Site Manager

Site Manager 

The Chalk Hills Academy are seeking a proactive and hands-on Site Manager to join our Facilities Team.  We are looking for an individual with good handy-person skills and eagerness to carry out the work in an efficient manner.  You will join our friendly and good-humored Facilities Department to help keep our Academy safe, clean and in a good state of repair. We are seeking a committed Site Manager who will carry out general repairs and maintenance, liaise with contractors and suppliers and ensure our Academy maintains a high level of health and safety.

At our Academy, you will find supportive and encouraging colleagues within school leadership and throughout the school.  It is incredibly important to us here at The Chalk Hills Academy that 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

BMS System
Managing Compliancy
Managing a small team
Line manage Events Coordinator
Overseeing lettings with Event Coordinator
Ensuring the premises are open for use as and when required and securing the premises at the end of each shift following correct procedures for alarm systems to ensure the site remains a safe environment at all times.
M&E Engineering background for plumbing, electrical and joinery work
Maintaining premises in a good state of repair
Addressing Health and Safety issues
Negotiate the renewal and manage the arrangements of maintained contracts and associated SLAs for the academy
Responsible first key holder for the site and available on call outs
To encompass all other Site duties related to The Chalk Hills Academy

The successful candidate will have

·       A hardworking committed colleague to join the site-team at TCHA

·       3-5 years’ experience of Site management

·       BMS system experience

·       Compliance experience

·       DIY maintenance of buildings and site-management is required

Job specifics

Responsible to: Business Manager Sharqa Riaz

Start date: Asap

Salary: AS 25-28 £34,245-£36,948 (52 weeks, 25 days holiday, plus 3 days holiday between Christmas & New Year) Pension with death in service.

Working Pattern: The working hours are 37 hrs per week – Rota shift between 6.30am – 6.30pm

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.