Category: Site Manager

Location: Bulwell, Nottingham

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Time: Part time 30 hours a week (mornings) 52-week contract

Salary: Grade E NJC 13 -19 (FTE £28,163 - £31,067)

Actual salary: £22,834 - £25,189

Cantrell Primary and Nursery School is looking for a motivated, energetic and organised individual to become our Site Manager.

Cantrell Primary School can offer:

• A happy working environment with friendly and well-behaved children,

• Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and the community

• Suitable training, including First Aid, where required.

• Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives.

Main Responsibilities are:

• To be responsible for ongoing maintenance and operation of heating, lighting and boiler plant/equipment, ensuring all faults are reported and dealt with in a timely manner.

• To assist with planning/overseeing all minor building works and repairs including obtaining quotes, liaising with suppliers, overseeing contractors and monitoring service level agreements.

• To report on progress and provide advice to the Headteacher and School Business Manager on all minor building works and repairs.

• To assume delegated responsibility for ensuring compliance to statutory regulations relating to, for example asbestos, PAT and legionella testing and to undertake risk assessments.

• To be responsible for the security of the school premises including opening up at the start of the day.

• To be responsible for the day-to-day supervision of cleaning staff, ensuring standards of cleanliness are maintained. To undertake cleaning duties (interior and exterior) as and when required. 

• To attend school premises in cases of emergency e.g intruders, fire, floods etc.

The successful candidate will be friendly, have good communication skills as well as the ability to adapt their approach to suit the needs and different personalities of the children.

You will:

• Have high standards and will take pride in making our school an exceptional learning environment.

• Have the ability to maintain and improve the appearance of the school, including repairs and maintenance.

• Be enthusiastic, self motivated and have the ability to use their own initiative.

• Manage health and safety and premises issues, including logs and risk assessments.

• Organise your time effectively and communicate well with contractors and stakeholders.

• Work in partnership with the contracting cleaning team.

How to apply

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and as such anyone who is registered disabled and meets the essential person specification criteria will be shortlisted for interview.

Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website https://transformtrust.face-ed.co.uk/vacancies

Please ensure that you follow the instructions within the application form and ensure that there are no gaps in your education or employment history that are not accounted for.

Any questions or queries should be directed to Shelagh Bagnall (SBM) at Cantrell Primary School, Cantrell Road, Bulwell, Nottingham. 

Email: Shelagh.bagnall@cantrell.nottingham.sch.uk Telephone: 0115 9155770.

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office to arrange and appointment.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 17th September 2025 at midday

Interview date: w/c 22nd September 2025

Transform Trust is a Multi Academy Trust with over 9300 children in 26 Primary Schools covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire. Joining us, you will be part of an ambitious and innovative organisation. We have a strong focus on empowering member schools to drive their improvement journey whist maintaining their own individual identity and community focus.

We believe education has the power to transform lives and communities. Our purpose is to be an innovative and inclusive Trust working for all children.

We are an employer that encourages flexible working and promotes wellbeing through workload considerations.

Safeguarding Statement

Transform Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment procedures and pre-employment background checks, including satisfactory references, medical, Enhanced DBS with children’s barred list clearance, online and social media checks and completion of relevant training including Safeguarding Children in education.

All school roles are classed as regulated activity and as such, it is an offence to apply to for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.