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Holland Haven Primary School are seeking to appoint a dedicated and proactive Site Manager to join our team and ensure the smooth running of our school premises. This is a key role in maintaining a safe, secure and well managed environment for pupils, staff and visitors.
At Holland Haven Primary School we pride ourselves on being a friendly, caring and inclusive community where every member of staff plays a vital role in helping our children thrive. We are delighted to be recruiting a Site Manager who will become an important part of our school family.
This is a role where your contribution will be seen, valued and appreciated every single day. You will help create a safe, welcoming and well-maintained environment that enables children to learn, staff to teach and the whole community to flourish. If you are practical, dependable and enjoy making a meaningful difference, we would love to hear from you.
About the Role
This will be a part time job share and will require the successful applicant to work in collaboration with the existing Site Manager via a communication book or Google. The role will be for 30 hours a week (usually from 12.15pm - 6.15pm daily) but will need to be flexible during school closure times.
This will be an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated individual with a 'can do' attitude to join our happy and hardworking team.
The successful candidate will:
Be caring, resourceful, reliable, self-motivated and will take great pride in our school premises and grounds and have the ability to work not only on their own initiative, but also with another Site Manager.
Have excellent organisational skills.
Possess a hard working positive attitude and a willingness to learn.
Have an aptitude for practical work and possess good DIY skills.
Enjoy new challenges in a varied and busy school environment.
Be reliable, have energy & vision and take pride in their work.
Have the ability to adjust to the needs of the role and show flexibility and initiative when necessary, including possible flexibility in hours to cover sickness absence.
Have good IT skills.
Communicate effectively with a range of people including children, staff visitors and external agencies.
Ideally, hold a current clean driving licence as regular banking will be part of the role.
Duties will include but not be limited to:
Ensuring that the school site is safe, clean and tidy to provide a high-quality learning environment for our children.
Undertaking preventative maintenance and repairs.
Acting as one of the main key holders, with responsibility for locking and unlocking the school site.
Acting as one of the nominated alarm contact for the school and be contactable during unsociable hours to receive emergency callouts.
Taking a key role in Health and Safety checks and monitoring, including Fire, Legionella and play equipment with input to COSHH and Risk Assessments.
Monitoring the school cleaners.
Monitoring and ordering of cleaning supplies.
Managing the school grounds and overseeing the external grounds team.
Overseeing external contractors, servicing works and small projects.
Adhering to and upholding all school policies in particular Safeguarding and Health and Safety.
As a school we have:
Excellent facilities
Dedicated workshop
Beautiful grounds
Exceptionally well behaved pupils who are proud of their school and achievements.
A welcome and warm environment where everyone is valued and respected.
A strong, experienced leadership team, dedicated to maintaining high expectation.
A supportive Governing Board.
How you can apply
We warmly welcome applications from anyone who feels they can contribute to the life of our school. Whether you are experienced in site management or bringing transferable skills from another field, we would be delighted to hear from you. Joining our school community means becoming part of a supportive, values-driven team where your work truly makes a difference.
Click the link for the online application, or request a paper application form from the school office. We are very happy to support you with the process in whichever way works best for you.
Please ensure you complete the application form in full, using the job 'Information in Support of this Application' section to clearly demonstrate how you meet the needs of the job. This is your opportunity to tell us why you would be a great fit for our school.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please contact Mrs Bardetti, the headteacher, on either 01255 813704 or email her on s.bardetti@hollandhavenschool.co.uk.
Information about the School
Holland Haven Primary School is a growing school in a pleasant area, a short walking distance to the beach and country park. We are proud of our lovely children (Ofsted commented on their good behaviour and positive attitudes to learning). We have a dynamic leadership team, energetic and enthusiastic teachers & support staff and a lovely bright modern learning environment. Together with a team of committed governors, our aim is to further raise standards in all areas and to ensure that we give the best opportunity for success to all our children.