Site Supervisor

Lees Brook Academy, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 4QX

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  8 August 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: From £27,711 to £31,067

What skills and experience we're looking for

Management

• In conjunction with the Site Manager, monitor, report and, wherever possible, repair any defects in the school buildings, contents and equipment.
• Maintaining health and safety records, updating and responding to items identified by staff.
• Produce a Termly report for the Site Manager re: Health and Safety issues and Building Maintenance.
• In conjunction with the Site Manager, be responsible for the monitoring of the work of contractors working on site, including quality assurance of contractor work.
• In the absence of Site Manager, organise and lead site team meetings.
• Oversight of the Building Maintenance Budget, including responsibility for ordering items necessary to carry out repairs.
• Deputise for Site Manager in their absence
• Responsible for the daily unlocking and securing of site depending on shift.

Site Security and Safety

• To be responsible for the overall security of the school premises and site including the locking of all windows and doors, the drawing of windows and blinds and the locking of external gates.
• Open and close the school for evening use as necessary.
• Un-setting and setting of school alarm system when necessary.
• Responding to, and resetting of, the school alarm, liaising with the police and alarm company.
• Checking and securing the school premises subsequent to out of hour’s intruder alarm activation.
• Register as main Key Holder and be first point of contact in an emergency callout situation.
• You may be called out at unsociable hours or at weekends to deal with security problems, make emergency repairs or allow access to any contractor who may be working on the site, in school holidays or weekends.
• Take responsibility for the Paxton Mag-Lock system.
• Take responsibility for the CCTV camera system throughout the site.

General Duties

• General maintenance and minor repair work including but not limited to: doors, windows, toilet seats and flushes, furniture, tap washers, painting and redecoration.
• Upkeep and general care of school.
• Preparing bins in preparation for pick-up.
• Ensuring that external rubbish is stored appropriately.
• Sweep yards, pick up litter and be responsible for the removal of all debris from paths, play areas, grassed areas, flowerbeds and all entrances.
• General porterage duties and moving furniture.
• To carry out, out of hours lettings as required - opening, closing and general duties.
• Preparation of Hall for functions as required.
• Routinely clean lamp shades and light diffusers (strip lights). The height limit is eleven feet.
• Monitor fuel levels of site vehicles and order supplies as necessary.
• Conduct daily general risk assessments, including ensuring all fire escape routes are clear.
• Test fire alarms weekly and ensure the fire log book is kept up to date.
• Report any major defects of building, fittings and equipment to the Site Manager.

Grounds Maintenance

• Checks of roofs/ paths and playground for pooling, loose tiles, plant growth, debris etc.
• Ensure roller shutters, soffits, external doors and external lights are clean
• Ensure all hard surfaces are free of moss and weeds
• Disinfect drains and dustbins regularly
• Make safe any hazards and ensure that the area is cordoned off
• Ensure paths, entrances are free of ice and snow to ensure the safety of children, parents, staff and visitors.
• Liaise with grounds maintenance to ensure the grounds are left clean tidy and safe.

Heating, Lighting and Water

• To monitor fuel where necessary
• Monitoring and setting of heating controls and boilers.
• Ensure that the boiler house is tidy and that no flammable material is stored there.
• The switching off of all lights and appropriate electric plug sockets at the end of each day.
• Ensure that all lights and heating are working effectively.
• Turning off and on of auto-flushing units each evening and morning respectively during school time and holiday periods.
• Read Gas, Electric and Water meters as required.
• Liaise with legionella checking and PAT testing contractors.
• Be aware of the location of all stopcocks, gas and electricity meters and take meter readings as required.
• Using appropriate PPE, replace, repair fluorescent tube starters and fluorescent tubes.

General

• Attendance at staff meetings and INSET activities where relevant.
• To uphold and actively support the academy’s policies and procedures.
• Undertake any other duties which might be reasonably be regarded as within the responsibilities of the post, subject to the proviso that any changes of a permanent nature shall be incorporated into the job description in specific terms.

What the school offers its staff

• Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions
• A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice
• Generous pension scheme
• Access to discounted travel schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Comprehensive training and support
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• Eye care voucher scheme
• Free flu vaccine
• Access to e-learning and development

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to the satisfactory completion of an enhanced DBS check, Barred List check, the receipt of satisfactory references, online searches and any other statutory checks that are required for the post. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Lees Brook Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1101 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lees Brook Academy website
• Email address: hr@archwaytrust.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lees-brook-community-school-derby

Lees Brook Community School is committed to working with pupils and their parents to enable each youngster to achieve success in all areas of life – academic, personal, physical, social;Raising standards of achievement, increasing access and widening participation in PE and Sport for everyone in our school, partner schools, wider community and Derby City;Changing the culture for learning in our community by raising self-esteem, recognising achievement, promoting pride within the local area and providing pathways for talented performers;Building a community for learning in which everyone (pupils, parents, staff, governors, and the wider community) sees learning as a life-long process for them to engage in.

At Lees Brook, we believe how we learn is as important as what we learn and the kind of person we each become matters as much as what we achieve. Each of us is responsible for our actions and our behaviour; each one of us has a right to feel safe, secure and free from bullying in school; each one of us has a right to learn and achieve at the highest level we are capable of. The way in which we deal with other people matters, so we should always treat other people as we would wish to be treated and we learn from our mistakes as well as our successes.

Lees Brook is a school that cares for the people within it. We have a uniquely inclusive school which allows everyone to succeed. Our safe, successful and positive learning community ensures that every student is able to fulfil their potential; but more than that, to also become well rounded young people who will go on and thrive in the world of work.

Mrs Z House - Headteacher

Arranging a visit to Lees Brook Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@archwaytrust.co.uk.

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