Facilities Assistant

Redwell Primary School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 5LQ

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  4 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 July 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: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE)

Facilities Assistant job summary

Hours: 20 hours per week (2:30pm to 6:30pm)

Contract Type: Fixed Term (6 month contract)

The Role:

To provide site user access and security, undertakes basic maintenance, daily inspections and inspect and tests alarms.

Provide safe access for staff, utility providers, contractors, clients, Parents and pupils to ensure a safe, secure and clean working and learning environment.

Key Tasks:

• Assist the Facilities Manager to effectively manage and maintain the changing needs of the school
• Ensure compliance with service or maintenance schedules, performance is monitored and areas of concern are identified and reported. Undertake all necessary recording or reporting to ensure correct charging
• Work directly with the Facilities Manager to ensure compliance with Health & Safety requirements, COSHH assessments, and risk assessments.
• Assist in providing safe and secure access to allocated site areas and undertakes inspection to facilitate education delivery, community and business use, specialist equipment service and repair, building maintenance, and utility or emergency services activity
• Undertake regular routine security and site inspections to identify any potential health & safety issues, respond to any security concerns, demonstrate a physical presence on site, remove any debris, record damage and enable repairs to be reported and undertaken
• Carry out repairs and maintenance of equipment and parts of the infrastructure of the building that is seasonally predictable to carry out repairs using power tools and machinery
• Ensure that allocated buildings and site facilities are secured and that furniture, materials and equipment are made available, stored and are safe and in good repair prior to and on completion of use

Benefits:

• Access to retail discounts, technology schemes and dental scheme.
• Access to Cycle to Work
• 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance on any personal and/or work-related matter
• Free Mindfulness training with a qualified and experienced professional
• An open and collaborative working environment, not just within your academy but also across the Trust where innovation is encouraged
• Discounted gym membership
• Commitment to exploring ways to reduce email traffic and confine email replies to office hours – while recognising our employees preferences for when they work
• Commitment to continuously review workload issues and explore options for simpler, less onerous methods and processes.

The Nene Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence process. Any offer of employment will be subject to DBS and Right to Work checks.

We look forward to your response.

The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.

*Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date stated*

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.

About Redwell Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 628 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Redwell Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/redwell-primary-school-wellingborough

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