Site Manager (Mayfield School)

Education Impact Academy Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Education Impact Academy Trust is seeking a Site Manager for Mayfield School. The role focuses on developing and maintaining estate environments, ensuring maintenance and compliance, and supporting SEND needs to create safe, conducive spaces for learning.

The position is based primarily at Mayfield School, with occasional work across Trust sites, and requires a clean driving licence and DBS clearance. 36.5 hours weekly, permanent contract.

Qualifications

• Experience in a site role, preferably in a school/college.
• Strong knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and compliance.
• Proactive, able to prioritise and address issues.
• Excellent team player able to work with a range of staff.
• Experience supervising/managing a team.
• Ability to manage a budget and undertake admin tasks.
• Commitment to working with students with SEND and appropriate environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain estates, improve environments for students and staff.
• Oversee ongoing maintenance and compliance with relevant legislation.
• Work as part of the Trust Central Team and Estates group, with Trust-wide collaboration.
• Travel between sites may be required; base role at Mayfield School.

Skills

Site experience

Health and safety knowledge

Proactive approach

Team collaboration

Supervising/management

Budget and administration

SEND support mindset

Job description

Post: Site Manager (Mayfield School)

Salary: Grade 4 - £35,570 - £43,149 FTE

Hours of work: 36.5 hours, all year round. The role may involve shift work.

Contract type: Permanent

Start date of role: As soon as possible

Closing date: 13 November 2026

Interview date: To be confirmed

Enhanced DBS Check Required: Yes

EIAT is a thriving Multi Academy Trust in North Birmingham incorporating Wilson Stuart School, Mayfield School, Queensbury School, The Hive College, Lime Tree Nursery and Blue Sky Nursery. We strive to share best practice and work in cohesive, collaborative and innovative ways. Our ethos is 'Better Never Ends'.

Mayfield School is a special school for 315 pupils aged between 3 and 19 with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities including autism. Mayfield is a Unicef Rights Respecting School on a journey to achieve gold status.

The school is split across two sites - Wheeler Street in Lozells (co-located with Holte School and Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery) and Heathfield Road in Handsworth. Successful applicants will primarily be based at Healthfield Road but may be asked to work at other Trust premises as required.

About the role:

The role will play a fundamental part in the development of our estates in terms of improving the environments for our students and staff, as well as ongoing maintenance and compliance with all relevant legislation. You will be part of the Trust Central Team. This role will be primarily based at Mayfield School, but there will be opportunities to work together as a Trust-wide Estates team to find inventive solutions and to share ideas. The ideal candidate for this role will:

• Have experience of working in a site role, ideally with experience of working in a school/college;
• Have an excellent working knowledge of relevant Health and Safety legislation along with practical experience of ensuring compliance;
• Have a proactive approach and to be able to prioritise and address issues identified;
• Be an excellent team player and able to work with a range of staff colleagues;
• Have experience of supervising/managing a team;
• Have the ability to manage a budget and undertake administrative tasks;
• Have a commitment to working with students with SEND and an appreciation of how important the right environment is for them to flourish.

There will be a requirement across the team to work outside school hours, which may include some early mornings and late evenings.

A clean driving licence is advantageous as there may be some travel between our sites.

We can offer:

• A collaborative and inclusive culture that values every employee.
• A committed, hardworking team who strive to provide the best education for all students.
• Comprehensive induction and probation support and regular opportunities for professional development and growth.
• An enhanced CPD offer facilitated by regular training time
• An Employee Assistance Programme via the BHSF App – including free totally confidential support, access to a GP 24/7 and counselling.
• Access to discounts and offers at many well-known retailers and other organisations via the BHSF App.
• Access to a generous pension scheme known as the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for support staff or Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS) for Teachers.
• Generous annual leave entitlement for support staff based on length of service, starting at 29 days pro-rata, rising to 32 at 5 years’ plus service and 34 following 10 years’ plus service. Teachers annual leave is in line with Teachers Pay & Conditions.
• Family friendly policies.
• Onsite parking at all sites.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable), qualifications, medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search (and a prohibition check for teachers) will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. All successful candidates will be required to present their birth certificate along with evidence of any changes.

Please read a copy of our Recruitment and Selection Policy here: EIAT-Recruitment-and-Selection-Policy.pdf.

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This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement of the role.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 and 2023, which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’,so they do not need to be disclosedto employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

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