Buildings Officer

Atlas Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN1 3QP

12 days remaining to apply

Closing date
20 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 April 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: £27,711.00 - £29,572.00 Annually (FTE) SCP 12 - 16

Buildings Officer job summary

Join Our Team as a Buildings Officer at Atlas Academy!

Are you a dedicated professional with a passion for maintaining safe and efficient school environments? Atlas Academy is seeking a Buildings Officer to join our team and play a vital role in ensuring our facilities are well-maintained and compliant with health and safety regulations.

Position: Buildings Officer
Location: Atlas Academy
Salary: SCP 12 – 16 (£27,711 - £29,572)
Contract Type: Permanent, 52 weeks per year
Working Hours: 37 hours per week, split shift pattern with potential to move to full days within 12 weeks
Annual Leave: 29 days plus 8 Bank holidays, increasing to 32 days plus 8 Bank holidays after 5 years’ service
Pension: Local Government Pension Scheme

Role Summary: As a Buildings Officer, you will be responsible for:

Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
Managing and administering budgets for maintenance, grounds maintenance, cleaning, and utilities.
Overseeing the provision and use of materials and equipment.
Holding and managing keys, ensuring the security of all buildings.
Liaising with emergency services and contractors.
Performing minor repairs and maintenance tasks.
Supporting outside agencies using school facilities.
Maintaining cleanliness and safety of the school grounds.

Person Specification:

Essential: GCSE Maths and English Grade C/4 or above, good literacy and numeracy skills, willingness to undertake First Aid training.
Desirable: Experience in a school environment, general site work, or a trade.
Skills: Ability to prioritise tasks, strong communication skills, problem-solving, teamwork, and independent work capabilities.
Personal Qualities: Resilience, commitment, high motivation, ability to work under pressure, and alignment with school values.

About Us:

Atlas Academy is a vibrant school at the heart of its community, dedicated to fostering strong parental partnerships to support our pupils. Our passionate senior leadership team drives school improvement and empowers children to experience more than just the national curriculum, instilling a lifelong love of learning. Conveniently located within good commutable distance of Wakefield, Rotherham, Doncaster, and Barnsley, with excellent access to major roads and a local train station within walking distance, we are part of the Astrea Academy Trust. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, embracing each individual's unique background and heritage to enhance the life chances of our pupils.

In return we can offer you:

Excellent CPD opportunities
A strong caring ethos and supportive team
The opportunity to make a real difference
Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme and Employee Assistance Programme
Networking opportunities across the wider Astrea Academy Trust team.

Interested in applying?

Please take a look at the Applicant Brief to find out more about the role before applying. We are proud of our academy, and actively encourage visits and enquiries - please get in touch.

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.

If you are joining us from another school, academy or trust we recognise your continuous service date with confirmation from your current employer. This can positively impact a number of entitlements, including increased annual holiday payments which represent an increase in salary. This can be discussed in more detail at interview.

Commitment to safeguarding

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff. Every child should feel safe and should be protected from any form of child abuse. We have robust policies and procedures that support our commitment to Safeguarding, this includes our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. The in-house Safeguarding teams at each Academy work in partnership with families and safeguarding partners to ensure the safety of children is paramount. We are committed to ensuring that all staff access regular, contextual safeguarding training to meet the needs of the local community.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Atlas Academy

School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase: Primary
School size: 440 pupils enrolled
Age range: 3 to 11
Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
School website: Atlas Academy website
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A warm welcome to the website of Atlas Academy. We are a vibrant and diverse primary school located in the centre of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, providing education for children from 3 to 11 years. Most pupils speak English as an additional language; many speaking two to three languages, and we are proud of our multi-cultural community. We enjoy learning about each other’s backgrounds and beliefs.

Leaders have created a truly inclusive school. Pupils say that they are ‘united through diversity’. They know the importance of being respectful to each other. Pupils feel safe at school. Teachers are kind and take the time to speak to them if pupils are worried. (Ofsted, 2022)

Whether you are a prospective parent interested in a place for your child or looking to join the team, we are proud to offer:

• A staff team who are committed to raising standards, and providing a high standard of education for all of our pupils;

• Supportive, friendly and professional environment, which is always welcoming;

• A dedicated Pastoral Team with specialist skills to support pupils and families;

• Our own nursery offering both 15 and 30 hours free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds;

• A calm, safe, inclusive and nurturing learning environment for all pupils;

• An environment that promotes positive behaviour expectations and relationships;

• Exciting learning experiences through a knowledge rich curriculum so that they develop into confident, capable, resilient and independent learners;

• A range of wider curriculum activities and specialist sports;

• Great outdoor spaces with purpose built outdoor climbing equipment;

• And….. the best pupils ever, who are eager to learn and make new friends.

We are part of the Astrea Academy Trust. This means we are part of a family of schools within South Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire. Astrea aims to provide every child with a brilliant education by pursuing aspirational standards with tenacity and drive. They aim to never settle for second best and do not tolerate something that does not live up to their standards. They stand to remove performance barriers and develop a scholarly culture of behaviour and learning from students and of pedagogy and curriculum from its staff to ensure our children learn, thrive and lead successful lives.

We hope you enjoy finding out about Atlas Academy. Prospective parents and pupils are welcome to visit the school. We shall be delighted to show you around our school and discuss with you and your children what we are able to offer. Please telephone us to make an appointment or call into the school office.

Paper copies of anything you find on our website are available from the School Office.