Site Manager (14706)

Join Shirley Infant and Junior Schools as a Site Manager and shape the future of our education infrastructure!

Are you a proactive leader with a knack for facility management? Bring your skills to our dynamic team and oversee the maintenance, safety, and functionality of our school site. From coordinating repairs to ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, you'll play a vital role in creating a happy learning environment for our pupils. Enjoy a supportive work culture, competitive benefits, supportive training, and the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of the pupils and our school community.

Shirley Infant and Junior Schools are three-form entry schools sharing a single site in Upper Shirley, Southampton and are part of Hamwic Education Trust (HET).  Our friendly team are committed to achieving the best outcomes for our children, staff and community through our vision of Every Child, Every Chance, Every Day.

‘All about the Child’

At HET, we aim to put the child at the centre of everything we do.  We believe that by doing this, it drives our ethos and values to do the best we can for our children.

‘What about Sam’

Sam is the name we have given to the notional Hamwic child.  By asking ourselves ‘What about Sam?’ we ensure that we put our pupils at the heart of our decision making.

HET is a large, fast-paced Trust with 35 academies across the South Coast. Grouped into 6 community-based partnerships, there are 32 primary academies, 2 secondary schools and 1 hospital school.

JOB/PERSON SUMMARY:

• Facilities Management Leadership: Oversee the management, compliance, safety, and cleanliness of the school site, furnishings, and grounds according to our high standards.
• Key Holder Responsibility: Act as the primary key holder, ensuring security and operational readiness of the school site, including emergency response coordination.
• Team Management: Directly manage caretakers, site assistants, and cleaning staff, including training, scheduling, and performance reviews.
• Maintenance Oversight: Plan and execute a schedule of annual maintenance/redecoration and longer term maintenance requirements, ensuring high standards of cleanliness and safety.
• Health & Safety Compliance: Ensure adherence to health and safety regulations, conduct risk assessments, and oversee audits and inspections.
• Contractor Management: Coordinate with maintenance and cleaning contractors, ensuring compliance with health and safety requirements and satisfactory completion of tasks.
• Budget Management: Monitor and manage the Repairs and Maintenance budget, ensuring cost-effective solutions and procurement of necessary supplies.
• Other Support Functions: Support school-related functions, maintain outside areas, respond to emergencies, and uphold confidentiality of school information.

WE ARE SEEKING A PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUAL WHO:

• Has experience of health and safety protocols and compliance
• Is reliable and flexible and able to prioritise workloads
• Is able to work independently and use own initiative, as well as working well in a team
• Demonstrates good communication skills with a variety of stakeholders
• Can follow the school policies and systems consistently to ensure the safeguarding and safety of our children and site users
• Has a good basic level of practical DIY skills. Previous experience of work in a trade, such as carpentry, plumbing, painting/decorating, would be welcomed but not essential
• Has budget monitoring skills
• Has general ICT knowledge and can apply it to use email, word and database/incident recording systems
• Has GCSEs in Maths and English
• Has CIEH Level 2 (or the ability to complete this course)

WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• A friendly, professional working environment with close links to other local school Site Managers
• The support of a site assistant and the HET Estates Team
• Excellent training and CPD opportunities to further your career development, including HET networking groups, training and conferences for Site Managers
• An individual induction programme supported by a mentor
• Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement for staff working 52 weeks per year which increases with length of service
• Access to a staff benefits portal through Vivup
• Free confidential telephone and face-to-face counselling and other benefits through the Employee Assistance Programme

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Should you wish to apply for this vacancy, please view the job description and complete the application form which can be found at https://www.hamwic.org/category_vacancies/support-staff/ and return to  Mrs Bree Enemark (Business Manager) bree.enemark@shirleyschools.co.uk

SAFEGUARDING:

All schools with the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

THE JEFFERYS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP

The Jefferys Education Partnership is part of an umbrella Trust called the Hamwic Education Trust. At the Hamwic Education Trust we offer unique opportunities for those individuals that excel in education.

We aim to deliver an outstanding education to our pupils and to do so we must employ outstanding people.

We offer a training pathway for all employees including teachers, support staff and our middle and senior leaders.

Our staff have opportunities to work on cross phase projects and to work in other schools within the Trust in order to gain invaluable experience and enhance their skills.