Job title and organisation: Security and Amenities Supervisor - The Grammar School at Leeds
Salary: GS4, Point 20 - £28,858
Hours: 37.5 hours per week. Shift-based role across 5 days, including weekends (Typical shifts: weekdays 15:00 - 21:30, Saturdays 11:30 -19:00, Sundays 09:30 - 19:00).
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 calm under pressure and confident taking responsibility on site?
We’re looking for a reliable and proactive Security & Amenities Supervisor to support the safe, secure and smooth operation of our school facilities during after-school activities and external lettings.
This is a hands-on supervisory role, ideal for someone who enjoys being visible on site, leading by example and providing excellent customer service to a wide range of users. You’ll play a key part in ensuring our pupils, colleagues, visitors and external customers feel safe, welcomed and well supported at all times.
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 Manager 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?
If you’re looking for a role where your contribution genuinely matters and where you’re trusted to take ownership on site, GSAL is a fantastic place to work.
Colleagues describe us as warm, collaborative and values-led, with a strong focus on wellbeing, professionalism and community. Safety is at the heart of what we do and so is treating people with care and respect.
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 & Amenities Supervisor, you’ll work closely with and deputise for the Security & Amenities Manager, providing on-site supervision during evenings and weekends.
Your role will include:
- Supervising security cover and staffing levels across shift patterns
- Carrying out regular site patrols and security checks
- Monitoring access points, exits and site activity, challenging unsafe or inappropriate behaviour where needed
- Acting as the main on-site contact for external lettings, ensuring excellent customer service
- Supporting safe access for out-of-hours activities, trips and lettings
- Ensuring facilities are left secure, tidy and correctly set up or closed down
- Working with Estates and Amenities teams to support events, room setups and equipment
- Monitoring and reporting on the swimming pool in line with procedures
- Supporting access control processes, including staff ID cards (with HR approval)
- This role requires a flexible approach, with regular evening and weekend working as part of a rota.
This role requires flexibility, including evening and weekend working, to ensure appropriate security coverage across the school year.
We’re looking for a professional, approachable supervisor with experience in site security, facilities or estates work, who is confident overseeing shifts, dealing with incidents and delivering excellent customer service. You’ll be calm under pressure, organised, reliable and committed to safeguarding and high standards across the site.
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 Supervisor
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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