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Weaverham High School, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 3HTThis job expired on 3 June 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
3 June 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours a week full year
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- A competitive salary £12- 12.38 an hour. Paid public holidays and 5 weeks paid annual leave (rising to 6 weeks after 5 years continuous service). Paid sick leave in accordance with length of service
What skills and experience we're looking for
Preferred Experience in the following
Maintain the school building, including effecting repairs and improvements in order to fulfil the school’s specific responsibilities.
Monitor and operate the engineering system (ie, heating, etc) and advise management of any faults in order to ensure the most economical use of fuel and water.
Discuss with and monitor the work of contractors engaged by school and C.B.S. to ensure specified standards are achieved.
Monitor, operate and maintain appropriate site security systems, including opening and closing the building at the beginning and end of the school day, lettings outside school hours and responding to call outs as necessary in order to provide satisfactory security arrangements.
Maintain and monitor Health and Safety standards, reporting any failures to comply with the school’s statutory obligations in this area and ensure that contractor’s work meets Health and Safety Regulations.
Carry out portering and cleaning duties (including the moving of heavy furniture) which will secure the most efficient use of resources.
Order supplies in order to maintain the necessary stock of appropriate resources. Receive delivery of supplies, furniture and parcels and ensure their correct distribution.
Carry out banking duties as required by the School.
What the school offers its staff
Paid public holidays and 5 weeks paid annual leave (rising to 6 weeks after 5 years continuous service). Paid sick leave in accordance with length of service
Access to the Cheshire Pension Fund (a Local Government Pension Scheme) with a very generous employer’ contribution rate
Access to the Working Rewards Scheme which is our employee benefits package which provides a range of benefits including salary sacrifice schemes such as childcare vouchers, bicycles, technology and mobile phones. There are also a wide range of discounts available on shopping, holidays and entertainment. The scheme also features access to Brio Leisure's Workfit scheme which has a range of facilities across the Cheshire West and Chester area.
Access to a free enhanced Employee Assistance Programme
Uniform is provided
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Weaverham High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1165 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Weaverham High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jobs@weaverhamhighschool.com
- Phone number
- 01606 852120
Our vision is clear, we want Weaverham High School to be a vibrant, thriving and successful school where every member of our community feels valued, safe and supported to ensure they surpass their potential. We celebrate uniqueness and see individuals. We understand that our pupils have hopes and dreams, challenges and barriers and it is our privilege to celebrate their worth and their potential. We want every child to enjoy their own journey of discovery, acquire a thirst for knowledge, creativity and imagination and develop a love for their learning. We want pupils to leave our school not just with qualifications showing their academic success, but also with the capacity to think clearly and deeply, a desire to act with integrity and to show kindness and empathy to others, and with the character and leadership experience they need to thrive in the world. We will work tirelessly to ensure individual barriers are overcome so pupils are challenged and supported in equal measure. Our desire is to nurture talent, ability and ambition with energy, creativity, determination, relentless kindness and high expectations. When we combine such a desire with our ethos of Safe.Ready.Respect you will thrive in our care.
We have a clear and ambitious vision for school improvement that is woven into the 6 strands that define the Weaverham offer. This offer is underpinned by an’ Ethic Of Excellence’ 5, where the following principles guide our strategy to ensure we are the best we can be:
Study examples of excellence
Build a culture of critique (be kind, be specific, be helpful/listen, reflect, review)
Require multiple revisions
Provide opportunities for public presentation
Arranging a visit to Weaverham High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jobs@weaverhamhighschool.com.
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