Site Manager

The Governors at Hartford Manor Primary School & Nursery are seeking to appoint an experienced, highly practical Site Manager who shows initiative and skilfully maintains school facilities that are clean, safe and compliant. The successful candidate will be able to prioritise jobs and manage their workload, working under the direction of the School Business Manager.

The role will include:

• being a key holder and liaising with external security agencies;
• maintaining standards of health and safety including undertaking statutory checks;
• undertaking health and safety checks, checking equipment;
• liaising with outside contractors;
• managing the school site in all weathers;
• general maintenance duties to maintain the internal and external school environment;
• Organising and supervising the work of the caretaking and cleaning staff and backfilling these positions, if necessary.
• Other duties as required around the school site.

The successful candidate will:

• Be able to work as part of a team and communicate effectively with students, staff, governors, parents and visitors.
• Have experience of health and safety, contracts management, and experience of school inspection would be beneficial, along with good IT skills (word/excel and outlook)
• It would be helpful for the successful candidate to have some existing knowledge about the demands of a school.
• As a registered key holder and as such must be able to attend the school within 20 minutes should the occasion arise.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to the relevant checks and enhanced DBS.  

Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role. If you would like to arrange an informal visit to the school, please telephone the School Business Manager, Melissa Wood, on 01606 663800 to arrange this. 

The closing date for applications is Friday 28^th March 2025 at 9:00am. Interviews to take place w/c 31^st March 2025.