Site Manager at Copperfield Academy
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Pay scale KSG Entry-KSG Top, all year round, permanent role
About this Role
Are you an experienced and proactive Site Manager looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference every day? Copperfield Academy are seeking a dedicated and skilled professional to take responsibility for the management, maintenance and safety of our school site. This is a key role in ensuring that our children learn in a clean, safe and welcoming environment.
About the Role
The Site Manager will take overall responsibility for the
day to day management, maintenance, security and cleanliness of the school
buildings and grounds, ensuring the site is maintained to a high standard. This
includes overseeing contractors, supervising premises staff, carrying out
repairs, and ensuring full compliance with health and safety requirements.
Key responsibilities include:
- Ensuring
the school buildings and grounds are clean, tidy and well maintained
- Implementing
daily housekeeping and health & safety routines
- Carrying
out minor repairs, maintenance and DIY tasks across the site
- Monitoring
cleaning standards and supervising cleaning staff as required
- Managing
contractors and overseeing small maintenance projects, including obtaining
quotes and monitoring work
- Conducting
regular checks, inspections and statutory compliance tasks (e.g. fire
alarms, emergency lighting, water hygiene, asbestos, PAT testing)
- Ensuring
safe access to the school during adverse weather conditions such as snow,
ice or flooding
- Maintaining
security of the site, including opening/locking the school and responding
to emergency call-outs as a keyholder
- Managing
energy usage, recording utilities readings and monitoring consumption
- Providing
porterage, setting up rooms for events and ensuring deliveries are
received and distributed efficiently
What We’re Looking For
We are seeking someone who is:
- Experienced
in site management, ideally within a school or similar setting
- Skilled
in general maintenance, repairs and use of tools/equipment
- Knowledgeable
about health & safety, including CoSHH, manual handling, Legionella
and asbestos regulations
- Able
to supervise staff and work effectively with contractors
- Physically
capable of carrying out the demands of the role, including lifting and
manual tasks
- Organised,
proactive and able to prioritise workload in a busy environment
- Committed
to maintaining a safe, secure and positive environment for children and
staff
Relevant qualifications in premises management or health
& safety are desirable.
Why Work with REAch2 Academy Trust?
Join REAch2 Academy Trust, one of the UK's largest primary academy trusts, with a mission to unlock the potential of every child, regardless of their background. Here’s why joining our team can be an exciting and fulfilling career choice:
Excellence & Development: We prioritise high standards and offer extensive professional development and career growth opportunities.
Supportive & Collaborative: Be part of a strong, collaborative community of over 60 schools where every voice is valued, and best practices are shared.
Well-being Focus: We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer robust well-being support for all staff.
Diversity & Inclusion: We celebrate diversity and believe that varied perspectives strengthen our schools.
Innovation & Impact: Bring creativity to the classroom and make a real difference in children’s lives.
Making a difference: Working with REAch2 means contributing to something bigger than yourself. You’ll be helping to shape the lives of young learners, making a meaningful impact on communities and future generations.
Join us to grow your career, collaborate with passionate educators, and make a lasting impact on future generations.
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support your career and well-being:
Generous Annual Leave: healthy work-life balance.
Professional Development: Access diverse CPD and training opportunities to grow your skills.
Flexible & Family-Friendly: We are committed to supporting flexible working and requests will be considered on an individual basis, including options such as part time, term-time, home working, and other options that work for both the employee and the Trust.
Exclusive Discounts: Benefit from Blue Light Card offers and employee perks.
Well-being Support: Receive comprehensive well-being and employee assistance for you and your family.
Join REAch2 for a rewarding career with great benefits!
Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection
At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.
We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.
For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy.
All information is stored securely, and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy.
The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications.
Related Documents
Contact Details
Ben Clark - Headteacher
01474352488
Ben.clark@copperfieldacademy.org
Copperfield Academy would like all candidates to answer specific questions for the personal statement section. For reference, here is a preview of the questions/headings:
- Please briefly outline how you have been responsible for health and safety in a previous role
- Please outline any previous handyman experience you have in minor repairs/building maintenance
- Explain your understanding of safeguarding.
- Do you have any experience of line management? please give brief details
Copperfield Academy
Open Data obtained from: Department for EducationKent
DA11 0RB
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