School Site Manager Full Time

Tipton, West Midlands
Horizon Care and Education

Job Title: School Site Manager

Location: Tipton

Salary: 25,000 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Hours to be agreed with the Head Teacher and will coincide with opening and locking the school and the attendance of cleaners on the premises.

Driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential

What we’re looking for from you:

Ensuring that the school has a safe and efficient working environment and infrastructure for its employees, pupils and their activities.

• Responsible for the provision of reactive and proactive maintenance support to the school and school team, school security and maintaining safe school environment.
• Established trade skills in property maintenance
• Independent, self-managed and self-motivated
• Health and Safety Aware
• IT Literate
• Excellent communication
• Team player

What you’ll get to do:

• Undertake the open and lock up and maintain security procedures
• Act as a key holder and deal with minor security/safety issues
• Monitor standards of cleaning, undertake cleaning and supervision of cleaners
• Prepare the school site, premises, rooms and work areas; this includes operation of the school heating and lighting
• Porterage duties as required and particularly the laying out of furniture and other equipment for timetabled activities without direct instruction.
• Undertake basic DIY to the level of a competent handyman
• Report major items for repair to the Finance Officer/Headteacher
• Interact with staff, parents, pupils and visitors in a helpful and sensitive manner
• Meet, brief and oversee contractors and deliveries
• Monitor stock levels and inform line manager of requirements
• Have knowledge and awareness of health and safety practices and policies, understand COSHH regulations, maintain records where required
• Be willing to undertake training relevant to the role
• In conjunction with the Finance and Premises Officer to attend meetings with the School’s Property Maintenance Adviser and prepare schedules of planned and reactive maintenance works.

Why work for us?

• Real Living Wage employer
• Competitive pay rates
• Christmas bonus
• Blue Light Card
• Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards – earn up to 2500 per referral!
• Financial wellbeing service
• Life Assurance
• Option to buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave.
• Taste card – spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions!
• Opportunity to progress in your career through our Education Academy, and ongoing training and professional development.
• Comprehensive and tailored induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period.
• Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme.
• Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on a variety of topics
• Employee assistance programme – free, confidential support.
• Community and wellbeing – Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do. We’re in this together.
• Supportive management and senior leaders.
• High quality CPD opportunities.
• Free eye checks.