Lettings Assistant

Cheney School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7QH

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  26 November 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  4 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £15,530.40 - £15,736.40 Annually (Actual) With shift allowance of £2,521.90 included. FTE (£26,017 - £26,429)

Lettings Assistant job summary

We are expanding our team and have two positions available for Lettings Assistants to join our well-established, warm and friendly Premises Department. This opportunity would be perfect for someone with strong customer service skills who enjoys building good relationships. The Lettings Assistant acts as the first point of contact for organisations hiring the facilities/buildings of the school outside of usual school hours and provides security, general site and housekeeping support as required. Good administrative skills are also desirable. A commitment to the role, combined with a willingness to be flexible in sharing and scheduling the workload, are essential components of this job. We would love to hear from you if you feel that you have the qualities that we require for this role.

This is a permanent position, working part-time (18.5 hours), working all year round, with an annual leave entitlement of 12.5 days (25 days pro rata), shift allowance and bank holidays.

We offer a positive and supportive workplace where staff go above and beyond to help students and each other. We provide excellent opportunities for career progression and advancement. Cheney School is committed to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and training the range of Continuing Professional Development is second to none.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Dylan Davies, our Facilities and Maintenance Manager about the role, prior to application, then please email dda@cheneyschool.org or telephone 01865 765726.

Early applications encouraged!

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.

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

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.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Cheney School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1706 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Cheney School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cheney-school-oxford

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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