CORE PURPOSE

We require a highly competent, exceptionally proactive Site Manager to lead the comprehensive operational management, strategic maintenance, and statutory compliance of our academy’s physical infrastructure and extensive grounds. Operating within an environmentally conscious, community-focused West Midlands academy campus that values sustainability, ecological efficiency, and active local engagement, the successful candidate will manage the site team, coordinate specialized external contractors, and oversee facilities projects. This critical leadership role ensures our campus remains a top-tier educational hub, fully optimized to support student achievement, local community initiatives, and daily operational excellence.

THE SCHOOL

Our academy is a highly successful, forward-thinking state school situated in the heart of Birmingham, widely celebrated for its warm community spirit, exceptional facilities, and a culture that deeply values its operational support staff. We believe that a school building should be a vibrant resource for the entire local neighbourhood, and a model for modern, eco-friendly infrastructure.

Unlike standard campuses, our school is built around cutting-edge sustainable architecture and heavy community integration. We feature advanced solar-energy systems, local community garden initiatives, and heavily utilized evening and weekend public sports facilities. We are looking for an entrepreneurial Site Manager who is passionate about green-energy building systems, reducing carbon footprints, and keeping a heavily used community hub running flawlessly. You will have full operational autonomy over our sustainable facilities strategy and a dedicated team who takes immense pride in keeping our campus looking immaculate. We offer a deeply collaborative relationships with our teaching and leadership teams, a generous budget for environmental upgrades, and fully funded specialist training in green-building compliance and sustainable project management.

KEY TASKS & DAILY OPERATIONS

• Strategic Facilities & Asset Management: Oversee the daily opening, closing, and secure operation of the school campus, designing and implementing rigorous preventative maintenance schedules for all building fabrics, mechanical systems, and plant machinery.

• Statutory Compliance & Health & Safety Leadership: Serve as the academy's operational lead for health and safety compliance, meticulously maintaining records for fire safety, legionella testing, asbestos monitoring, electrical testing, and risk assessments to exceed HSE and DfE standards.

• Contractor Management & Capital Projects: Act as the primary point of contact for external building contractors and service engineers, managing tendering processes, verifying RAMS (Risk Assessments and Method Statements), and supervising capital works to ensure deadlines and budgets are strictly met.

• Team Leadership & Operational Coordination: Lead, schedule, and performance-manage the internal caretaking and cleaning teams, optimizing shift patterns to support both standard school operations and our active, community-focused evening and weekend lettings program.

• Emergency Response & Business Continuity: Act as the primary keyholder for the site, managing out-of-hours alarm escalations and leading rapid-response efforts during adverse weather, mechanical failures, or urgent repair scenarios to minimize school closure risks.

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

• Qualifications & Certifications: A recognized professional qualification in facilities management (such as IWFM) or a high-level health and safety certification (IOSH Managing Safely or NEBOSH), paired with a valid, clean UK driving license.

• Technical Expertise: Proven experience managing facilities, building maintenance, or construction projects within a complex public sector or educational setting, demonstrating deep knowledge of building management systems (BMS) and statutory compliance laws.

• Leadership & Communication Skills: Exceptional organizational and leadership capabilities, with a track record of effectively managing teams and communicating clearly with senior leadership, local authorities, and corporate contractors.

REGIONAL CONTEXT

• A Global City Driving the Next Industrial Revolution: Based in the UK's dynamic second city, the school capitalizes on an exceptional Birmingham identity defined by its historic "city of a thousand trades" heritage, world-class architecture, and massive regional regeneration projects. Providing a fantastic landscape for facilities management, engineering innovation, and infrastructure development, Birmingham blends a busy, culturally diverse metropolitan centre with close-knit, supportive residential neighbourhoods. This unique setting connects our school directly to regional supply chains, local enterprise partnerships, and pioneering smart-city sustainability frameworks across the West Midlands.

• Connectivity & Infrastructure: The campus benefits from premium West Midlands transport infrastructure, offering straightforward road commuting via the strategic M5, M6, and A38(M) Aston Expressway corridors. Public transit networks operate continuously via comprehensive National Express West Midlands bus and West Midlands Metro tram routes, while Birmingham New Street and Moor Street stations serve as major national transit hubs, linking the school effortlessly to local suburbs, Coventry, Wolverhampton, and the wider region.

APPLICATION INTAKE

Please submit your current CV to begin the application process.