Job title and organisation: Security and Amenities Manager - The Grammar School at Leeds
Salary: SM1 38 - £45,623
Hours: Full time Monday to Friday – 37.5 hours a week between 7am and 6.30pm (exact start and finish times to be agreed)
Contract: Permanent - all year round
Location: The Grammar School at Leeds, Harrogate Road, LS17 North Leeds
Closing Date and Time: Monday 26 January at 9 AM
Are you a confident, calm leader who thrives on responsibility and purpose?
We’re looking for an experienced and proactive Security and Amenities Manager to lead and deliver a comprehensive security strategy across our beautiful 130-acre school estate.
This is a senior operational role with real impact, ensuring the safety and security of pupils, colleagues, visitors and external users, while fostering a culture of vigilance, professionalism and care across our school community. You’ll bring strong leadership, sound judgement and a steady presence, particularly in high-pressure situations.
The role would suit someone with a background in the military, police or wider uniformed services, or an experienced security professional who enjoys combining strategic oversight with hands-on leadership.
This is a newly created role within our evolving Estates and Security structure, designed to strengthen on-site supervision and support as our school continues to grow and develop. Alongside this post, we are also recruiting a Security & Amenities Supervisor and a Security & Amenities Operative, creating a small, dedicated team focused on maintaining a safe, welcoming and well-managed site for our school community and external users.
Why work at GSAL?
GSAL is a warm, friendly and values-led community where colleagues feel supported and trusted in their roles.
We take safety and safeguarding seriously, but we also believe in creating a welcoming environment where pupils, colleagues and visitors feel cared for and respected.
We’re proud to be:
- North Independent School of the Year 2024
- Independent School of the Decade 2021
And most of all, we’re proud of the colleagues who make our school a safe, welcoming and purposeful environment every day.
What you’ll enjoy
We value our team and offer a generous package to support your wellbeing:
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + additional Christmas closure days (usually an extra 3 days)
- Option to buy up to 10 additional annual leave days
- Aviva pension with up to 10% employer contribution
- Training and CPD, including five INSET days per year
- Free private GP appointments via Health Hero
- Access to Vivup (EAP), including counselling, legal and financial advice
- Onsite gym, swimming pool and free fitness classes including boot camp, spin and Pilates
- Beautiful 130-acre green site for walking and wellbeing
- Free onsite parking
- Great-value £2.40 colleague lunches plus free tea, coffee and hot chocolate
- Discounts through Vivup, Blue Light Card, Discounts for Teachers and Extras
- Generous leave of absence and family-friendly policies
- Opportunities to contribute to wider school life, events and colleague initiatives
The Role
As Security and Amenities Manager, you’ll provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of security across the school, working closely with the Director of Estates and senior leaders.
Your role will include:
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Developing and delivering the school’s Security Strategy, policies and procedures
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Leading compliance with Martyn’s Law (Protect Duty) and wider statutory requirements
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Conducting regular security risk and threat assessments across the campus
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Coordinating responses to critical incidents, working closely with emergency services
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Overseeing lockdown procedures, training and scenario-based exercises
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Managing and developing the Security and Amenities Team, including rotas, performance and wellbeing
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Ensuring effective operation of access control, CCTV, visitor management and perimeter security
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Providing security advice and risk assessments for events and external lettings
This role requires flexibility, including evening and weekend working, to ensure appropriate security coverage across the school year.
We are looking for an experienced, confident security leader with a calm, professional approach, strong people-management skills and the ability to manage risk, incidents and safety in a complex environment, always with integrity and sound judgement.
How to apply
If this role sounds like a good fit for you, we’d love to receive your application.
Please complete the online GSAL application form on our website Security and Amenities Manager
For any enquiries, contact vacancies@gsal.org.uk. Further information and the full job description and person specification can be found in the attached recruitment brochure.
As part of our recruitment process for this specific role we are working in partnership with Blackstones who may process applicant data on our behalf; personal data will be shared securely between The Grammar School at Leeds and Blackstones in line with data protection legislation.
Closing date: 9am Monday 26 January 2026
Interview date: TBC
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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