Site Manager - The Portsmouth Academy

Thinking Facilities are seeking to appoint a Site Manager, who will be primarily based at The Portsmouth Academy. Travel to other sites within the Portsmouth hub may be required to cover absence or provide additional support when required, for which a shift allowance will be paid.

The successful post-holder will manage the utilisation of school premises, ensuring that they are secure, safe and well-maintained. This will involve management of Health and Safety procedures, management of cleaning, overseeing maintenance programmes and ensuring that budgets are monitored accordingly. 

You will line manage Facilities Officers and Assistants within the team whilst supporting the Regional Facilities Manager, to monitor capital projects taking place. Key responsibilities include overseeing general security arrangements, as well as prioritising and delegating tasks using a CAFM software. You will also manage the shift system, ensuring that all requirements both in and out-of-hours are taken into consideration. 

Your core hours will be 7.30am – 3.30pm with some flexibility required to cover shifts. 

There will also be some flexibility needed for school events plus weekend working.You will be part of a team required to maintain and care for the school and its grounds. 

What you will need to succeed:

For further details please see the attached Job Description

• Previous experience as a caretaker or similar
• Practical skills in maintenance and cleaning
• Experience of managing Health & Safety
• Experience of working within an Academy/School is desirable
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft office
• A MIDAS licence is preferred (or prepared to undertake necessary training to obtain one)
• Full clean driving licence with access to own transport

The Thinking Schools Academy Trust

The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is a family of schools consisting of both primary and secondary schools across Kent, Hampshire and Plymouth. 

We believe that every young person in our community deserves to have the best opportunities at life regardless of their individual circumstances.

Education is the key to transforming life chances and we support and develop every member of our community to:

• Think about their Thinking
• Be their Best self
• Shape their Success

In this way we transform life chances

Click Here To view our Trust video to gain an insight into The Thinking Schools Academy Trust

What our Trust will offer you:

• Vast support network from colleagues and senior leaders within the schools and the Central Trust team 
• An excellent Local Government pension scheme
• As a Trust we aim to foster a culture of appreciation with our fantastic Colleague recognition scheme
• Health and Wellbeing benefits including access to Thinking You - A 24/7 employee assistance programme for legal, financial, emergency health or lifestyle support
• Support staff have access to 'Discount for Teachers' with a huge range of money saving deals and vouchers
• A 'Refer a Friend' incentive scheme

Next steps:

If you are interested in working for our Trust in our Facilities Team, benefitting from a supportive network of colleagues across our Trust, and are keen to progress your career then please apply today!

Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.

To arrange an informal telephone conversation please contact Tessa Irvine on Tessa.Irvine@tsatrust.org.uk

If you experience any issues in applying for this role via our careers site, please click here to submit an application via Microsoft Forms

If this position  is not quite right for you, but you would be interested for any other positions within our Trust please click here to join our Talent Pool. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. As per KCSIE we will also undertake online searches for all shortlisted candidates, if you have any questions regarding this process please email recruitment@tsatrust.org.uk