SITE MANAGER

PERMANENT FULL TIME SITE MANAGER REQUIRED

The Governors of The Gates Primary School seek to appoint a dedicated, hard-working & energetic Site Manager to support the School Business Manager in managing the security, maintenance and cleaning of all of the school premises. Duties will include security, health & safety inspections, supervision of the site and related equipment, porterage, cleaning, maintenance, and monitoring of cleaning staff. Dealing with contractors is a large part of the role.

The Gates Primary School is a happy, exciting and busy community primary school currently catering for 280 wonderful children between the ages of three and eleven years. Our building environment and grounds are beautiful, and reflect the excellent standards of achievement and passion we have for education and the wellbeing of our staff and children. You will be joining a well-established, committed and friendly team, who are making a positive contribution to the lives of all our pupils.

We offer:

• Wonderful children who are well behaved, motivated and enjoy their learning
• A warm, welcoming school where everyone is valued
• A friendly, dedicated, supportive and committed staff team and governors
• Engaged and interested learners
• Strong leadership and the opportunity to excel, realise your professional aspirations and excellent opportunities for continued professional development
• The chance to be the best you can be!

You will have experience of:

• Basic maintenance and repair skills
• Ability to use power tools and equipment relevant to the role
• Awareness of Health & Safety issues
• Experience of undertaking manual tasks

You will have:

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Good communication skills
• Flexible attitude to work
• Ability to work in an organised and methodical way
• Basic numeracy, literacy and PC skills
• Ability to manage staff
• Time management skills
• Ability to manage own workload and prioritise effectively.

This role has an immediate start date but we will honour any notice periods that the successful candidate may have with their existing employer. The hours of work are 37 hours per week, all year round. Normal working hours will be 7.30 -11.30 am and 2.00pm until 5.30pm, although this is negotiable. Flexibility to support the occasional school events and some weekend work will be required.

The salary is £27,269-£30,060. Grade E.

Application forms should be emailed to office@thegates.bolton.sch.uk or posted to the address above For the Attention of Mrs Slater.

We have planned a tour of the site for anyone that would like to visit school ahead of submitting your application. This will be on Friday 4^th September at 9.30a.m. Please contact the main office to add your name to the list of attendees.

Closing date for applications: Monday 7^th September 2026

Shortlisting: Tuesday 8^th September 2026

Interviews and Tasks: Tuesday 15^th September 2026