Assistant Site Agent
The Meads Primary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2UE19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Immediate Start
Closing date
11 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
21 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,404.00 Annually (Actual) Pay Award Pending
Assistant Site Agent job summary
The Meads Primary School is seeking to appoint a highly-motivated and dedicated Assistant Site Agent who will play a vital role in maintaining the safety, cleanliness, and functionality of our school premises. The successful candidate will work closely with the Business Manager and the Site Agent to ensure the smooth operation of the school site on a day-to-day basis.
You will demonstrate excellent team work, organisation and attention to detail and will need to have a friendly, flexible “hands on” approach with the ability to problem solve and use your own initiative. Excellent customer services skills and the ability to relate confidently and appropriately with all users of the school is vital to the success of this role.
You will be expected to be flexible with times, especially during the school holidays and to cover when the Site Agent is not available.
The successful candidate will be required to:
- Support the maintenance of a clean school environment, carry out minor repairs and reinstatement of fabric and fittings where required, within the expertise of the post holder.
- Be confident when using computers and a variety of computer-based systems.
- Assist with the completion of site checks and documentation in accordance with procedures.
- Assist in carrying out appropriate duties in relation to school buildings and the open environment regarding matters of security, safety, cleanliness and comfort, conducive to the working needs of the students, staff and visitors.
- Contribute to all aspects of building and facilities repairs & maintenance (PPMs and reactive repairs)
- Have some knowledge of Health and Safety, including COSHH
- Together with the Site Agent, co-ordinate and manage contractor activities in accordance with school policies and procedures.
- Respond to alarm call-outs and open or close for hirers who use our building outside of school hours.
- Have an understanding of Safeguarding Children.
- Support and model our school values at all times.
We can offer:
- The opportunity to join a friendly, supportive and well-established team
- Access to a substantial Employee Assistance Package
- Compassionate Leadership with a focus on staff wellbeing
- A wellbeing day to be taken in term time
- 25 days annual leave (to be taken during school holiday periods), plus 8 bank holidays
The Meads is a happy, fun and exciting place to work – we are looking for the best person possible, so you will need to be highly motivated, committed, energetic, with good qualifications; this could be an ideal position for someone looking for a change.
Please download the Job Description and recruitment information pack to assist you in completing your application.
Visits to the school are very welcome and highly encouraged; Please call our School Business Manager, Miss Ansell, on 01582 490905 or email finance@themeads.primaryluton.co.uk to arrange a visit.
In the meantime, check out our Facebook page and visit our website – www.themeads.org.uk – to see our work and find out more about us.
You will be notified, via My New Term, as soon as possible after, if you have been shortlisted for the post.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date. Therefore, an early application is strongly advised.
Please note that if you are shortlisted for this role, or an alternative role, an online name search will be undertaken, as per Keeping Children Safe in Education. The purpose of the search is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with you at interview. Further information on how online searches will be undertaken can be found in our schools Recruitment and Selection Policy
Applicants from ethnic minorities are very welcome.
CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in schools. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Commitment to safeguarding
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About The Meads Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 515 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Meads Primary School website
We are a large primary school with approximately 520 pupils on roll at the moment and with a capacity for 630 pupils in the future.
The Meads Primary School is a friendly, Values-based School, situated in the Limbury Mead area of the vibrant and diverse town of Luton, with a strong, nurturing ethos. Rated ‘good’ in all areas by OFSTED in 2018, we have been awarded several accolades over the years, including Quality Lead Status for our work in raising the achievement and aspiration of all pupils by Achievement for All, and the prestigious Values Education Mark, recognising the excellent work of the school in promoting and engendering positive values in our children and across our curriculum. Most recently we achieved a Gold rating from Modeshift stars for our work in promoting sustainable travel to and from school and have been accredited with the Primary Science Quality Mark for our work in developing science across the school. We encourage children and staff to develop a ‘growth mindset’ when it comes to their potential to ‘build their brains’ and be the best they can be.
Our school ethos is positive, friendly and welcoming with the aim of providing a fun, safe and nurturing environment in which pupils are valued and want to participate, and children enjoy their time with us. Our core values of kindness, resilience, respect, responsibility and joy reflect our school and the children who come here.
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