Job Introduction
Senior Site Manager
E Grade - £31,383 to £34,401
Permanent Post to ideally begin as soon as possible (flexibility around start date)
Are you a passionate person who believes in the power of relationships, high expectations, and a calm, purposeful atmosphere? At Cupernham Junior School, our culture is rooted in our relationships and built upon kindness, responsibility, joy and aspiration.
We are looking to appoint a Site Manager who prides themselves in their work, ensures compliance, is proactive in implementing improvements to the site and maintains high standards in all that they do. We are seeking applications from those with a passion for delivering first class services for the school, our children, staff and wider community. The ideal candidate will have experience of site management, knowledge of health and safety and compliance. You will be required to effectively work alongside leaders, admin teams and manage a team, including a site assistant. You will be able to communicate professionally with staff, contractors and other site users, all the while ensuring and maintaining appropriate safeguarding practice and approaches.
The role involves ensuring the school environment is safe, secure, clean, and conducive to learning. Responsibilities include managing repairs, health and safety compliance, site security, contractor coordination, and grounds maintenance. The ideal candidate should have strong organisational skills, practical maintenance experience, and a commitment to supporting the school community. Prior experience in a similar role is preferred, and familiarity with standards and regulations is essential.
Cupernham Junior School and Hampshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to DBS checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Application and Selection Processes and Timetable
Salary Details: E1 to E5 (FTE £33,178 to £36,369) Actual £31,383 to £34,401
Hours: 35 hours per week. There may be some flexibility to specific working hours – to be discussed when visiting the school or during the interview
Deadline for applications: Wednesday 1st July – by 12:00pm. We will then shortlist candidates and contact you the same day to notify you if you have been called for interview or not.
As part of the process of applying, please complete the online form below to indicate your availability for us to see you teach (please select as many times as possible):
Interview information: Interviews will be held on Monday 6th July. Should you be invited to interview, further information on what to expect on the day will be shared with you as a part of the invitation to attend on the 1st July.
Application form: The Application form to be completed is available from the Hampshire Education Jobs website: https://www.hants.gov.uk/jobs/education-jobs/application
Please send applications to: Sarah Townsend, Business and Admin Manager
Cupernham Junior School
Bransley Close
Romsey
SO51 7JT
adminoffice@cupernham-jun.hants.sch.uk
Duties
Site Management and maintenance, use of site
- Develop and manage programme of planned and preventive maintenance ensuring that the site is well maintained, functioning and safe
- Carry out appropriate training for Pool Plant Operating (PPO) and ensure pool maintenance and operation meets regulations and expectations
- Regular reassessment of site priorities to ensure requirements of users are met
- Make recommendations on potential sources of energy savings
- Select contractors having regard to value for money etc.
- Monitor overall performance, raising issues with contractors and overseeing specialist work
- Liaise with contractors regarding specialist cleaning and maintenance requirements
- In conjunction with the School Business Manager, encourage use of the school site within the local community
- Training, familiarity (in time) and appropriate use of compliance systems (such as Legionella testing and reporting, PAT testing and reporting, adherence and sharing of the Asbestos Register etc.)
- Organise and manage use of premises outside normal school hours; promote and market extraneous use of site to generate income; negotiate with hirers fees for use
Health and safety, including site security and supervision of contractors
- Ensure systems are in place so that all practices and emergency procedures are safe and adhere to H&S requirements
- Be familiar with county council/school health and safety requirements and ensure these are consistently met by those using the site
- Ensure systems are in place so that all practices and emergency procedures are safe, and adhere to H&S requirements
- Review security procedures and make proposals to security as appropriate
- Select contractors having regard to value from money etc.
- Monitor overall performance, raising issues with contractors and overseeing specialist work
- Liaise with contractors regarding specialist cleaning and maintenance requirements
Stock management and administration
- Requisition caretaking supplies within budget allocation
- Manage budget for contractors/site maintenance
- Ensure reporting responsibilities are met
Welfare
- To maintain a current first aid qualification
- Giving first aid if necessary
- Assuming the role within Fire management plan
Other
- Site improvement works – please note that this role involves manual elements and a suitable level of physicality is required (e.g. moving, lifting, carrying)
- To treat all information as confidential
- To carry out such other duties as may be reasonably allocated within the purview of the post
- Ensure the safeguarding of children
- To engage with all required and appropriate Hampshire training (including Pool Plant Operator training) – this is not required prior to commencement of the role but is expected once the role has been accepted and work commences
- Completion and record keeping of compliance paperwork / systems
- Completion of and submission of all required and appropriate risk assessments relating to the site and health and safety
- To be a key holder for the school site, which may require site attendance / call outs during out of hours working
Full application pack and application form are available on our website:
Attached documents
