Are you a proactive, hands-on professional with a passion for maintaining safe, secure, and welcoming environments?

St Birinus School is seeking a reliable, dynamic, and enthusiastic Site Manager to lead our caretaking team and oversee the day-to-day operations of our school site. This is a pivotal role ensuring the smooth operation of our facilities, creating an environment where both students and staff can thrive.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership: Manage and support the caretaking team, ensuring effective allocation of work and staff cover during absences.
• Premises Management: Oversee site security, maintenance schedules, health and safety compliance, and emergency response protocols.
• Contractor Liaison: Supervise and monitor external contractors, ensuring adherence to health, safety, and safeguarding policies.
• Facilities Maintenance: Conduct regular site inspections, manage planned preventative maintenance, and respond promptly to repair needs.
• Health & Safety: Act as the Main Fire Co-ordinator, ensuring fire safety measures are in place and compliant with regulations.
• Budget Support: Assist the Trust Estates Lead in managing repairs and maintenance budgets effectively

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience in facilities management, site operations, or similar roles.
• Supervisory or management experience, with strong leadership and team coordination skills.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills (GCSE-level English and Maths or equivalent).
• Knowledge of health and safety practices, including manual handling, COSHH, and fire safety protocols.
• Competency in using IT systems

Additional Benefits:

• Fire Co-ordinator allowance of £2,365.60 per annum.
• Holiday entitlement of at least 24 days per year, increasing with continuous service.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• A rewarding role contributing to the success and safety of our school community.

 Join Us and Make an Impact!

Be a cornerstone of St Birinus School, where your work will directly support a thriving educational environment. If you have the skills, experience, and passion for maintaining excellent school facilities, we’d love to hear from you

Our most recent Ofsted inspection, took place over 2 days on 4th and 5th February 2025.  The report begins "The school has successfully established a strong culture of "Care, Courtesy and Commitment alongside high expectations...  there is a friendly and welcoming atmosphere around the site.  Pupils are respectful and courteous to others and well behaved in lessons and in social times."    We are incredible grateful for the unrelenting support and encouragement of our parents and carers, who gave Ofsted an extremely positive view of the school, with 95% saying that their child is happy at our school, the second happiest school in Oxfordshire over the past five years!

 Benefits of working with us:

• Employee centred and family friendly policies and practises
• Opportunity for flexible working arrangements to support with work life balance (wherever possible)
• Comfortable staffrooms with filter coffee, fruit and workspaces 
• Cycle to work scheme and sheltered secure bicycle sheds

St Birinus School is a Family Friendly School, committed to supporting our staff so that they can carve out a professional and personal life that is fulfilling and balanced.  

Quotes and soundbites from SBS staff in the recent Stakeholder Surveys ... 

• "I love this place!"
• "Despite only having joined the school recently, I have found it to be a positive and supportive school, with a clear vision and values that students and staff understand"
• "St Birinus is the best managed school that I have ever worked in or been associated with"
• "I love working at St Birinus and intend to root myself here for the foreseeable future"

What SBS staff say that they value about their school ... 

• "Relationships with colleagues and the community feel"
• "A strong sense of community and pride" 
• "The positive influence we have on students and inclusion of all students no matter their need"
• "The strong leadership and vision from the Senior Leadership Team"
• "The focus on staff wellbeing" 

“St Birinus School is a vibrant and inspiring place for pupils to learn. Pupils are very proud of their school. They feel it is a friendly and welcoming place where they really feel valued.”

Application process

To ensure we conduct a fair shortlisting process we use blind shortlisting whereby personal information (such as name, email address, gender & ethnicity) are not made available to the short-listing panel.

Please note that the school reserves the right to interview on receipt of applications, and to appoint prior to the deadline, so early application is recommended.

We encourage visits to our school in advance of applications; please do not hesitate to get in touch if you would like a conversation and/or tour of the school with the Trust Estates Lead, Mr Hinchliffe via email mhinchliffe@ridgewayeducation.com

Ridgeway Education Trust is committed to safeguarding, equality and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff working in all its schools to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS, references and pre-employment safeguarding checks.  All Leadership roles will require a Section 128 check.  The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining a post. All cases are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed.  

To view our Safeguarding policy, please visit our website: http://www.st-birinus-school.org.uk/1852/sbs-policies.  Please be aware that you will be required to bring your original degree certificate, proof of residence and photographic ID, as applicable, to interview and online searches may be made for shortlisted candidates, as part of due diligence checks.

St Birinus School is a Family Friendly School, committed to supporting our staff so that they can carve out a professional and personal life that is fulfilling and balanced. 

Our RET Staff Charter summarises the commitment we make to all staff who join and work at Ridgeway Education Trust.

We are committed to expressing our values of high quality learning, respectful relationships and an inclusive environment in the day to day experience of staff and students throughout the school.

St Birinus School is an equal opportunities employer.