Site Officer
E-Act Bourne End Academy, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, SL8 5BW14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
28 September 2026 at 9am
Date listed
9 September 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
- £32,046.00 - £34,811.00 Annually (Actual) NJC SCP 17-22
Site Officer job summary
Job Title: Site Officer
Location: Bourne End Academy
Join us in Opening Minds, Opening Doors!
Are you ready to step into a rewarding role within one of our dynamic national teams? Whether your expertise lies in Finance, Estates, IT, Operations, or People, we believe in harnessing innovation and collaboration to drive excellence across our trust. We are excited to welcome passionate professionals who want to make a meaningful impact.
Our national teams play a vital role in supporting academies across England. You’ll join a dedicated network that helps shape the educational experience of thousands of children - because their success is at the heart of everything we do.
Bourne End Academy is seeking a proactive, dependable, and hands-on Site Officer to become part of our welcoming and vibrant school community. In this important role, you will help ensure the school remains safe, secure, welcoming, and fully operational, with responsibility for overseeing key site services including security, lighting, heating, and cleaning.
Key responsibilities:
Reporting to the Estates Business Partner, this post holder will be accountable for:
- Regular routine testing of fire alarms, emergency lights and firefighting equipment.
- Maintain a high level of security across academy premises including dealing with alarm systems and liaising with security services.
- Install, maintain or repair jobs of a minor nature such as plumbing (eg leaky taps), joinery (eg boarding up broken windows), painting/decorating, plastering, electrical work (eg replace faulty lights), etc.
- Actively promote a strong Health and Safety culture across the site teams and the wider academies.
- Monitor all contractors on site and ensure work is completed to the required standard.
Pay range:
NJC SCP 17-22 £32,046- £34,811
Full Time 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Permanent
Qualifications and Skills:
- Maths & English GCSE or equivalent or willing to work towards
- Relevant maintenance/trade qualification or willingness to work towards
- IOSH or recognised equivalent Health and Safety qualification
- Experience of a range of caretaking and cleaning duties
Join a trust that is going places!
We are proud to lead system-wide change both locally and nationally, providing sector-wide support while transforming futures. Most recently, E-ACT was named Large Trust MAT of the Year 2026 at the MAT Excellence Awards. Our achievements are further recognised through winning MAT of the Year 2023 at the MAT Excellence Awards and National School Awards, as well as the TES Trust Leadership Award 2024.
E-ACT is recognised for shaping bold educational outcomes. Most recently, two of our Birmingham academies were selected by the Department for Education as RISE Regional Hubs, in recognition of their outstanding work on inclusion and behaviour. In addition, Greenfields Academy has been designated as a RISE Reception Network Lead School. This is a testament to the impact of our people-first culture and relentless drive for excellence.
Want to be a part of something extraordinary? Find out more at www.e-act.org.uk
Benefits:
Financial and Lifestyle
We offer a strong financial package including access to defined benefit pension schemes (LGPS or TPS), life cover at three times pensionable pay, and 31 days of annual leave for year-round employees. Staff can also benefit from the Cycle to Work scheme, promoting healthy and sustainable commuting.
Professional Growth and Development
We invest heavily in staff development through tailored INSET days and high-quality CPD opportunities. Teaching staff benefit from automatic TLR progression, a structured 9-point pay scale (M1 to UPS3), and full TLR payments for part-time colleagues fulfilling full responsibilities.
Culture and Wellbeing
Our people-first culture values every colleague. We support wellbeing through the Wisdom app and a free Employee Assistance Programme offering counselling and financial advice. Collaboration is at the heart of our Trust, encouraging shared learning and collective success.
Please look at our 'Work for Us' page and Recruitment Pack for more information.
How to apply:
Please read the supporting documentation carefully before completing your application.
E-ACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.
E-ACT is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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.
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.
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- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 707 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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