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Site Assistant
Furze Platt Senior School, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7NQThis job expired on 31 August 2022 – see similar jobs
Closing date
31 August 2022 at 9am
Date listed
28 July 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
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- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Permanent Full time, 37 hours a week. A start and finish time is negotiable and includes a half hour unpaid break. Monday to Friday, all year round, 28 days paid annual leave plus Bank Holidays Actual salary £19,905 - £20,304 pa depending on experience
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Actual salary £19,905 - £20,304 pa depending on experience
Site Assistant job summary
Site Assistant
To start as soon as possible
Permanent Full time, 37 hours a week. A start and finish time is negotiable and includes a half hour unpaid break. Monday to Friday, all year round, 28 days paid annual leave plus Bank Holidays
Actual salary £19,905 - £20,304 pa depending on experience
Furze Platt is a highly successful mixed comprehensive school serving the children of Maidenhead. At Furze Platt, 1400 students of all abilities develop the skills and qualities to enable them to excel in the future. We are a highly ambitious, high-achieving and fully inclusive school in which our students are challenged and supported to achieve excellence.
We are looking for a Site Assistant to join our well-established site team who work together to ensure that our school buildings and school estate are maintained to a high standard and remain secure at all times. This is a varied role where you will work with the team to ensure that the school estate is kept safe, tidy and to a good level of aesthetic standard, by keeping exterior roads, paths, steps and walkways clear and safe in all weather conditions. Grounds maintenance duties such as disposal of rubbish, and clearing gutters is also important.
As well as the above you will support with external lettings and other events. This will include liaising with staff and hirers to meet their needs, setting up rooms and halls for a variety of events and moving furniture. Cleaning and minor maintenance work such as installations, renovations, and redecoration as also a fundamental part of this role. We offer training and lots of opportunities to acquire new skills that will help you to develop in this role.
We are interested in applicants who may have some experience in working in a maintenance role or who are able to undertake minor maintenance activities such as gardening, repairs and painting. You must also be physically fit, and able to move furniture and lift and use step ladders. Good organisational and time management skills are a must as well as the ability to meet deadlines and work in a flexible manner. If you are a team player who would relish the opportunity to work in a community/environment where no two days are the same, then we would love to hear from you. Start and finish time is negotiable
For further information about this role and to complete a Support Staff Application Form please refer to our school website www.furzeplatt.com. Application forms should be returned to kiran.smith@furzeplatt.net
Only applications submitted on the school application form will be considered.
Furze Platt Senior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Closing date: Ongoing
Suitable applications will be contacted for interview as soon as is practicable
Commitment to safeguarding
Furze Platt Senior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About Furze Platt Senior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1512 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Furze Platt Senior School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- kiran.smith@furzeplatt.net
Furze Platt is a highly successful mixed comprehensive school serving the children of Maidenhead. At Furze Platt, 1500 students of all abilities develop the skills and qualities to enable them to excel in the future. We are a highly ambitious, high-achieving and fully inclusive school in which our students are challenged and supported to achieve excellence. We are well placed for access, with good transport links to and from London and surrounding counties. Our school is very well resourced and equipped with many new facilities benefiting students and staff. These include a state-of-the-art theatre, gym, fitness suite and new three-storey teaching block incorporating science laboratories and classrooms. We are proud of the fact that the local community is also able to use these facilities.
We want our students to enjoy the time they spend with us by providing an education which is broad, stimulating and rewarding. We also believe passionately in music, drama, the arts and sport and have a Dance studio, two Drama studios, a recording studio and practice rooms and an all-weather astro-turf to support these. We are proud of the range of extra-curricular opportunities we provide for students outside of the classroom including Duke of Edinburgh, ski and theatre trips, visits overseas to enhance language skills and historical knowledge and many others.
We offer a friendly and harmonious campus atmosphere, with fantastic line support and a Senior Leadership Team who genuinely want to see you succeed and develop. NQTs are allocated a mentor, a reduced timetable and the opportunity to attend training sessions run by specialists from within the school. Career opportunities allowing you to grow professionally within Furze Platt include working parties and coaching for experienced teachers and leadership training for aspiring and existing middle and senior leaders.
There are excellent on-site facilities including use of a fully equipped and well-maintained gym, a café serving hot food and freshly made snacks and staff rooms with plenty of working space, your own laptop, student laptops and interactive whiteboards. As well as access to an employee advice service providing information, helpful resources and other services, we are finding ways of maintaining our community spirit and staff involvement through socially distanced initiatives, current examples being our first on-line book club, and a Furze Platt fantasy football league. In addition, freshly brewed coffee is ready for you during break-time with the occasional treat to help you through the week!
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