Site Assistant

Bedford Free School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 9AD

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  10 February 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  29 January 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: £24,704.00 - £28,011.00 Annually (Actual) AS 4-12 £24,704-£28,011 dependent on experience

Site Assistant job summary

Site Assistant

Bedford Free School are seeking a proactive and hands-on Site Assistant to join our dedicated Facilities Team. The ideal candidate for this physically demanding job will be an individual with good handy-person skills and eagerness to carry out the work in an efficient manner.

We are seeking a committed Site Assistant who will carry out general repairs and maintenance, liaise with contractors and suppliers and ensure our school maintains a high level of health and safety.

You will join our friendly and hardworking facilities department to help keep our school safe, clean and in a good state of repair.

Key Duties

Security of premises.

Portering.

Grounds maintenance.

Heating and lighting.

Driving and vehicle maintenance.

Health & Safety.

Cleaning; and

Building maintenance.

Please see full details of job description in the attached Recruitment Booklet

The ideal candidate will have

Experience of site assistant duties in a general capacity.

Experience of BMS

Strong IT skills.

Ability to work as a team and independently

Excellent communication skills, and be approachable and presentable

Ability to problem solve and use own initiative.

Basic handy-person skills, able to carry out minor repairs including: some simple plumbing and joinery work.

Substantial knowledge of Health and Safety, including COSHH.

A proactive and professional approach to their work.

An understanding of safeguarding.

Willingness to undertake relevant training.

Flexibility to work approved overtime ( to cover colleagues’ holidays and absences).

Job specifics

Start date: Asap

Salary: AS 4-12 £24,704-£28,011 dependent on experience

Job role: Permanent, Full time (25 days holiday per year, plus 3 days holiday between Christmas & New Year), 37 hours per week (plus occasional late night for events)

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.

Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding children enrolled at the School is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the protection and safe care of our pupils. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Bedford Free School

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 529 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Bedford Free School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bedford-free-school (opens in new tab)

Set up in 2012 by local teachers and parents, Bedford Free School exists to offer families a choice in Bedford.

Bedford Free School is a unique school with a fantastic educational offer. We really do believe that our pupils can go on to achieve extraordinary things. In our young history, we have proved they can and we are now one of the highest performing secondary schools not only in the area, but in the country.

BFS is a small school of only around 500 pupils, so staff get to know each pupil as an individual and we have a family feel. This allows us to encourage, demand and collectively strive for academic and personal success.

We believe that all pupils deserve a ‘grammar-school’ style education, with access to an academic curriculum, strong discipline, high expectations and access to highly selective universities, and a wide range of extra-curricular activities.

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