Purpose of the role
As our Premises Manager, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that the school environment is safe, secure, and well-maintained, providing the foundation for effective teaching, learning, and wider school life.
You will take responsibility for the day-to-day operation, maintenance, and security of the school premises and grounds. Your work will help ensure that staff and pupils benefit from a safe, clean, and functional environment that reflects the high standards and expectations of the school.
You will be proactive, hands-on, and able to respond quickly and effectively to a wide range of tasks and issues. As a visible and trusted premises manager, you will be confident in managing contractors, leading cleaning or site staff, and carrying out regular inspections to ensure the premises remain safe and fully operational.
In this role you will:
- Ensure that the school buildings and grounds are clean and secure and respond to any security concerns or incidents as needed.
- Act as the designated key holder for the premises and respond to emergency callouts where necessary.
- Be responsible for locking the premises each day at 6pm
- Operate and regularly check building systems, including heating, lighting, alarms, water and CCTV.
- Undertake repairs and general maintenance tasks as necessary.
- Arrange and oversee emergency repairs and routine maintenance to ensure the school remains fully operational and safe.
- Monitor and manage site stock, ordering materials and supplies when needed.
- Supervise and quality-check the work of contractors to ensure standards and timescales are met.
- Carry out general duties such as moving furniture, setting up rooms, or assisting with school events.
- Conduct regular health and safety inspections of the site, including fire safety and COSHH compliance, and act quickly where hazards are identified.
- Monitor and manage the performance of cleaning and site staff, ensuring work is carried out to agreed standards, allocating staffing to meet the needs of the school and to achieve compliance and maintenance targets, ensuring staff have received appropriate training relevant to their roles and in accordance with legislative requirements, and delivering training and necessary coaching/mentoring as required.
- Management of maintenance budgets including preparation of reports as required.
- Ensure ongoing maintenance cover is carried out during the school holidays across the school. This will also include project managing external contractors for any planned construction activity during the holidays.
- Responsible for liaison with all appropriate authorities regarding rating, sanitation, water, electricity, gas, planning, building regulations and environment health.
- Day to day oversight of contractors for regular maintenance, ground maintenance and compliance services and make recommendations for improving value for money and procurement.
- Coordinate and manage visits by contractors, surveyors, inspections etc.
- Support the use and maintenance of specialised equipment after appropriate training.
- This role involves manual tasks, including occasional heavy lifting.
- Facilitate school lettings outside of normal hours.
As Premises Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring our school remains a safe, clean and inspiring place to learn and work.
Premises, Health and Safety
- Liaise with the Business Manager to ensure the School environment is safe, secure, clean and well maintained.
- Oversee premises management, maintenance, repairs, and capital projects.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation, guidance, and United Learning policies.
- Undertake and review risk assessments as required.
- Be the Health & Safety Co-ordinator for the school.
- Oversee any incidents/accidents and be a ‘Super user’ for the Accident Reporting and Management System (ARMS).
- Produce reports for the termly Health & Safety meetings.
- Writing reports, presenting premises and health and safety information to the Local Governing Body
Additional Responsibilities
- Uphold and promote the values, ethos and strategic objectives of Glebe Primary School, and United Learning.
- Participate in performance management, training, and continuous professional development.
- Work flexibly and undertake additional duties as reasonably required by the Headteacher or Business Manager.
- Attend meetings and training at other United Learning locations as required; occasional travel will be necessary.
Flexibility Clause
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties. The post holder may be required to undertake other reasonable tasks consistent with the role and responsibilities, following consultation.
- This job description will be reviewed regularly as part of the performance management process and may be subject to amendment or modification at any time after consultation with the post holder.
Pay: £30,760.67 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
