Site Manager for Whitehill Primary School, Gravesend, Kent
This is an all-year round role.
37 hours per week
Salary: AAT D £26,393 - £27,713 per annum
Closing Date: 10th October 2025
We are looking for a proactive, reliable and committed Site Manager to join our friendly and supportive team at Whitehill Primary School in Gravesend, Kent.
Overview of the Role and Responsibilities
As a main keyholder, opening and locking up the premises as needed.
* Ensuring external doors and windows, internal doors and boundary gates are properly secured, internal lights off, external security lights on, security alarms activated before departure.
* Undertake minor maintenance and DIY. Escalate works beyond this scope so that contractors can be scheduled.
* To operate the heating, lighting etc.
* To complete various safety checks across the whole school: daily perimeter checks (including visual checks of trees, playground equipment), visual asbestos checks, faulty equipment, weekly fire alarm tests, monthly emergency light tests, COSHH, water hygiene etc. Record outages so that contractors can be scheduled.
* Maintain a range of surfaces throughout the school grounds operating jet washer, leaf blowers and garden tools as required.
* To ensure that all hard surface areas and paths are kept free of ice, litter, leaves, weeds and other debris at all times.
* To ensure that adequate health & safety measures are taken at all times as required by current guidance and legislation e.g. manual handling, risk assessments. Extending to ensure that contractors are advised of location of asbestos registers, and have provided Risk Assessments/Hot Work Permits to ensure a safe site.
* To positively support the ethos of the school, taking into account our safeguarding, equal opportunities and behaviour policies in particular.
* To take part in training for all aspects of your role as directed by your line manager.
* Moving furniture, setting out of chairs, delivering parcels and equipment around the school site, receiving deliveries and escorting trades people on the site.
* Look out for maintenance and repairs around the School – e.g. a cracked window, graffiti on any surface, lights out, dirty diffusers, clocks wrong etc.
* Act on maintenance requests sent through the helpdesk.
* Carry out tasks within your skills – painting and decorating, carpentry, plumbing etc. as required.
* Carry out regular cleaning duties as required.
* To understand the need for discretion and confidentiality at all times.
* To make sure the school site a secure and safe environment in line with the school's Safeguarding policy.
Why work at Whitehill Primary School? Some of our Trust benefits include:
* Trust-wide commitment to your ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD) including secondment options and mentorship opportunities.
* Unlimited access for you and your family to 24/7 GP telephone consultations.
* Access to a wide array of discounts including Motorfinity, Kent Rewards and Blue Light Card.
* Free access to mental health and wellbeing support including counselling, mindfulness and physiotherapy sessions.
* Free annual eye tests and flu vaccinations each year.
For more information, please download the Vacancy Pack and apply online via MyNewTerm:
Please note that only applications submitted via MyNewTerm will be considered.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate apply.
Aletheia Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order and This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered 'protected' and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £26,393.00-£27,713.00 per year
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Free flu jabs
* Health & wellbeing programme
* Sick pay
Work Location: In person