Site Manager

Are you an experienced professional with a strong background in facilities management and team leadership? We are seeking a proactive and dedicated Site Manager to oversee the maintenance, safety, and upkeep of school facilities across multiple sites. In this pivotal role, you will manage diverse responsibilities, from coordinating maintenance schedules and managing compliance contracts to ensuring high standards in health and safety, cleaning, and lettings. With your excellent organisational skills and commitment to excellence, you will play a key role in creating a safe and welcoming environment for students, staff, and visitors alike. Join us and make a meaningful difference in the daily operations of our schools! This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing Multi Academy Trust with schools based in London, the midlands and the South West of England. All Avanti schools provide pupils with an outstanding education rooted in the inclusive and distinctive Avanti Schools ethos of educational excellence, character development, and spiritual insight. What will you do? Be responsible for a regular schedule of inspections throughout the buildings, and action plans for modifications and improvements. Alert the Principal to any work that needs to be undertaken or any issues where health and safety is at risk. Manage and assist with all deliveries to the school, ensuring the proper storage and distribution of all goods. Oversee the work of contractors to ensure that work is completed to a high standard and in line with Avanti Schools Trust policy. Identify areas for improvement and develop and implement plans to improve the quality of facilities across the school site. Why should you apply? Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place. You will be working in a fantastic environment, with: NEST pension scheme (subject to eligibility). Flexible working opportunities. Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership. Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps). Cycle-to-work and Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes. Free staff lunch and on-site parking. What are we looking for? Experience in a facilities management or similar role. Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively. Ability to apply basic ICT skills to the needs of the job. Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people. Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role. Further information Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks. Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks. Diversity and Inclusion We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents. Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

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