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  • Start date details

    September 2024

  • Closing date

    13 September 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    16 August 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

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Working pattern

Full time: FTE Salary £24,040 - £25,002 per annum 37.5 hours per week, 52 weeks per annum

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

FTE Salary £23,801 - £25,262 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

About the Facilities Team

The Facilities team comprises a Site manager and three other full-time staff, with additional support on a part-time basis from other staff, mainly during holiday periods. The facilities team work together to cover all opening hours of the school on a 3 week rotational shift pattern, including earlies (from 6.30am), daytime (8am-4pm) and late shifts (10:30-6.30pm and sometimes 1:30-9pm) with occasional work at weekends. As well as our own premises, our Facilities Team also take the lead in covering the areas shared with the other two schools on the same site.

About You

We are looking for a flexible, skilled Facilities Assistant who is hardworking, organised and enjoys a busy varied day.

The successful candidate will ideally have previous experience in a school environment. The role will include basic plumbing, carpentry, landscaping and cleaning so experience in these sectors would be of benefit. As part of the role you will be required to cover as Banksman during periods of absence to monitor and ensure safe movements of all buses whilst on site in the school car park.

Your role in Lettings Support will be customer facing with our hirers using the school facilities. This will involve preparing rooms that are being hired, meeting new Hirers and showing them the facilities, checking on Lettings throughout their time on site and then clearing up and preparing rooms for the next day.

You will be the kind of person who takes pride in ensuring the school is clean, tidy and a safe environment and wants to provide an outstanding customer service for students, staff and visitors. You will constantly strive to ensure that the school is immaculate. You will have good ICT skills and able to use Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook and a job ticket system confidently, although training for this will be provided.

We have a new building with new technology and are in the process of reviewing school sustainability and upgrading the current infrastructure. External training will be provided on Ipaf, Pasma, and basic electrics/plumbing/carpentry.


What the school offers its staff

Trinity School is a popular and oversubscribed Christian Free School in Sevenoaks. We received 691 applications for 180 school places for September 2024 new student intake.

Here are all the great reasons why you should consider working at Trinity:

  • We have a strong vision and values, which influences everything we do.
  • You can expect a smooth transition to working with us. Not only will you have a dedicated mentor, but an induction programme will ensure you are fully versed in every aspect of Trinity life.
  • You will have lunch with the headteacher during the first term of being with us to find out how things are going.
  • A staff well-being champion works closely with the leadership team to ensure a manageable staff workload. Your well-being is important to us, and we continuously review our practices to ensure we are working smartly while simultaneously adding value.
  • Since our first set of GCSEs in 2018, we have improved on our P8 yearly (2018 +0.15, 2019 +0.21, 2022 +0.32 (above average), 2023 +0.22 (above average)).
  • We are a school that supports students to achieve academically and holistically.
  • We will prioritise your development and help you achieve your career aspirations. We have promoted several staff to middle and senior leadership positions and given others opportunities to progress in their career elsewhere.
  • Our parents are supportive, and many volunteer to help in various ways.
  • We have an incredible chaplaincy department that not only looks out for the welfare of students but also cares for our staff.
  • We occupy a state-of-the-art building and office and classrooms are well resourced.
  • There is ample on-site staff parking and designated staff workrooms.
  • Good travel links to London (35 mins by train), M25 (10 mins) and we are in the heart of rural Sevenoaks.

Come and work for us and be part of our story about changing and transforming lives.


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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About Trinity School

School type
Free School, Christian, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
1149 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Phone number
01732 469111

Trinity is a growing, non-denominational Christian free school based in Sevenoaks, Kent. We are a single Academy Trust which operates under the sponsorship of 29 local churches in the Sevenoaks area. Trinity was founded in 2013 by a committed group of local people, many of whom are governors of the school. We are a 11-18, non-selective, mixed school and we attract many pupils who reach the standard to pass the 11 Plus. Half the intake have a faith reference. The sixth form was established in September 2018 and will grow to 240 students.

We moved into our brand new, state-of-the-art building in September 2016. We originally opened as a four-form entry school but are in the process of applying to become a six-form entry due to demand for places in the local area. A building expansion programme to accommodate more students has already started. At full capacity the school will eventually accommodate 1140 students.

Parents, staff and students describe the school as a truly special place to work, teach and learn. The culture is supportive, challenging and every member of the Trinity team has high standards and expectations and strives for excellence in every aspect of school life. Our vision and values permeate everything we do and this is demonstrated by our well-behaved students right through to our flourishing co-curricular programme. High quality teaching, coupled with outstanding pastoral care, ensures that our students have every opportunity to fulfil their potential.

Teachers are well supported and developed through our CPD programme. Our new, state-of-the art building has excellent, spacious facilities, well-resourced classrooms, designated staff work rooms and ample on-site staff parking.

Trinity Values
As a Christian school, we promote ‘the Trinity Way’ in all we do: Truth, Excellence, Love, Leadership and Service. We believe that in doing so, students are well-placed to grow into confident, outward focused individuals who live rewarding and purposeful lives. We hold unswervingly to a belief that every Trinity student should receive an ‘education for life in all its fullness’.

Arranging a visit to Trinity School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@trinitysevenoaks.com.

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