Buildings Officer
Kingfisher Primary Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN2 4PY26 days remaining to apply
Closing date
4 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 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
- £27,711.00 - £29,572.00 Annually (FTE) SCP 12-16 52weeks per year 37 hours per week , split shift pattern (6-10am and 2-5.30pm Mon-Fri)
Buildings Officer job summary
Building Officer Vacancy at Kingfisher Primary Academy
About the Role: Kingfisher Primary Academy is seeking an experienced, dedicated, and enthusiastic Building Officer to join our team. This role is crucial for ensuring the smooth running of the school.
As the Building Officer, you will:
- Liaise closely with and support the Principal and Senior Leadership Team.
- Ensure the efficient and effective day-to-day running, presentation, and management of the school.
- Maintain a warm, clean, safe, and secure environment for all authorised users of the site.
Our Ideal Candidate:
- Has experience in premises or trade work.
- Maintains high standards and is willing to learn and undertake training.
- Is organised, uses their initiative, and works well as part of a team.
- Passionately believes that all children can achieve, regardless of their starting point, background, or needs.
- Understands the importance of providing a safe learning environment.
- Is proactive and approaches challenges pragmatically to ensure the best outcomes for students and the wider academy team.
About Us: Kingfisher Primary Academy is a larger-than-average primary school based in Doncaster, easily accessible from the M18/A1 motorway network. We serve pupils aged 3-11 years in an increasingly diverse community. At Kingfisher Primary, we place children and their wellbeing at the heart of our work.
We are on a journey of improvement:
- Attendance is improving.
- The proportion of pupils making expected and greater-than-expected progress in reading, writing, and maths is increasing.
- We are looking for creative and inspirational staff to join us.
We are a two-form entry primary school serving an increasingly diverse local community. This role supports the invaluable work delivered by the team at Kingfisher Primary and is directly linked to the priorities of the school for the children and families we serve.
What We Offer:
- 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.
Why Join Us? Astrea Academy Trust is committed to providing an inclusive, aspirational, and academic education for all our scholars. We believe in teaching powerful knowledge and creating a scholarly culture that is warm, strict, disciplined, and joyful. Our values-driven approach ensures impeccable behaviour, allowing teachers to focus on teaching and pupils to focus on learning.
Interested in Applying? If you are passionate about education, looking for a fresh opportunity, or simply want to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you. Take a look at the job description and candidate pack to find out more about the role and how to apply. We welcome visits and informal conversations about the role. Please email recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org for more details.
Closing Date: The closing date for applications is 4 June 2025. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!
Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI: Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce, including people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.
Flexible Interview Dates: Please note that interview dates are flexible, and the academy reserves the right to interview shortlisted candidates during the application window (if applicable). We reserve the right to interview shortlisted candidates during the application window should suitable applicants be identified.
Ready to Make a Difference? If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!
The Astrea Resourcing Team supports this advert. Agency involvement is not required.
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.
CVs are not accepted.
About Kingfisher Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 443 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kingfisher Primary Academy website
Kingfisher is a fantastic academy that places great importance on the success of its pupils. Children are assessed regularly and effective support ensures children make progress. An innovative curriculum has been designed to ensure that children take part in exciting lessons and that they play an active part in their own learning. A number of extra curricular clubs ensure that children have access to a range of enriching activities.
As an academy we love working with parents and have an increasing army of volunteer helpers who support us during the school day. We value the opinions of children in school and they have their own council. The council has regular meetings and discuss a wide range of issues.
Kingfisher is a two form entry academy (420 places) with a 52 place nursery.
The only true way to find out about this academy is to walk through the door and experience the positive atmosphere. We look forward to welcoming you into our academy community!
We hope that you enjoy your visit to our website, and that you find any information you are looking for. Please feel free to contact the academy direct and speak to Mrs Flint with any queries you may have and she will be able to direct you to the most suitable person to deal with your question
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