Site Lead

Queen’s Park Academy are seeking a proactive and hands-on Site Lead to join our dedicated Site Team. The ideal candidate for this physically demanding job will be an individual with good handy-person skills and eagerness to carry out the work in an efficient manner. The Site Lead will oversee a small team and carry out general repairs and maintenance, liaise with contractors and suppliers and ensure our School maintains a high level of health and safety.

At our School, you will find supportive and encouraging colleagues within school leadership and throughout the school.  It is incredibly important to us here at Queen’s Park Academy all our staff feel valued, listened to, mentored, challenged and given adequate opportunities to develop.  If you want to grow and develop in a varied and interesting role, come and join us.

Key Duties

·         Managing the school site team

·         Security of premises

·         Portering

·         Grounds maintenance

·         Heating and lighting

·         Driving and vehicle maintenance

·         Health & Safety & compliance management

·         Cleaning

·         Support and oversight of lettings with the Trust Estates Manager

·         Contract management

·         Building maintenance

·         Responsible first key holder for the site and available for call outs

The successful candidate will have

·         Experience of site duties and responsibilities

·         Strong IT skills

·         Excellent communication skills

·         Ability to problem solve and use own initiative

·         Basic handy-person skills, able to carry out minor repairs including: some simple plumbing and joinery work

·         Substantial knowledge of Health and Safety, including COSHH

·         An understanding of safeguarding and willingness to undertake training relevant to the role

Job Specifics

Start date: 17^th March (TBC)

Salary: AS 15-25 £29,393 - £35,535 (52 weeks, 25 days holiday, plus 3 days holiday between Christmas & New Year)

Working Pattern: The working hours are 37 hrs per week - Rota shift between 7am – 6pm

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.  Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.