Site Manager - Full-time

Whitehill Primary School, Gravesend

• Ref:KCC886-3900-248S
• Posted:09/09/2025
• Pay:£26,393 - £27,713 PA
• Start Date:As soon as possible
• App Close Date:26/09/2025 at 09:00
• Interviews:Wk comm 29th Sept

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This is an all year round role.

37 hours per week

AAT D £26,393 - £27,713 per annum

Main Duties: PLEASE REFER TO THE JOB PACK FOR MORE INFORMATION

As a main keyholder, opening and locking up the premises as needed.

Ensuring external doors and windows, internal doors and boundary gates are properly secured, internal lights off, external security lights on, security alarms activated before departure

Undertake minor maintenance and DIY. Escalate works beyond this scope so that contractors can be scheduled.

To operate the heating, lighting etc.

To complete various safety checks across the whole school: daily perimeter checks (including visual checks of trees, playground equipment), visual asbestos checks, faulty equipment, weekly fire alarm tests, monthly emergency light tests, COSHH, water hygiene etc. Record outages so that contractors can be scheduled

Maintain a range of surfaces throughout the school grounds operating jet washer, leaf blowers and garden tools as required.

To ensure that all hard surface areas and paths are kept free of ice, litter, leaves, weeds and other debris at all times.

To ensure that adequate health & safety measures are taken at all times as required by current guidance and legislation e.g. manual handling, risk assessments. Extending to ensure that contractors are advised of location of asbestos registers, and have provided Risk Assessments/Hot Work Permits to ensure a safe site.

To positively support the ethos of the school, taking into account our safeguarding, equal opportunities and behaviour policies in particular.

To take part in training for all aspects of your role as directed by your line manager.

Moving furniture, setting out of chairs, delivering parcels and equipment around the school site, receiving deliveries and escorting trades people on the site

Look out for maintenance and repairs around the School – e.g. a cracked window, graffiti on any surface, lights out, dirty diffusers, clocks wrong etc.

Act on maintenance requests sent through the helpdesk

Carry out tasks within your skills – painting and decorating, carpentry, plumbing etc. as required.

Carry out regular cleaning duties as required.

To understand the need for discretion and confidentiality at all times.

To make sure the school site a secure and safe environment in line with the school’s Safeguarding policy.

Information about the school

Whitehill is a strong and thriving community, united together and determined to see all succeed and be happy in their lives. We are very proud of the safe and nurturing environment that we have created at Whitehill.

We aspire for all to develop and all to achieve. We foster the development of confidence. We facilitate ambition in all aspects of life. We support independence in decision making.

Whitehill is an academy in the Aletheia Academies Trust. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers, governors and Trustees to share this commitment.

All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks where applicable.  Our policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders can be found on our website. All new employees, volunteers, governors and Trustees will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Jennifer Lumley
• Address:Sun Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5HN
• Telephone: (01474) 352973
• Email: lumleyj@decustrust.com