Facilities Cover Assistant

Westfield Academy, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 6NS

23 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  31 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: Hourly rate to be agreed (dependent on experience)
• Additional allowances:

  Hourly rate to be agreed (dependent on experience)

Facilities Cover Assistant job summary

Job Description

Job Title:	Facilities Cover Assistant
Salary:	Hourly rate to be agreed (dependent on experience)
Hours / weeks:	Casual arrangement as agreed
Contract type:	Casual
Reports to:	School Business Manager / Estate Manager

Job purpose

• To support keeping the school safe, secure and clean for pupils, staff and visitors

• To contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the Academy.

Main responsibilities

Hire of Facilities

• Key holding responsibility to include unlocking and locking the facilities

• Setting and unsetting the intruder alarm systems at start and end of opening hours

• Be the main point of contact between the hirers and the School during the hire periods

• Welcome all hirers / visitors in a professional and confident manner

• Ensure that any questions or concerns are addressed in a professional manner

• Ensure that access is only given to hirers on the school’s ‘hirers list’ for paid approved times

• Check all areas before hirers are given access to ensure they are to the required standard

• Check all areas handed over after a hire session to ensure that areas are given back in the same condition

• Ensure that all areas not being hired are kept locked

• During the hire shift perform tasks as agreed with the School; these would include cleaning, tidying up, meeting room set-ups, porterage and covering reception

Health, Safety and Security

• Walk the floor at the start and end of the hire period to ensure that all areas are safe for use

• Take corrective action where necessary to ensure compliance with Health & Safety

Site maintenance

• Keep all areas walked tidy and clear of litter

Cleaning

• Clean areas as directed.This would include graffiti removal, cleaning and sweeping floors, cleaning door mats,emptying waste bins,keeping areas free from leaves and debris

Training

• Participate in training, development activities and programmes as appropriate.

• Attend necessary INSET sessions, meetings and training as required.

• Keep up to date with relevant legislation

Additional duties

• Undertake other duties as directed by the Headteacher and School Business Manager which may be necessary to keep pupils, staff and visitors safe and secure.

• The duties and responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present but the post holder is expected to accept any reasonable alterations that may from time to time be necessary.

The duties and responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present. This role will be reviewed annually as part of the performance appraisal process and the post holder is expected to accept any reasonable alterations that may from time to time be necessary.

Westfield Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and Young people. To meet this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Person specification

Attributes	Essential (or expected to train / qualify to that standard)	Desirable
Personal qualities	Polite, confident and able to interact professionally and effectively with all stakeholders Strong verbal & written communication skills Understanding & sensitive to others Excellent attendance & time management Proactive, hardworking & able to use own initiative to meet urgent work needs as they arise Confidentiality, probity & integrity Showing enthusiasm, adaptability & flexibility	Experience of a customer service role
Qualifications & training	Knowledge of & able to understand and apply regulations, such as healthy & safety either through structured training or through on the job experience	Health & Safety qualifications First Aid qualifications
Relevant experience	Recent work experience with responsibility for site-keeping, security or maintenance Experience of prioritising tasks & supporting staff in carrying out tasks Good IT skills, in particular familiarity with google suites
Knowledge, skills and abilities	Willing to learn new skills, acquire further knowledge & undertake further development Ability to work as part of a team Building good working relationships Able to work effectively with little supervision Calm & patient under pressure yet able to meet deadlines Ability to plan, organise & prioritise to meet deadlines Commitment to safeguarding & protecting the welfare of children & young people

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

Westfield Academy and it's Trust Board fully recognise that they have a duty of care to ensure arrangements are in place for safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children. We recognise that all members of the school community, including volunteers and Trustees, will at all times play a full and active part in protecting our students from harm.

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 Westfield Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1335 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Westfield Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/westfield-academy

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Westfield Academy. We are an over-subscribed, high-performing, non-selective Academy. We have been a consistently "Good" OFSTED school since 2012, with our most recent inspection being December 2019. During my time as Headteacher, our students have consistently achieved some of the best exam results in South West Herts.

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