5 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    November 2024 or sooner

  • Closing date

    6 September 2024 at 8am

  • Date listed

    22 August 2024

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

£32,076.00 - £34,834.00 Annually (Actual)

Facilities and Maintenance Team Leader job summary

FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE TEAM LEADER

This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic and dedicated professional to join our facilities team at Cheney School. As Facilities and Maintenance Team Leader, you will provide line-management support to a well-established and high functioning team. You will have previous experience in planning preventative maintenance and have the ability to multi-task in order to fulfil the duties of this pivotal role.

A customer service focus, flexible approach and strong sense of teamwork will be essential to this role.

If you are passionate about premises and facilities, have a positive "can do" attitude and good leadership skills, then this may be the perfect opportunity for you. The principle duties that come with the role are as follows:

  • Line management of maintenance team
  • Helpdesk management and coordination of tasks
  • Delivery of reactive and planned maintenance including statutory inspections
  • Coordination and management of contractor attendance

Enthusiasm and a willingness to adapt are considered essential skills. We would love to hear from you if you feel that you have the qualities that we require in this role.

Cheney School is a popular, high-performing school located in the heart of Oxford serving a diverse community of students who are eager to learn and to be challenged. You can read about our recent Ofsted inspection here.

As well as supporting Cheney School, the post holder may be expected to support other schools in the River Learning Trust from time to time.

Hours: 37 hours per week with 30 days paid annual leave, plus bank holidays.

Salary: £32,076 - £34,834 per annum (dependent on experience), NJC Grade 9, (scale points 23 - 26)

The deadline for applications is Friday, 6th September 2024 at 08:00 am

Interviews will be held in w/c 9th September 2024

Applications should be submitted via our recruitment portal My New Term.

Enquiries are welcome to Mr Dylan Davies, Facilities Manager, should you wish to have a confidential conversation about the role, prior to application. Please email dda@cheneyschool.org or call 07587626577.

The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The River Learning Trust and Cheney School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up-to-date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered

Commitment to safeguarding

Cheney School and The River Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism; all staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and obtain any other statutorily required clearance. Employment will also be conditional on the receipt of at least two acceptable references (1 from current/latest employer) and evidence of the formal qualifications required for the role.

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 Cheney School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
1679 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Cheney School is a popular, high-performing school located in the heart of Oxford serving a diverse community of students. We are what a comprehensive school was designed to be; we are very proud of our inclusive ethos and the fact that we provide a liberal, outward-looking education to students from all backgrounds, and a caring and supportive community for staff.

We are committed to continuous professional development and have wide-ranging training and development opportunities.

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