Premises and Facilities Manager

Stockport Council; Gatley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational authority in Gatley seeks a dedicated Site and Premises Manager to contribute to the safety and well-being of students and staff. The successful candidate will manage the school site, collaborate with the School Business Manager, and uphold safeguarding practices. This position requires a commitment to the school community and a strong understanding of Site and Premises Management. The role offers training and professional development opportunities along with a supportive and friendly staff team.

Benefits

Comprehensive wellbeing support

Professional development opportunities

Significant handover period

Qualifications

• Strong commitment to the school and local community.
• Ability to enhance the operational running of the school.
• Knowledge of policies promoting safeguarding practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage the school's site and premises effectively.
• Work with the School Business Manager for operational enhancement.
• Ensure safety and compliance with statutory guidance.

Skills

Knowledge of Site and Premises Management

Commitment to safeguarding

Excellent spoken English

Job description

Do you want to be part of an outstanding school and an outstanding community which is dedicated to the safety and wellbeing of all?

Are you seeking to work in a school where with an exceptional building and ambitious plans for future development?

Are you looking for an opportunity to contribute to the school s developments and improvements through the maintenance and development of the school site?

Following the retirement of our current, much loved and respected Site and Premises Manager, Gatley Primary School is seeking to appoint a new Site and Premises Manager. We are looking for someone who has a keen interest and commitment to or local and school community and is talented, ambitious and committed to offering the best provision to our children and staff.

The successful candidate will be knowledgeable about Site and Premises Management and will use their expertise and talents to build on the already well‑established and successful systems, which are in place. They will be able to work with our highly skilled School Business Manager to enhance the operational running of the school to ensure the safety of our school and wider school community. The successful candidate will also demonstrate a real commitment to safeguarding and safe working practices, which is fundamental to the Trust s ethos and values.

We can offer the successful candidate:

• A opportunity successful and highly skilled team of professionals
• A significant hand over period with our current Site and Premises Manager to ensure a full induction to the role
• All relevant training required for the role
• Opportunities to build on the training already in place through accessing our Trust s Professional Development Pathways
• Access to a Trust wide team of Site and Premises Managers through networking and collaboration discussions
• A high functioning, friendly staff team who are committed to the school
• A comprehensive wellbeing offer to support staff and children

We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place, which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the school. This is in line with statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002 and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks.

It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered protected and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).