Deadline is today

  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    31 December 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    28 November 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£14.82 Hourly 4 hours fixed on a Saturday

Casual Estates, Facilities and Hire Officer job summary

New and exciting opportunities to be a part of the Mowbray Education Trust team on a fixed term basis to end February 2026 with the potential of extending. Estates & Facilities Officer

We currently have a vacancy for an Estates and Facilities Officer to join our Team at John Ferneley College. This is an excellent opportunity to join a thriving school and make a real difference in the lives of our pupils. Your child will be joining a school that values academic success and believes in providing a world-class education for all.

Job Details

We are seeking an exceptional Estates and Facilities Officer to join our school. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for ensuring the effective security, maintenance, and compliance of our premises on a Saturday.

We currently have a vacancy for an Estates and Facilities Officer to join our team. This is a great opportunity to support the provision in providing a high-quality maintenance service and safe environment four our students.

Your own transport and being a good communicator are essential.

It is important to note that this role will, sometimes require an element of lone working and that our site and premises Team work on a shift pattern which will include some unsocial working hours- Including weekends.

This role will be based at John Ferneley College; however you may be asked to help on any of the other Mowbray Education Trust Sites.

You will have a fixed 4 hours of work per week on a Saturday all year round in a split shift format. There will be a possibility to pick up more hours depending on lettings via overtime.

Why join our Team?

Opportunity to work collaboratively across our schools, to help deliver a high-quality services

An extensive and personalised professional development program to help you achieve your own goals

A great sense of community and range of opportunities for staff and students

Opportunities to develop your career within our growing Trust


Melton Mowbray is located in Leicestershire and is easily commutable from Grantham, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham, Derby and Oakham.

About the Mowbray Education Trust

The Mowbray Education Trust (MET) is a family of schools dedicated to providing children with a first-class education. Based in Leicestershire and reaching far beyond, our settings support pupils throughout their education journey, providing them with the skills and knowledge to thrive and make a positive impact on society.

Our vision is to deliver first-class teaching and learning with integrity. This means that every young person attending our schools, regardless of background or ability, receives a first-class education.

Our Senior Leadership Team work collaboratively across the Trust to enhance each school, whilst allowing them to keep their own sense of individuality.

As our Trust grows, so does our need for talented, skilled individuals. Each of our employees bring a unique mindset, new ideas and positively impact the development of our Trust. We are therefore dedicated to:

- Creating our own

- Growing our own

- Inspiring our own

- Retaining our own And of Course, Children First! Our Trust Employee Benefits

- High quality continuous professional development throughout the year

- Career progression opportunities within the Trust

- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Free eye care tests

- On-site parking (JFC/BR/SRD/GRV)

- Employee wellbeing schemes

- Accessible central services including HR, finance, and IT.

Further information

Salary: LCC15

Hourly Rate: £14.82 per hour

Closing Date: Midnight, Sunday 7th December 2025

Mowbray Education Trust reserves the right to close adverts early if sufficient applications are received.

Mowbray Education Trust embraces and welcomes diversity and equality.

Mowbray Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working within the Trust to share this commitment. All roles are subject to full pre-employment safeguarding checks, including an Enhanced DBS with Barred List check.

Mowbray Education Trust ~ Children first

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

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.

Applying for the job

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

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About John Ferneley College

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1194 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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John Ferneley College is a 11-16 secondary academy and part of the Mowbray Education Trust.

Located in the beautiful rural market town of Melton Mowbray, we serve around 1150 students from within Melton Mowbray and beyond.

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