Facilities Assistant
Lynn Grove Academy, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 8AP9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
19 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
10 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24790 - £25183
What skills and experience we're looking for
About You:
As aFacilities Assistant, you’ll be a reliable and proactive team member with a strong commitment to creating a safe, clean, and well-maintained environment for our students and staff. You’ll bring excellent attention to detail and a practical, hands-on approach to your work, helping to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the school.
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Experience in facilities or maintenance, with a practical mindset and readiness to handle routine tasks and minor repairs.
- A solid understanding of workplace health and safety, backed by practical experience applying it in a facilities or maintenance setting.
- Confidence in managing a wide range of duties, with the flexibility to adapt to varied tasks and schedules.
What the school offers its staff
About The Estates and Facilities Team:
The Estates and Facilities team at Creative Education Trust is committed to creating safe, efficient, and inspiring environments for students and staff across our schools. We oversee capital investments, planned and preventative maintenance, and essential contracted services such as cleaning and catering, ensuring the functionality and presentation of our buildings and grounds.
Collaboration is at the heart of our approach - we work closely with other departments, school leaders, and site staff to ensure compliance, uphold health and safety standards, and effectively manage asset investments, condition improvements, and capital projects. Our goal is to maintain well-designed, welcoming spaces that foster teaching, learning, and overall well-being.
About Our Schools:
Curious about what makes Lynn Grove Academy special? We warmly invite you to visit us to explore our values and discover what it's like to be part of our welcoming and vibrant school communities.
Discover More About Our Trust:
We encourage you to learn more about our trust's culture, the continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities we offer, and the benefits available to our colleagues. Visit our Trustwebsiteto explore these aspects in detail and see how we support our staff in their professional journey.
Ready to Join Us?
Submit your application directly through our website. We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, our friendly HR/Recruitment team is here to help. Reach out to us at recruitment@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk, and we'll be delighted to assist you.
Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.
All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.
Further information about the job
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
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About Lynn Grove Academy
- School type
- Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1109 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lynn Grove Academy website
- Email address
- rosie.smithobrien@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk
Arranging a visit to Lynn Grove Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rosie.smithobrien@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk.
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