Academy Facilities Assistant

St Dominic's School, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4DX

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  to be confirmed

• Closing date

  5 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 36 hours per week: 08:30-16:45, Monday-Thursday, and 08:30-16:30 on Fridays including 1 hour lunch break (unpaid), all year round
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: OHCAT London Fringe Business Support Scale, Grade 4/5 (Spine Points 18-25) £27,345 - £31,966 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to recruit a Facilities Assistant to join OHC&AT’s existing Estates & Facilities Team. We require an enthusiastic and flexible person to undertake a wide range of gardening and grounds maintenance duties around the school to help maintain and develop our 56-acre site, including the marking of our school’s sports fields.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out a full range of grounds maintenance tasks, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, planting, pruning, and general upkeep of the site.

• Maintain and repair gardening equipment, arranging additional support from specialist contractors where required.

• Plan and deliver seasonal maintenance (e.g. leaf and snow clearance) to ensure the site remains safe and accessible year-round.

• Prepare and maintain sports areas, including marking and setting out pitches as needed.

• Monitor stock levels and liaise with the line manager to order gardening supplies and materials.

Key Requirements:

• Gardening experience

• Sound knowledge and use of horticultural machinery

• Full clean driving license

• Ability to carry out the physical requirements of the job

• Ability to work collaboratively and cooperatively in a multi-professional team

What the school offers its staff

OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:

Rewards & Benefits:

• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.

• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Employee Car Lease Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Acad Fac Assis JDPS - Apr 2026.pdf - 201 KB (opens in new tab)

About St Dominic's School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 19
• School size: 162 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Dominic's School website
• Email address: zpetkova@stdominicsschool.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-dominic-s-school-godalming

St Dominic’s School is a special academy in Surrey and provides outstanding education for pupils and students aged 7-19 typically with a primary diagnosis of Speech Language & Communication Needs and/or Autistic Spectrum Condition. The school is located in Hambledon, close to Witley, Milford, Guildford and Godalming.
We are part of Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT), a specialist Trust with 12 Academies and seven College Centres across London, Surrey and Sussex.
At St Dominic’s we believe passionately in a multi-disciplinary, ‘needs led’ approach to meeting each child’s and young person’s needs, resulting in carefully managed groupings, including specialist intervention work from our in house therapeutic team.
The school works closely in partnership with families, referring authorities and external agencies to coordinate the best possible education, care, guidance and support for its pupils and students.

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