Job overview
Haydon is a large, friendly and creative school in North West London. We have been judged as good by OFSTED. We are looking for a passionate Site Development Manager to join our friendly Operations Team. We are an energetic and passionate department that is dedicated to cultivating a love of collaborative and inclusive working environment.
The Role:
To be responsible for ensuring that the school site is safe, secure and ready for use throughout its opening times, delivering an excellent environment for teaching and learning for our students and staff and the external organisations making use of the site.
To manage the site, its buildings, grounds, gardens, assets, furniture, equipment, the site team and cleaners that are employed/contracted to work within the school to ensure a well maintained and secure environment.
Before applying for this position, please visit our website to review complete job descriptions and person specifications.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Management
- To advise the Director of Finance and Operations, Headteacher and other members of the Senior Leadership Team on all matters relating to the site to enable appropriate decisions to be made.
- To identify projects for CIF (Condition Improvement Fund) and be responsible for preparation, submission and subsequent management of these projects.
- Identify fundraising opportunities for new facilities and deliver these projects to successful completion.
- To line manage the Site Team, and provide them with the required training and development to enable them to perform their roles.
- To provide induction, contribute to the professional development of and undertake the performance management and appraisals of the Site Team.
- To ensure that the Site Team and cleaners are deployed to best serve the needs of the school.
- To oversee all contractors and all work undertaken on site and ensure that method statements, risk assessments, hot work permits and all other required documentation is completed before work starts.
- To ensure that comprehensive guidance, records and instructions are produced and maintained for use by the Site Team.
- To introduce (in liaison with the Director of Finance and Operations) and oversee an electronic system for site requests to be made by school staff directly to the Site Team, including a daily log of site activities.
Security and Safeguarding
- To be responsible for the overall security of the site and for taking all reasonable steps to minimise loss or damage to the property of the school, its employees or the other users of the site. As a key holder, responding in person to emergency call outs at any time as required.
- To open up and secure the school premises at the end of the day; checking the premises to ensure that all occupants have vacated the site, all windows and doors are closed and locked, all electrical equipment is switched off, activating intruder alarms and ensuring the safekeeping of keys to the premises.
- To ensure that intruder alarms are properly set, reset and tested on a regular basis and that all authorised persons are fully trained in their use.
- To ensure the CCTV system is well maintained and fit for purpose and to monitor CCTV where appropriate, acting proactively to follow up on any issues of security, safeguarding or behaviour of students or visitors identified on the footage.
- To ensure the safeguarding of students by:
- ensuring that the school's boundary is maintained securely
- ensuring that any areas of the school without supervision are kept secure throughout the school day
- ensuring that all contractors are aware of and adhere to the school's safeguarding procedures at all times
- providing appropriate CCTV footage to senior staff as required to address any issues
Maintenance and Cleaning
- To ensure the maintenance of buildings, including all the fixtures, fittings and grounds across the school site, delivering an excellent environment for teaching and learning for our students and staff.
- To be responsible for the efficient operation and use of mechanical, electrical, water and heating services to the school site, ensuring that all statutory and recommended audits, inspections, checks and surveys are carried out by appropriately qualified providers.
- To ensure that the cleanliness and tidiness of the whole site is proactively checked and addressed by the Site Team multiple times each day, with litter picking and sweeping of the site being carried out to the same frequency and to a high standard, with particular attention being paid to the cleanliness of the toilets.
- To ensure that the condition of the buildings is checked on a regular basis and that appropriate action is taken in the event of essential maintenance or repairs being required.
- To set up and maintain appropriate systems to ensure that all work is prioritised and monitored and that all defects are reported and acted upon in accordance with standard operating procedures.
- To schedule planned maintenance and major repairs as required, communicating appropriately with all stakeholders.
- To be responsible for setting up, managing and monitoring the delivery of maintenance contracts, including cleaning and grounds maintenance, and liaise with the contractor, have regular meetings and as required to ensure that the standards of cleanliness set by the school are adhered to; inspecting the quality and frequency of the work on a regular basis and maintaining all authorised records in accordance with the specification for the contract.
- To respond to routine emergencies at any time and undertake appropriate repairs, giving priorities to matters affecting health and safety and safeguarding.
- To organise and carry out decoration and improvement, including compiling comprehensive work plans for school holidays, coordinating all contractors including cleaners to ensure the projects are delivered to time and quality.
Before applying for this position, please visit our website to review complete job descriptions and person specifications.