

To take part in training for all aspects of your role as directed by your line manager.

Moving furniture, setting out of chairs, delivering parcels and equipment around the school site, receiving deliveries and escorting trades people on the site

Look out for maintenance and repairs around the School - e.g. a cracked window, graffiti on any surface, lights out, dirty diffusers, clocks wrong etc.

Act on maintenance requests sent through the helpdesk

Carry out tasks within your skills - painting and decorating, carpentry, plumbing etc. as required.

Carry out regular cleaning duties as required.

To understand the need for discretion and confidentiality at all times.

To make sure the school site a secure and safe environment in line with the school’s Safeguarding policy.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

All staff must complete safeguarding training,

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 Whitehill Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 588 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Whitehill Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/whitehill-primary-school-da12-5hn

Whitehill is an inclusive primary school, with a current roll of 670 children, serving a diverse community. We strive to build confident, ambitious and independent learners. We are proud that our children enjoy high quality, enriched learning with exciting opportunities.

Whitehill Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The school will conduct all necessary safer recruitment checks before employment commences.

This post is subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, reference checks, identity and proof of right to work in the UK. Whitehill Primary School is an equal opportunities employer.

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