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Site Manager - Full-time

The Archbishop's School, Canterbury

  • Ref:KCC886-5426-108S
  • Posted:22/01/2020
  • Pay:KR8
  • Start Date:March 2020
  • App Close Date:29/01/2020 at 12:00
  • Interviews:w/c 10th February 2020

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Are you an experienced Site Manager with considerable knowledge of health and safety management?

Do you have supervisory experience and the ability and to organise your own workload, and that of others in order to achieve the task at hand?

Are you ready to make that jump to a new and exciting opportunity?

If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, we want to hear from you!

Set in the beautiful cathedral city of Canterbury, we are seeking to recruit a Site Manger to ensure the effective management and overall safety of staff, building security, maintenance, cleaning and health and safety. You will take pride in ensuring a first-rate service is delivered to staff and pupils alike.

In this role you will:
• Line manage a team of site staff and lead on projects to ensure that the school environment is fit for purpose and continues to improve.

• Develop the facilities provision, including lettings whilst organising the site being open outside of school hours.

• In conjunction with the Schools Business Manager, you will prepare the annual premises budget in order to plan, monitor and prioritise spending across the year.

• Lead on any building development projects to bring the facilities up to a high standard. This involves the preparation of project specifications and financial appraisals for small scale improvement works.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Level 3 Diploma (or equivalent) with proficient technical and practical skills.

• Experience with a wide range of machinery/equipment e.g. kitchen, gardening and general maintenance equipment.

• Understand and be able to apply Health and Safety procedures relevant to the job, including manual handling, safe use of machinery and/or equipment, COSHH, First Aid and Hygiene Practice and lone working procedures and responsibilities.

• Have a broad awareness of working environments, able to recognise and to deal with emergency situations.

The Archbishop's School is a mixed ability school who believe that every child has the potential be a successful learner, whatever their background, ability, interests or talents. We are committed to demonstrating this belief to our students, ensuring their success.

The Archbishop's School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) with barred list check is required for all successful applicants

Information about the school

The Archbishops School is a mixed ability school for students aged 11-19. We are a small, but successful and very popular Church of England Foundation School in the beautiful cathedral city of Canterbury. The Archbishop's School is rated GOOD by Ofsted. To read our most recent Ofsted report dated November 2023, please follow this link:https://www.archbishops-school.co.uk/501/ofsted-report

The school community is smaller than most secondary schools enabling us to provide a personalised approach to education. All students are well known, well cared for and receive the very best support and encouragement in their learning which engenders excellent progress in their academic, personal, social and spiritual development.

Our school ethos is “Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve”. This perfectly describes our mission: to provide the very best education for our students, whilst preparing them for school life in the twenty-first century with all the challenges this presents. They are able to make a positive contribution to society and share the love of God. As an innovative and forward-thinking school, we celebrate all of our students' achievements and are extremely proud of the people they become.

As a school, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants are expected to share this commitment.

In line with KCSIE 2023 guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, The Archbishop’s School reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and any relevant information found concerning a candidates suitability to work with children will be discussed at interview stage.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early and proceed to interview upon receipt of a number of suitably qualified applications. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. In accordance with our safeguarding practices, we are unable to accept CV’s. We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

The Archbishop’s School embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.

Job Contact Information

Fax: 01227 768535

Documents

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.