Senior Site Assistant

Bristol Gateway School, Bristol, BS11 0QA

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  27 October 2025

• Closing date

  11 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  27 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 8 £29,064 - £31,022 per annum

Senior Site Assistant job summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join North Star Academy Trust following recent growth and are seeking to recruit a reliable, enthusiastic and efficient Senior Site Assistant to be responsible for maintaining the school estate.

Working under the direction of the Estates Manager, the successful candidate will play a vital role in the smooth running of our schools, with responsibility for ensuring the school estates are well maintained, safe and fit for purpose at all times.

Duties will include:

• Act as a main keyholder and be responsible for the opening/closing

• Carrying out reactive repairs and planned maintenance tasks

• Completing compliance tasks, e.g. fire, legionella, meter readings, emergency lighting, etc.

• Carrying out maintenance work such as painting & decorating, basic plumbing and carpentry work.

• Supervising and monitoring of contractors, ensuring safe systems of work are in place.

• Providing leadership to the other site assistants across the trust, at the discretion of the Estates Manager

• Following and promoting a strong Health and Safety culture.

We can offer you:

• A friendly working environment

• An experienced, motivated and supportive staff team

• Training, where required to strengthen certain skill sets.

You will be required to work 37 hours per week. You will be entitled to 25 days holiday per annum, to be arranged by prior agreement, plus bank holidays.

Please contact the school if you would like to come and visit, or for any further information. The attached job description outlines the main requirements of the role.

Interviews will be held upon receiving suitable applications so please submit an early application.

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 Bristol Gateway School

• School type: Special school, ages 11 to 19
• School size: 75 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bristol-gateway-school

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