School Site Manager - The Grange School

Buckinghamshire Council; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Site Manager to oversee the management of their facilities and grounds. This role is crucial in ensuring the highest standards of security, health, and safety are maintained. You will lead a supportive team, manage budgets effectively, and implement maintenance plans to enhance the environment for students and staff. With a strong commitment to community and staff well-being, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a thriving educational setting. Join a dynamic organization that values passion and creativity in fostering a positive learning atmosphere.

Benefits

Pension Scheme

Annual Leave Entitlement

Staff Well-being Programme

Professional Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in site management and facilities maintenance is essential.
• Strong understanding of health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of site, buildings, and grounds maintenance.
• Supervise caretaking staff and external contractors.

Skills

Site Management

Health and Safety Compliance

Budget Management

Team Leadership

Maintenance Planning

Education

Relevant Facilities Management Qualification

Tools

Cleaning Equipment

Maintenance Software

Job description

The Grange is 'More Than Just a School'. We are a supportive team with community at the heart of everything we do. Passion, creativity and inspiring a love of learning are celebrated and embraced. Our relentless professional commitment to supporting and empowering students is both valued and rewarded

Term time only: No

Salary Type: Bucks pay

Salary details: Bucks Pay Range 5-6 (£33,518 to £39,876) depending on experience)

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week/52 weeks per year. There is annual holiday entitlement starting at 22 days per year plus a good pension scheme

Interviews to be held: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible

About us

Judged to be a Good School by Ofsted in April 2024, we are a mixed, non-selective 11-18 Foundation secondary school situated in the market town of Aylesbury and ten minutes from the Chiltern Hills – an area of outstanding natural beauty. We are close to Oxford, High Wycombe and Milton Keynes and surrounded by delightful market towns and characterful villages. The students and staff at The Grange School make it a fantastic place to work. Our students are friendly and confident and we strive to ensure that they achieve the success that they deserve. Together we have created a successful community school, where students learn the skills for success.

We support our staff with a robust staff well-being programme. All staff have access to a wealth of free support resources and materials to ensure they feel supported and happy. We provide an excellent induction programme and a wide range of development opportunities for all staff.

‘We are looking for a Site Manager who would be responsible for all aspects of the site, buildings, facilities and grounds management, ensuring the highest levels of security, health and safety, statutory compliance, repairs, maintenance and cleanliness.’

This includes:
• Effective management of the caretaking and in-house school cleaning staff
• Supervision of external contractors, and external site users
• Site development and maintenance planning in conjunction with the Business Manager
• Proactively carrying out routine maintenance and minor repairs, cleaning, refurbishment, and porterage
• Effective and efficient budgetary management
• Identifying cost reduction initiatives

For further information please see attached Job description.

About you

It is expected that the post holder will have the capacity to structure their own work according to the duties described. This may be broken down into daily, weekly, monthly and annual tasks for example.

For further information please see attached Person specification.

Other information

Visits to the school are welcomed. Further details are available on our website.

We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students, thus an enhanced DBS disclosure will be required.

The school is committed to ensuring that safeguarding is a top priority and will consider carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence. Online searches solely aim to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school may want to explore with the applicant at interview. Please follow this link for more details:https://www.grange.bucks.sch.uk/contact-us/vacancies/online-searches-on-shortlisted-candidates.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
• All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.