Site Manager | Highly Regarded School | Hackney

CORE PURPOSE

We require an exceptionally organized, proactive, and highly skilled Site Manager to oversee the comprehensive facilities management, operational security, and health and safety compliance of our school estate. Operating within an ambitious, oversubscribed secondary academy widely celebrated for its strong academic progress and deep community pride, the successful candidate will lead a dedicated premises team to maintain a safe, clean, and fully optimized learning environment, managing planned preventative maintenance (PPM), reactive repairs, external contractors, and capital building projects to ensure the seamless daily operation of the school.

THE SCHOOL

Our academy operates as a proud, community-focused secondary provider dedicated to transforming life chances, celebrating diversity, and serving the local borough. Located on a dynamic, high-density urban campus, the school features a mix of modern architectural design, specialized science and creative arts blocks, and multi-use sports facilities. Our community is built upon strict organizational structures, clear behavioural expectations, and mutual respect, maintaining an exceptionally safe, orderly, and proud physical environment that allows teachers to focus entirely on high-quality instruction.

KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS

• Estate Management & Planned Maintenance: Plan, schedule, and execute a rigorous program of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) alongside daily reactive repairs across all campus buildings, ensuring the structural integrity, heating, ventilation, and aesthetic standards of the site are continuously met.

• Flawless Health & Safety Compliance: Act as the site’s primary compliance officer, managing the absolute execution of statutory testing, including fire alarm checks, legionella flushing, asbestos monitoring, gas safety certificates, and COSHH regulations, maintaining flawless electronic compliance records.

• Contractor & Project Management: Draft specifications, obtain competitive quotes, and rigorously supervise external contractors and specialist engineers during routine servicing or major capital building works, ensuring all works are completed on time, within budget, and under strict safeguarding protocols.

• Security, Access, and Emergency Response: Oversee total site security, managing the electronic access control systems, CCTV networks, and perimeter integrity. Serve as the primary keyholder for out-of-hours emergency call-outs and lead the daily lock-up and opening procedures of the estate.

• Premises Team Leadership: Supervise and deploy the school's internal caretaking and cleaning teams, managing shift rotas, conducting performance appraisals, and identifying professional development training to ensure an elite standard of estate cleanliness and event setup support.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

• Qualifications & Training: A strong professional background in facilities management, building surveying, or a skilled trade (carpentry, plumbing, electrical). Recognized health and safety qualifications (such as IOSH, NEBOSH, or extensive CLEAPSS/COSHH site safety training) are highly desirable.

• Operational Capability: Proven experience managing facilities, estates, or large-scale premises operations, with the logistical skill required to handle complex mechanical and electrical plant systems, building management systems (BMS), and budget spreadsheets.

• Resilient & Solutions-Driven Mindset: Exceptional communication and leadership skills, possessing the calm authority, practical resourcefulness, and adaptability needed to manage an active urban estate and respond swiftly to emergency maintenance challenges.

REGIONAL CONTEXT

• Inner-London Urban Regeneration & Sustainable Architecture: Based in the cutting-edge London Borough of Hackney, the school capitalizes on a unique metropolitan identity defined by rapid architectural modernization, tech-sector expansion, and vibrant creative enterprises. The school’s position within a high-density urban environment—characterized by pioneering low-carbon retrofits, sustainable inner-city drainage systems, and green infrastructure initiatives—provides a progressive operational landscape, connecting the daily management of our smart building systems directly to London’s wider green energy and sustainable urban development goals.

• Connectivity & Infrastructure: The campus benefits from premium inner-London transport infrastructure, offering straightforward commuting routes via the A10 Kingsland corridor and the A12 East Cross Route. Public transit networks operate flawlessly across the borough, utilizing comprehensive Transport for London (TfL) bus networks alongside the London Overground network, with multiple nearby stations—including Hackney Central, Hackney Downs, and Dalston Kingsland—providing high-frequency services that link the school directly to Stratford International, Highbury & Islington, Liverpool Street, and the wider London underground grid.

APPLICATION INTAKE

Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.